One Love

[Nas:] What up with Cormega, did you see him, are y'all together?

(from Illmatic, "One love")

Yea I'm about to write this letter, lay it down you know?

[Verse 1]

Dear Nas, what up son it's Mega

I got your letter, me and my cousin Oogie here together

Aiyyo your man Duke came through

you should know the situation cause we dealing with the same crew

and you can tell that crab shorty I'm a hurt her

for fucking with them niggaz from that crew she know we want to murder

a yo that shit about Jerome's niece is foul

she was bringing niggaz mad loud when we was locked down

put around town the 4 pounds of glocks

on the dime block

labels are marked now they have they full time lock

son fuck the stupidness

shorty be trooping it

next time you see her hit her off with some loot and shit

don't forget the kicks I already got flicks

Big Ice hid the bricks from c-76

homocide thieves are ready to blitz

travelers think

string with the grin his razor blade blew six

ayo

[Chorus]

one love, one life, one mind dreaming

son one day I'm leaving

one thug showing you love for one reason

for all my niggaz thats locked down and bleeding [x2]

[Verse 2]

Anyway I heard Black Jay was getting paper

tell my nigga Nut his man Bass is here from Jamaica

I was holding down a fourth and for a other ton

you couldn't touch a jack unless you had gats or box cutters

I seen an ox cutter, so many features

niggaz sneaking up and blowing motherfuckers for their sneakers

I seen this kid cut police up, for real money creeped up

slid the ills out and blew the beast up

yo handcuffs can make a man tough and suffer

my rhymes keep your mind stimulated like a lye puffer

yo this life is type bugged

I'm surrounded by dope fiends and thugs

but I'm a still maintain my brain frames so...

one love, one life, one mind dreaming

son one day I'm leaving

one thug showing you love for one reason

for all my niggaz thats locked down and bleeding [x2]

[Verse 3]

Yo the other day I got it on in my dorm

I had Fila slippers on then I transformed

my man dawg from ?Nostra? in the back posting

money started looking when he seen dawg approaching

I said, yo black we could take it to the back

but thats about the time the razorblade made contact

I got relaxed, the fact he collapsed and bitched up

and got ripped up and stitched up for trying to ?get ya'll?

I picked up my ill-son said chill

yo parlay and walked away the kids face build

stashed my ox in case they throw my ass in a box

I could splat the first idi-ot looking for props

the phone time locked, my chrome ox makes domes hot

if I can't live then I'ma blow up your whole spot

seen shorty on her visit and gave her a hug

when she cried I recognized we symbolized one love...