One love, one love, one thug   One nation, twenty-one gun salute      I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote   Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed   To the truest shit I ever spoke      Twenty-one gun salute, dressed in fatigues, black jeans and boots   Disappeared in the crowd, all you seen was troops   This little nigga named NaS thinks he live like me   Talkin' 'bout he left the hospital took five like me      You living fantasies, nigga I reject your deposit   We shook Dre punk ass, now we out of the closet   Mobb Deep wonder why nigga blowed them out   Next time grown folks talk, nigga close your mouth      Peep me, I take this war shit deeply   Done seen too many real players fall to let these bitch niggas beat me   Puffy let's be honest you a punk or you will see me with gloves   Remember that shit you said to Vibe about me bein' a thug      You can tell the people you roll with whatever you want   But you and I know what's going on   Payback, I knew you bitch niggas from way back   Witness me strapped with Macs, knew I wouldn't play that      All you old rappers trying to advance   It's all over now, take it like a man   Niggas lookin' like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick   Tryin' to player hate on my shit, you eat a fat dick   Let it be known this is how you made me   Lovin' how I got you niggas crazy      Against all odds, hopin' my thug motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote   Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed   To the truest shit I ever spoke   Against all odds, hopin' my true motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote      I heard he was light skinned, stocky with a Haitian accent   Jewelery, fast cars and he's known for flashing   Listen while I take you back and lace this rap   A real live tale about a snitch named Haitian Jack      Knew he was workin' for the feds, same crime, different trials   Nigga, picture what he said and did I mention   Promised a payback, Jimmy Henchman, in due time   I know you bitch niggas is listenin', The World Is Mine      Set me up, wet me up, niggas stuck me up   Heard the guns bust but you tricks never shut me up   Touch one of mine on everything I own   I'll destroy everything you touch, play the game nigga      All out warfare, eye for eye   Last words to a bitch nigga, "Why you lie?"   Now you gotta watch your back, now watch your front   Here we come, gunshots to Tut, now you stuck   Fuck the rap game, nigga this M O B   So believe me we enemies      I go against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote   Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed   To the truest shit I ever spoke   Against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote   Against all odds      Puffy gettin' robbed like a bitch, to hide the fact   He did some shit he shouldn't have did, so we ride 'em for that   And that nigga that was down for me, restin' dead   Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted him dead      Probably be murdered for the shit that I said   I bring the real, be a legend, breathin' the dead   Lord listen to me   God don't like ugly, "It was written"      Hey NaS, your whole damn style is bitten   You heard my melody, read about my life in the papers   All my runin's with authorities, felonious capers   Now you wanna live my life, so what's the answer NaS?      Niggas that don't rhyme right, you've seen too many movies   Load em up against the wall, close his eyes   Since you lie you die, goodbye   Let the real live niggas hear the truth from me   What would you do if you was me nigga      Against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote   Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed   To the truest shit I ever spoke   Against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know   This be the realest shit I ever wrote   Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed   To the truest shit I ever spoke   Against all odds      One love to my true thug niggas   Twenty-one gun salute to my niggas that die in the line of duty   Representin' to the fullest bein' soldiers with military minds   that play the rules of the game, twenty-one gun salute   I salute you my niggas, stay strong   I ride for you, I rhyme for you, I roll for you, it's all for you   To all you bitch made niggas, I'm comin' for you   Against all odds, I don't care who the fuck you is, nigga   You touch me I'm at you, I know you motherfuckers think that I forgot   Hell no, I ain't forgot nigga, I just remember what you told me   You said don't go to war unless I got my money behind me   Aight, I got my money right here, now I want war