One Love - Explicit Album Version

One Love - Explicit Album Version Lyrics

Song One Love - Explicit Album Version
Artist Nas
Album Illmatic
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[00:20.31] What up, kid? I know shit is rough doin' your bid
[00:23.28] When the cops came you shoulda slid to my crib
[00:25.73] Fuck it, black, no time for lookin' back, it's done
[00:28.35] Plus, congratulations, you know you got a son
[00:31.04] I heard he looks like ya, why don't your lady write ya?
[00:33.78] Told her she should visit, that's when she got hyper
[00:36.28] Flippin', talkin' about he acts too rough
[00:38.49] He didn't listen, he be riffin' while I'm tellin' him stuff
[00:41.04] I was like, "Yeah," shorty don't care, she a snake too
[00:44.05] Fuckin' with them niggas from that fake crew that hate you
[00:46.54] But yo, guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
[00:49.02] Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach
[00:51.47] It's bugged, plus little Rob is sellin' drugs on the dime
[00:54.70] Hangin' out with young thugs that all carry 9's
[00:57.29] And night time is more trife than ever
[00:59.35] What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y'all together?
[01:05.01] If so, then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest
[01:06.98] Say what's up to Herb, Ice and Bullet
[01:09.37] I left a half a hundred in your commissary
[01:11.31] You was my nigga when push came to shove
[01:12.68] (One what?) One love!
[01:12.80] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:16.22] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:21.47] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:26.68] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:32.65] Dear Born, you'll be out soon, stay strong
[01:35.36] Out in New York the same shit is goin' on
[01:37.90] The crackheads stalkin', loudmouths is talkin'
[01:40.50] Hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walkin'
[01:43.28] That nigga you shot last year tried to appear
[01:45.87] Like he hurtin' somethin'
[01:46.71] Word to mother, I heard him frontin'
[01:48.24] And he be pumpin' on your block
[01:49.78] Your man gave him your Glock
[01:51.23] And now they run together — what up, son? Whatever
[01:53.71] Since I'm on the streets I'ma put it to a cease
[01:56.01] But I heard you blew a nigga with a ox for the phone piece
[01:58.88] Wildin' on the Island, but now in Elmira
[02:01.22] Better chill, ‘cause them niggas will put that ass on fire
[02:04.05] Last time you wrote you said they tried you in the showers
[02:06.39] But maintain, when you come home the corner's ours
[02:08.99] On the reals, all these crab niggas know the deal
[02:11.49] When we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal
[02:14.15] But chill, see you on the next V-I
[02:16.39] I gave your mom dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicks
[02:19.40] Your brother's buckwildin' in 4-Main, he wrote me
[02:21.91] He might beat his case, 'til he come home he'll play it lowkey
[02:24.74] So stay civilized, time flies
[02:26.56] Though incarcerated your mind dies
[02:28.35] I hate it when your moms cries
[02:29.93] It kinda makes me want to murder, for reala
[02:32.24] I even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs, but one love
[02:35.23] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:39.25] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:43.97] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:48.93] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:54.18] Sometimes I sit back with a Buddha sack
[02:59.23][02:57.31] Mind's in another world, thinkin'
[03:00.96] "How can we exist through the facts?"
[03:03.53] Written in school text books, bibles, et cetera
[03:06.15] Fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexed-er
[03:07.82] So I be ghost from my projects
[03:07.91] I take my pen and pad for the weekend
[03:09.65] Hittin' L's while I'm sleepin'
[03:11.11] A two-day stay, you may say I need the time alone
[03:13.77] To relax my dome, no phone, left the 9 at home
[03:16.45] You see the streets had me stressed somethin' terrible
[03:18.78] Fuckin' with the corners have a nigga up in Bellevue
[03:21.33] Or HDM, hit with numbers from 8 to 10
[03:23.95] A future in a maximum state pen is grim
[03:26.46] So I comes back home, nobody's out but Shorty Doo-Wop
[03:28.96] Rollin' two phillies together: in the Bridge we call 'em oo-wops
[03:31.55] He said: "Nas, niggas caught me bustin' off the roof
[03:33.95] So I wear a bulletproof and pack a black tre-deuce."
[03:36.54] He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was sleep
[03:39.09] Started coughin', one eye peeked to watch me speak
[03:41.65] I sat back like The Mack, my army suit was black
[03:44.15] We was chillin' on these benches
[03:45.53] Where he pumped his loose cracks
[03:47.18] I took the L when he passed it, this little bastard
[03:49.94] Keeps me blasted and starts talkin' mad shit
[03:52.45] I had to school him, told him don't let niggas fool him
[03:54.69] ‘Cause when the pistol blows
[03:56.04] The one that's murdered be the cool one
[03:57.57] Tough luck when niggas are struck, families fucked up
[04:00.24] Coulda caught your man, but didn't look when you bucked up
[04:02.45] Mistakes happen, so take heed, never bust up
[04:05.13] At the crowd, catch him solo, make the right man bleed
[04:07.53] Shorty's laugh was cold-blooded as he spoke so foul
[04:10.10] Only twelve, tryin' to tell me that he liked my style
[04:12.95] Then I rose, wipin' the blunt's ash from my clothes
[04:15.48] Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
[04:18.09] And told my little man I'ma ghost, I broze
[04:20.52] Left some jewels in his skull that he can sell if he chose
[04:22.93] Words of wisdom from Nas: try to rise up above
[04:25.79] Keep an eye out for Jake, Shorty Wop, one love
[04:28.11] One love, one love, one love, one love
[04:32.22] One love, one love, one love, one love
[04:38.77] To all my niggas locked up
[04:42.03] From Queensbridge and all over
[04:46.82]To my man [Goon?] , one love
[04:52.45]To my man [Her?] , one love
[04:58.01]To my man [Lake Gucciano?] , one love
[05:02.96]Can't forget my motherfuckin' heart, Big [Bo?] , one love
[05:08.07]To [Oogie?] , yeah, one love
[00:20.31] What up, kid? I know shit is rough doin' your bid
[00:23.28] When the cops came you shoulda slid to my crib
[00:25.73] Fuck it, black, no time for lookin' back, it' s done
[00:28.35] Plus, congratulations, you know you got a son
[00:31.04] I heard he looks like ya, why don' t your lady write ya?
[00:33.78] Told her she should visit, that' s when she got hyper
[00:36.28] Flippin', talkin' about he acts too rough
[00:38.49] He didn' t listen, he be riffin' while I' m tellin' him stuff
[00:41.04] I was like, " Yeah," shorty don' t care, she a snake too
[00:44.05] Fuckin' with them niggas from that fake crew that hate you
[00:46.54] But yo, guess who got shot in the domepiece?
[00:49.02] Jerome' s niece, on her way home from Jones Beach
[00:51.47] It' s bugged, plus little Rob is sellin' drugs on the dime
[00:54.70] Hangin' out with young thugs that all carry 9' s
[00:57.29] And night time is more trife than ever
[00:59.35] What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y' all together?
[01:05.01] If so, then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest
[01:06.98] Say what' s up to Herb, Ice and Bullet
[01:09.37] I left a half a hundred in your commissary
[01:11.31] You was my nigga when push came to shove
[01:12.68] One what? One love!
[01:12.80] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:16.22] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:21.47] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:26.68] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:32.65] Dear Born, you' ll be out soon, stay strong
[01:35.36] Out in New York the same shit is goin' on
[01:37.90] The crackheads stalkin', loudmouths is talkin'
[01:40.50] Hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walkin'
[01:43.28] That nigga you shot last year tried to appear
[01:45.87] Like he hurtin' somethin'
[01:46.71] Word to mother, I heard him frontin'
[01:48.24] And he be pumpin' on your block
[01:49.78] Your man gave him your Glock
[01:51.23] And now they run together what up, son? Whatever
[01:53.71] Since I' m on the streets I' ma put it to a cease
[01:56.01] But I heard you blew a nigga with a ox for the phone piece
[01:58.88] Wildin' on the Island, but now in Elmira
[02:01.22] Better chill, ' cause them niggas will put that ass on fire
[02:04.05] Last time you wrote you said they tried you in the showers
[02:06.39] But maintain, when you come home the corner' s ours
[02:08.99] On the reals, all these crab niggas know the deal
[02:11.49] When we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal
[02:14.15] But chill, see you on the next VI
[02:16.39] I gave your mom dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicks
[02:19.40] Your brother' s buckwildin' in 4Main, he wrote me
[02:21.91] He might beat his case, ' til he come home he' ll play it lowkey
[02:24.74] So stay civilized, time flies
[02:26.56] Though incarcerated your mind dies
[02:28.35] I hate it when your moms cries
[02:29.93] It kinda makes me want to murder, for reala
[02:32.24] I even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs, but one love
[02:35.23] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:39.25] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:43.97] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:48.93] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:54.18] Sometimes I sit back with a Buddha sack
[02:59.23][02:57.31] Mind' s in another world, thinkin'
[03:00.96] " How can we exist through the facts?"
[03:03.53] Written in school text books, bibles, et cetera
[03:06.15] Fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexeder
[03:07.82] So I be ghost from my projects
[03:07.91] I take my pen and pad for the weekend
[03:09.65] Hittin' L' s while I' m sleepin'
[03:11.11] A twoday stay, you may say I need the time alone
[03:13.77] To relax my dome, no phone, left the 9 at home
[03:16.45] You see the streets had me stressed somethin' terrible
[03:18.78] Fuckin' with the corners have a nigga up in Bellevue
[03:21.33] Or HDM, hit with numbers from 8 to 10
[03:23.95] A future in a maximum state pen is grim
[03:26.46] So I comes back home, nobody' s out but Shorty DooWop
[03:28.96] Rollin' two phillies together: in the Bridge we call ' em oowops
[03:31.55] He said: " Nas, niggas caught me bustin' off the roof
[03:33.95] So I wear a bulletproof and pack a black tredeuce."
[03:36.54] He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was sleep
[03:39.09] Started coughin', one eye peeked to watch me speak
[03:41.65] I sat back like The Mack, my army suit was black
[03:44.15] We was chillin' on these benches
[03:45.53] Where he pumped his loose cracks
[03:47.18] I took the L when he passed it, this little bastard
[03:49.94] Keeps me blasted and starts talkin' mad shit
[03:52.45] I had to school him, told him don' t let niggas fool him
[03:54.69] ' Cause when the pistol blows
[03:56.04] The one that' s murdered be the cool one
[03:57.57] Tough luck when niggas are struck, families fucked up
[04:00.24] Coulda caught your man, but didn' t look when you bucked up
[04:02.45] Mistakes happen, so take heed, never bust up
[04:05.13] At the crowd, catch him solo, make the right man bleed
[04:07.53] Shorty' s laugh was coldblooded as he spoke so foul
[04:10.10] Only twelve, tryin' to tell me that he liked my style
[04:12.95] Then I rose, wipin' the blunt' s ash from my clothes
[04:15.48] Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
[04:18.09] And told my little man I' ma ghost, I broze
[04:20.52] Left some jewels in his skull that he can sell if he chose
[04:22.93] Words of wisdom from Nas: try to rise up above
[04:25.79] Keep an eye out for Jake, Shorty Wop, one love
[04:28.11] One love, one love, one love, one love
[04:32.22] One love, one love, one love, one love
[04:38.77] To all my niggas locked up
[04:42.03] From Queensbridge and all over
[04:46.82]To my man [Goon?] , one love
[04:52.45]To my man [Her?] , one love
[04:58.01]To my man [Lake Gucciano?] , one love
[05:02.96]Can't forget my motherfuckin' heart, Big [Bo?] , one love
[05:08.07]To [Oogie?] , yeah, one love
[00:20.31] What up, kid? I know shit is rough doin' your bid
[00:23.28] When the cops came you shoulda slid to my crib
[00:25.73] Fuck it, black, no time for lookin' back, it' s done
[00:28.35] Plus, congratulations, you know you got a son
[00:31.04] I heard he looks like ya, why don' t your lady write ya?
[00:33.78] Told her she should visit, that' s when she got hyper
[00:36.28] Flippin', talkin' about he acts too rough
[00:38.49] He didn' t listen, he be riffin' while I' m tellin' him stuff
[00:41.04] I was like, " Yeah," shorty don' t care, she a snake too
[00:44.05] Fuckin' with them niggas from that fake crew that hate you
[00:46.54] But yo, guess who got shot in the domepiece?
[00:49.02] Jerome' s niece, on her way home from Jones Beach
[00:51.47] It' s bugged, plus little Rob is sellin' drugs on the dime
[00:54.70] Hangin' out with young thugs that all carry 9' s
[00:57.29] And night time is more trife than ever
[00:59.35] What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y' all together?
[01:05.01] If so, then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest
[01:06.98] Say what' s up to Herb, Ice and Bullet
[01:09.37] I left a half a hundred in your commissary
[01:11.31] You was my nigga when push came to shove
[01:12.68] One what? One love!
[01:12.80] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:16.22] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:21.47] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:26.68] One love, one love, one love, one love
[01:32.65] Dear Born, you' ll be out soon, stay strong
[01:35.36] Out in New York the same shit is goin' on
[01:37.90] The crackheads stalkin', loudmouths is talkin'
[01:40.50] Hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walkin'
[01:43.28] That nigga you shot last year tried to appear
[01:45.87] Like he hurtin' somethin'
[01:46.71] Word to mother, I heard him frontin'
[01:48.24] And he be pumpin' on your block
[01:49.78] Your man gave him your Glock
[01:51.23] And now they run together what up, son? Whatever
[01:53.71] Since I' m on the streets I' ma put it to a cease
[01:56.01] But I heard you blew a nigga with a ox for the phone piece
[01:58.88] Wildin' on the Island, but now in Elmira
[02:01.22] Better chill, ' cause them niggas will put that ass on fire
[02:04.05] Last time you wrote you said they tried you in the showers
[02:06.39] But maintain, when you come home the corner' s ours
[02:08.99] On the reals, all these crab niggas know the deal
[02:11.49] When we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal
[02:14.15] But chill, see you on the next VI
[02:16.39] I gave your mom dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicks
[02:19.40] Your brother' s buckwildin' in 4Main, he wrote me
[02:21.91] He might beat his case, ' til he come home he' ll play it lowkey
[02:24.74] So stay civilized, time flies
[02:26.56] Though incarcerated your mind dies
[02:28.35] I hate it when your moms cries
[02:29.93] It kinda makes me want to murder, for reala
[02:32.24] I even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs, but one love
[02:35.23] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:39.25] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:43.97] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:48.93] One love, one love, one love, one love
[02:54.18] Sometimes I sit back with a Buddha sack
[02:59.23][02:57.31] Mind' s in another world, thinkin'
[03:00.96] " How can we exist through the facts?"
[03:03.53] Written in school text books, bibles, et cetera
[03:06.15] Fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexeder
[03:07.82] So I be ghost from my projects
[03:07.91] I take my pen and pad for the weekend
[03:09.65] Hittin' L' s while I' m sleepin'
[03:11.11] A twoday stay, you may say I need the time alone
[03:13.77] To relax my dome, no phone, left the 9 at home
[03:16.45] You see the streets had me stressed somethin' terrible
[03:18.78] Fuckin' with the corners have a nigga up in Bellevue
[03:21.33] Or HDM, hit with numbers from 8 to 10
[03:23.95] A future in a maximum state pen is grim
[03:26.46] So I comes back home, nobody' s out but Shorty DooWop
[03:28.96] Rollin' two phillies together: in the Bridge we call ' em oowops
[03:31.55] He said: " Nas, niggas caught me bustin' off the roof
[03:33.95] So I wear a bulletproof and pack a black tredeuce."
[03:36.54] He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was sleep
[03:39.09] Started coughin', one eye peeked to watch me speak
[03:41.65] I sat back like The Mack, my army suit was black
[03:44.15] We was chillin' on these benches
[03:45.53] Where he pumped his loose cracks
[03:47.18] I took the L when he passed it, this little bastard
[03:49.94] Keeps me blasted and starts talkin' mad shit
[03:52.45] I had to school him, told him don' t let niggas fool him
[03:54.69] ' Cause when the pistol blows
[03:56.04] The one that' s murdered be the cool one
[03:57.57] Tough luck when niggas are struck, families fucked up
[04:00.24] Coulda caught your man, but didn' t look when you bucked up
[04:02.45] Mistakes happen, so take heed, never bust up
[04:05.13] At the crowd, catch him solo, make the right man bleed
[04:07.53] Shorty' s laugh was coldblooded as he spoke so foul
[04:10.10] Only twelve, tryin' to tell me that he liked my style
[04:12.95] Then I rose, wipin' the blunt' s ash from my clothes
[04:15.48] Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
[04:18.09] And told my little man I' ma ghost, I broze
[04:20.52] Left some jewels in his skull that he can sell if he chose
[04:22.93] Words of wisdom from Nas: try to rise up above
[04:25.79] Keep an eye out for Jake, Shorty Wop, one love
[04:28.11] One love, one love, one love, one love
[04:32.22] One love, one love, one love, one love
[04:38.77] To all my niggas locked up
[04:42.03] From Queensbridge and all over
[04:46.82]To my man [Goon?] , one love
[04:52.45]To my man [Her?] , one love
[04:58.01]To my man [Lake Gucciano?] , one love
[05:02.96]Can't forget my motherfuckin' heart, Big [Bo?] , one love
[05:08.07]To [Oogie?] , yeah, one love
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