Nas - One Love (LG Main Mix) Lyrics
(feat. Ken Staton, Sadat X, Q-Tip)[Opening Skit: Ken Staton, Sadat X, Q-Tip]Word is bond! you got six millions on that jack hero, this shit is realAiyyo aiyyo aiyyo, aiyyo check this shit out, manAiyyo God, give me a cigarette man!Yo! here you go, here you go, here you go, Come On!!Check it out man, check out what I got here, manYou know I got to check this, what is that?!Yo, this some letter I've got from my man Nas, man ~ Word is Bond!What it said, kid?![Verse 1: Nas]What up kid? I know shit is rough doing your bidWhen the cops came, you shouldn't slid into my crib***** it black, no time for looking back, it's donePlus congratulations, you know you got a sonI heard he looks like you, why don't your lady write you?Told her she should visit, that's when she got hyperFlipping, talking about he acts too roughHe didn't listen, he be riffing, while I'm telling him stuffI was like yeah, Shorty don't care, she a snake too*****ing with the niggaz from that fake crew that hate youBut yo, guess who got shot in the dome-piece?Jerrome's niece, on her way home from Jones BeachIt's bugged, plus little Rob is selling drugs on the dimeHanging out with young thugs that all carry NinesAnd night time there's more tripe than everWhat up with Cormega, did you see him, are y'all together?If so then hold the fort down, represent to the fullestSay What's Up to Herb, Ice and BulletI left a half a hundred in your commissaryYou was my nigga when push came to shove[Chorus: X2]One what?One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love means keeping it Real[Verse 2: Nas]Dear Born, you'll be out soon, stay strongOut in New York, the same shit is going onThe crack-heads stalking, loud-mouths is talkingHold, check out the story yesterday when I was walkingThe nigga you shot last year tried to appear like he hurting somethingWord to mother, I heard him frontingAnd he be pumping on your block, your man gave him your glockAnd now they run together, what up son, whateverSince I'm on the streets, I'ma put it to a ceaseBut I heard you blew a nigga with an ox for the phone pieceWilding on the Island, but now with ElmiraBetter chill cause them niggaz will put that ass on fireLast time you wrote, you said they tried you in the showersBut maintain when you come home the corner's oursOn the reels, all these crab niggaz know the dealWhen we start the revolution all they probably do is squealBut chill, see you on the next V-II gave your mom Dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicksYour brother's buckwilding in Four Maine he wrote meHe might beat his case, 'til he come home I play it low keySo stay civilized, time flies, though incarcerated your mind diesI hate it when your moms criesIt kinda makes me wanna murder, for real-aI've even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs for one love[Chorus: X2]One Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love means keeping it Real[Verse 3: Nas]Sometimes I sit back with a Buddha sackMind's in another world, thinking how can we exist through the factsWritten in school text books, bibles, et cetera***** a school lecture, the lies get me vexed-erSo I be ghost from my projectsI take my pen and pad for the week and hitting L's while I'm sleepingA two day stay, you may say I need the time aloneTo relax my dome, no phone, left the Nine at homeYou see the streets have me stressed something terrible*****ing with the corners, have a nigga up in BellevueOr H.D.M., hit with numbers from 8 to 10A future in a maximum State Pen is grimSo I comes back home, nobody's out but shorty doo-wopRolling two phillies together in the Bridge we called them OowopsHe said, "Nas, niggaz could be busting off the roofSo I wear a bullet proof and pack a black treys-deuce"He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was sleepStarted coughing, one eye peeked to watch me speakI sat back like the mack, my army suit was blackWe was chilling on these *****es where he pumped his loose cracksI took an L when he passed it, this little bastardKeeps me blasted, he starts talking mad shitI had to school him, told him don't let niggaz fool himCause when the pistol blows the ones that's murdered be the cool oneTough luck when niggaz are struck, families *****ed upCould've caught your man, but didn't look when you bucked upMistakes happen, so take heed never bust upAt the crowd catch him solo, make the right man bleedShorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foulOnly twelve trying to tell me that he liked my styleThen I rose, wiping the blunts ash from my clothesThen froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my noseAnd told my little man that I'm a go CyproseThere's some jewels in the skull that he can sell if he choseWords of wisdom from Nas try to rise up aboveKeep an eye out for jake Shorty, what one love[Chorus: X2]One Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One LoveOne Love, One Love[Outro: Ken Staton]Uhhhh.. One Love means keeping it RealAll of the brothers that left up down, keep that One loveFor the brothers out in the East, keep that One loveFor all the brothers Uptown, keep that One loveFor all the brothers in jail, keep that One loveOne Love means keeping it Real!
