Hate Me Now

Escobar season has returned...

[Nas]

It's been a long time, been a long time comin

Looks like the death of me now

But you know, there's no turning back now

This is what makes me - this is what I am

[Puff] Feel me? Let's go

[Base Chorus: Puff Daddy]

You can hate me now.. but I won't stop now..

Cause I can't stop now.. you can hate me now..

But I won't stop now.. cause I can't stop now..

You can hate me now.. you can hate me NOWWWW..

[1st Chorus: add Nas after each pause]

Q.B., real niggas, Bravehearts, c'mon

[1st Chorus: after Nas add Puff Daddy ad lib]

Well you hate me I'm gon' hate you too

It's as simple as that

Die motherfucker die motherfucker die

You don't give a fuck I don't give a fuck

Go down any way you want it to go down (do it now)

Weak, jealous motherfuckers (do it now, do it now)

Fuck y'all!

[Verse 1]

Don't hate me, hate the money I see, clothes that I buy

Ice that I wear, clothes that I try, close your eyes

Picture me rollin, sixes, money foldin

Bitches honies that swollen to riches, Nas get in ya

Most critically acclaimed Pulitzer, prize winner

Best storyteller thug narrator my style's greater

Model dater, big threat to a lot of you haters

Commentators ringside try watchin my paper

Almost a decade, quite impressive

Most of the best is in the essence

for this rap shit that I stand for

Expandin more to the big screen, Bill Gates dreams

But it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greens

Want me off the scene fast, but good things last

like your favorite MC still makin some mean cash

First rapper to bring a platinum plaque, back to the projects

but you still wanna hate, be my guest, I suggest

[Puff Daddy]

Money is power motherfucker

I got millions of thugs on salary, bitch (do it now)

[Base Chorus]

[2nd Chorus: add Puff Daddy after each pause]

I won't stop

I can't stop

You can hate me

I hate you too

You can hate me now..

You can hate me now..

[Nas] Do it now, I told you do it now

[Puff] Let's go

[Verse 2]

You wanna hate me then hate me; what can I do

but keep gettin money, funny I was just like you

I had to hustle hard never give up, until I made it

Now y'all sayin that's a clever nigga, nuttin to play with

Hate on me, I blew but I'm the same ol G

People warn me, when you're on top there's envy

Took my niggas out the hood, but you doubt on us

Sayin we left the hood but can't get it out of us

My bad, should I step out my shoes, give 'em to you?

Here's my cars and my house, you can live in that too

Criticize when I flow for the streets, hate my dress code

Gucci this, Fendi that, what you expect hoe?

Nickname Esco', took this game to its threshold

Best flow I bet the whole U.S. know

Try to make it like you the realest, but who the illest?

Think we all know the answer to that, cause niggas feel this right

[Puff Daddy]

You think I'ma come this far, and let you niggas stop me now?

I hate you too!! (Do it now!)

[Base Chorus]

[3rd Chorus: add Puff Daddy after each pause]

I won't stop

I can't stop

You can hate me

I hate you too

You can hate me now..

You can hate me now..

[Puff] I like this.. I like the way this feels

[Verse 3]

It's a thin line between paper and hate

friends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eights

Hell or the pearly gates; I was destined to come

Predicted, blame God, he blew breath in my lungs

Second to none, wicked turn wives to widows

Shoot through satin pillows, the desolate one

Took a little time to claim my spot

Chairman of the board until this game stop, and I side with the Lord

Ride for the cause while drivin niggas shot at my doors

Plottin I'm sure to catch me with they glocks to my jaws

Tried, stickin me up, but I flipped on these ducks (you tried)

Instead of me, ambulances were picking them up (that's what you get)

Niggas fear what they don't understand, hate what they can't conquer

Guess it's just the fury of man

Became a monster, on top of the world, never fallin

I'm as real as they come, from day one, forever ballin

C'mon

[Puff Daddy]

You ain't never seen a nigga like me, ever in your life

And that's what you can't understand!

[Base Chorus]

[4th Chorus: start w/ Puff Daddy, then after each pause]

You can hate me now

I won't stop

I can't stop

You can hate me

I hate you too

You can hate me now..

You can hate me now..

[Puff] You can hate me now

[Nas] C'mon niggas

[Puff] But I won't stop now

[Nas] Do it now! Get this shit over with

[Puff] But I won't stop now..

[Nas] It ain't gon' never stop niggas

[Puff] I can't stop..