I'm, I'm with you   I'm, I'm with you      To everybody who knows my story   To all of those who came before me   My time is now, I'm gonna do it all over again   Ain't nothin' new, ain't 'bout to change   I'm still gonna do it my way, yeah, I still remain      So tell me why you hate the game?   So tell me why you hate the game?      Y'all know what it is   The streets named me Illmatic   But yet, I'm still at it, yeah haters      Felon, fights behind me on the intersection   ***, my anthology on perfection   Dress superb, admired by conspirists   Who wanna try me but ain't *** enough to *** me up      Child of the '80s, y'all *** is lazy   Complainin' 'bout labor pains, ***, show me the baby   And my *** Game, light another ***, pass the bottle   Pro-black, I don't pick cotton out aspirin bottle      Yeah, I learned my lessons and heard y'all snitchin'   Witnessin' you rockin wit Narcs, confirmed my suspicion   Green fatigues on, my ***, I'll bleed for 'em   I can show 'em the water but can't make 'em drink it      And I can show them my fortunes but can't force 'em to think rich   And still I wanna board 'em   Wonderin' if they sink quick   Ignore the ignorance, I rep the brilliance of Queensbridge   And pray the Feds let Murder Inc. live      To everybody who knows my story   To all of those who came before me   My time is now, I'm gonna do it all over again somehow   Ain't nothin' new, ain't 'bout to change   I'm still gonna do it my way, yeah, I still remain      So tell me why you hate the game?   Oh, no, no, no, I'm stuck here with Just because   So tell me why you hate the game?   I don't talk about my *** I Just Blaze   Oh, this time, I do it better just because      'Pac is watchin', B.I.G. is listenin'   While Pun talkin' to us, Jam Jay still spinnin'   To every *** listenin', I was supposed to be   Amongst kings, my mom shouted out at my christenin'      And while you still listenin', Shyne locked in a manhole   And Cam got *** inside his Lambo, it's ample   Life is a gamble, 15 years old, red rag around my head   My sisters used to laugh and call me Rambo      Seen Eazy's legacy melt away like a candle   I rekindled the flame, Dre created The Game   *** Wit a Attitude from the cloth, I came   Young homie ate his way up from the bottom of the food chain      Keep the crown, clown, I rock a L.A. Dodger fitted   Showed my *** at Summer Jam but New York was down wit it   Now the ball's in my court, never dribble out of bounds wit it   Behind the back to Nas, he alley oop to Jigga      To everybody who knows my story   To all of those who came before me   My time is now, I'm gonna do it all over again somehow   Ain't nothin' new, ain't 'bout to change   I'm still gonna do it my way, yeah, I still remain      So tell me why you hate the game?   Oh, no, no, no, I'm stuck here with Just because   So tell me why you hate the game?   Oh, this time, I do it better just because      Check it, me and Nasty *** it's a classic, trust me   How he gon' pass the *** to them *** that don't love me   I'm talkin' *** that never wanted to see me on top   Same *** that never wanted to see 'The Doctor's Advocate' drop      Flop, I think not, I *** you rap *** like virgins   Dre took my trainin' wheels off, it's curtains   I don't need no encore, no claps, no cheers   The Game ain't over, this the beginnin' of my career      The endin' of yours, the endin' of his   Like Flavor Flav's clock, I'm back to handle my biz   *** it's Game time, that was Dre's favorite line   Back when Proof was in the booth and I recited his lines      And I still think about my *** from time to time   Make me wanna call 50 and let him know what's on my mind   But I just hold back 'cause we ain't beefin' like that   He ain't B.I.G. and I ain't 'Pac   And we just eatin' off rap, one love      To everybody who knows my story   To all of those who came before me   My time is now, I'm gonna do it all over again somehow   Ain't nothin' new, ain't 'bout to change   I'm still gonna do it my way, yeah, I still remain      So tell me why you hate the game?   Oh, no, no, no, I'm stuck here with Just because   So tell me why you hate the game?   Oh, this time, I do it better just because      It ain't over, ladies and gentleman   I go by the name of the one and only, Just Blaze   I got a couple people in the house with me   Usually we do this at the beginning   But we gon' do it at the end this time      I wanna take you to church real quick   So I'ma need some help, I need some people up   I need 1500 or nothin' up here wit me   The wonderfully talented Marsha Ambrosia's from Floetry   Ah, yeah there we go      The sun is shinin' down on us right now   We feelin' real good, we know y'all do too   So if you feelin' good, sing along, clap along, stomp along   Catch a lil' Holy Ghost      And if you ain't feelin' good, God willin'   By the end of this record, He gon' change all that   Ayo, Lorenz, you ready? There it is, pass me them drumsticks   Alright everybody, please join in      Your life ain't good, you can get it right   Take this opportunity to do so   And I'ma let it do what it do   Rest in peace to Georgia Elliott, here we go      And the sun shines with you   And the sun shines with you   And the sun shines with you      I wanna thank everybody for comin' out   God bless, one love, good night   Or good day if you on the other side of the globe   Yo, Just, we on the move with this ***, 'Doctor's Advocate'   See you on the third album, hate it or love it      And the sun shines with you   And the sun shines with you   And the sun shines with you   ...