[Produced by Q-Tip]
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[Intro]
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Word is bond, you got six years on that jack, kid and shit is real
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Ayo, ayo, ayo, ayo
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You gon check shit out, man
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Ayo god man, give me a cigarette
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Yo here you go, here you go, here you go
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Check it out, man, check out what I got here, man
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What is that, what? Whats that?
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Yo its a letter I got from my man Nas, man
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Word is bond, yo yo
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What it say, kid?
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[Verse 1: Nas]
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What up, kid? I know shit is rough doin your bid
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When the cops came, you shoulda slid to my crib
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Fuck it, black, no time for lookin back, its done
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Plus, congratulations, you know you got a son
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I heard he looks like ya, why dont your lady write ya?
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Told her she should visit, thats when she got hyper
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Flippin, talkin about he acts too rough
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He didnt listen, he be riffin while Im tellin him stuff
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I was like, “Yeah,” shorty dont care, she a snake too
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Fuckin with them niggas from that fake crew that hate you
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But yo, guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
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Jeromes niece, on her way home from Jones Beach
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Its bugged—plus little Rob is sellin drugs on the dime
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Hangin out with young thugs that all carry nines
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And night time is more trife than ever
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What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are yall together?
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If so, then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest
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Say whats up to Herb, Ice and Bullet
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I left a half a hundred in your commissary
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You was my nigga when push came to shove (One what?) One love!
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[Refrain: Q-Tip]
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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[Verse 2: Nas]
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Dear Born, youll be out soon, stay strong
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Out in New York, the same shit is goin on
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The crackheads stalkin, loudmouths is talkin
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Hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walkin
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That nigga you shot last year tried to appear like he hurtin somethin
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Word to mother, I heard him frontin
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And he be pumpin on your block, your man gave him your Glock
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And now they run together — what up, son? Whatever
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Since Im on the streets, Ima put it to a cease
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But I heard you blew a nigga with a ox for the phone piece
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Wildin on the Island, but now in Elmira
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Better chill, cause them niggas will put that ass on fire
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Last time you wrote, you said they tried you in the showers
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But maintain, when you come home, the corners ours
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On the reals, all these crab niggas know the deal
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When we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal
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But chill, see you on the next V.I
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I gave your mom dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicks
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Your brothers buckwildin in 4-Main, he wrote me
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He might beat his case, til he come home, Ill play it lowkey
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So stay civilized, time flies, though incarcerated, your mind dive
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I hate it when your moms cries
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It kinda makes me want to murder, for real-a
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I even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs, but one love
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[Refrain: Q-Tip]
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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[Verse 3: Nas]
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Sometimes I sit back with a Buddha sack
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Minds in another world, thinkin, “How can we exist through the facts?”
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Written in school textbooks, bibles, et cetera
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Fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexed-er
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So I be ghost from my projects
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I take my pen and pad for the weekend, hittin Ls while Im sleepin
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A two-day stay, you may say I needed time alone
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To relax my dome, no phone, left the nine at home
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You see the streets had me stressed somethin terrible
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Fuckin with them corners have a nigga up in Bellevue
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Or HDM, hit with numbers from eight to ten
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A future in a maximum state pen is grim
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So I comes back home, nobodys out but Shorty Doo-Wop
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Rollin two phillies together, in the ‘Bridge, we call em “oo-wops”
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He said, “Nas, niggas caught me bustin off the roof
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So I wear a bulletproof and pack a black tre deuce”
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He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was ‘sleep
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Started coughin, one eye peeked to watch me speak
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I sat back like The Mack, my army suit was black
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We was chillin on these benches where he pumped his loose cracks
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I took the L when he passed it, this little bastard
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Keeps me blasted and starts talkin mad shit
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I had to school him, told him dont let niggas fool him
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‘Cause when the pistol blows, the one thats murdered be the cool one
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Tough luck when niggas are struck, families fucked up
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Could have caught your man, but didnt look when you bucked up
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Mistakes happen, so take heed, never bust up
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At the crowd, catch him solo, make the right man bleed
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Shortys laugh was cold-blooded as he spoke so foul
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Only 12, tryna tell me that he liked my style
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Then I rose, wipin the blunts ash from my clothes
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Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
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And told my little man Ima ghost, I broze
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Left some jewels in his skull that he can sell if he chose
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Words of wisdom from Nas: Try to rise up above
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Keep an eye out for Jake, shorty wop, one love
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[Refrain: Q-Tip]
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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One love, one love, one love, one love
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[Outro: Nas]
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To all my niggas locked up
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From Queensbridge and all over
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And to my man Goon, one love
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To my man Herb, one love
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To my man Lake Luciano, one love
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Cant forget my motherfuckin heart, Big Bo, one love
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(One love, one love, one love, one love)
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To Oogie, yeah, one love
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(One Love)
