[Puff] Escobar season has returned...
    [Nas]
  It's been a long time, been a long time comin
  Looks like the death of me now
  But you know, there's no turning back now
  This is what makes me - this is what I am
    [Puff] Feel me? Let's go
    [Base Chorus: Puff Daddy]
  You can hate me now.. but I won't stop now..
  Cause I can't stop now.. you can hate me now..
  But I won't stop now.. cause I can't stop now..
  You can hate me now.. you can hate me NOWWWW..
    [1st Chorus: add Nas after each pause]
  Q.B., real niggas, Bravehearts, c'mon
    [1st Chorus: after Nas add Puff Daddy ad lib]
  Well you hate me I'm gon' hate you too
  It's as simple as that
  Die motherfucker die motherfucker die
  You don't give a fuck I don't give a fuck
  Go down any way you want it to go down (do it now)
  Weak, jealous motherfuckers (do it now, do it now)
  Fuck y'all!
    [Verse 1]
  Don't hate me, hate the money I see, clothes that I buy
  Ice that I wear, clothes that I try, close your eyes
  Picture me rollin, sixes, money foldin
  Bitches honies that swollen to riches, Nas get in ya
  Most critically acclaimed Pulitzer, prize winner
  Best storyteller thug narrator my style's greater
  Model dater, big threat to a lot of you haters
  Commentators ringside try watchin my paper
  Almost a decade, quite impressive
  Most of the best is in the essence
  for this rap shit that I stand for
  Expandin more to the big screen, Bill Gates dreams
  But it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greens
  Want me off the scene fast, but good things last
  like your favorite MC still makin some mean cash
  First rapper to bring a platinum plaque, back to the projects
  but you still wanna hate, be my guest, I suggest
    [Puff Daddy]
  Money is power motherfucker
  I got millions of thugs on salary, bitch (do it now)
    [Base Chorus]
    [2nd Chorus: add Puff Daddy after each pause]
  I won't stop
  I can't stop
  You can hate me
  I hate you too
  You can hate me now..
  You can hate me now..
    [Nas] Do it now, I told you do it now
  [Puff] Let's go
    [Verse 2]
  You wanna hate me then hate me; what can I do
  but keep gettin money, funny I was just like you
  I had to hustle hard never give up, until I made it
  Now y'all sayin that's a clever nigga, nuttin to play with
  Hate on me, I blew but I'm the same ol G
  People warn me, when you're on top there's envy
  Took my niggas out the hood, but you doubt on us
  Sayin we left the hood but can't get it out of us
  My bad, should I step out my shoes, give 'em to you?
  Here's my cars and my house, you can live in that too
  Criticize when I flow for the streets, hate my dress code
  Gucci this, Fendi that, what you expect hoe?
  Nickname Esco', took this game to its threshold
  Best flow I bet the whole U.S. know
  Try to make it like you the realest, but who the illest?
  Think we all know the answer to that, cause niggas feel this right
    [Puff Daddy]
  You think I'ma come this far, and let you niggas stop me now?
  I hate you too!! (Do it now!)
    [Base Chorus]
    [3rd Chorus: add Puff Daddy after each pause]
  I won't stop
  I can't stop
  You can hate me
  I hate you too
  You can hate me now..
  You can hate me now..
    [Puff] I like this.. I like the way this feels
    [Verse 3]
  It's a thin line between paper and hate
  friends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eights
  Hell or the pearly gates; I was destined to come
  Predicted, blame God, he blew breath in my lungs
  Second to none, wicked turn wives to widows
  Shoot through satin pillows, the desolate one
  Took a little time to claim my spot
  Chairman of the board until this game stop, and I side with the Lord
  Ride for the cause while drivin niggas shot at my doors
  Plottin I'm sure to catch me with they glocks to my jaws
  Tried, stickin me up, but I flipped on these ducks (you tried)
  Instead of me, ambulances were picking them up (that's what you get)
  Niggas fear what they don't understand, hate what they can't conquer
  Guess it's just the fury of man
  Became a monster, on top of the world, never fallin
  I'm as real as they come, from day one, forever ballin
  C'mon
    [Puff Daddy]
  You ain't never seen a nigga like me, ever in your life
  And that's what you can't understand!
    [Base Chorus]
    [4th Chorus: start w/ Puff Daddy, then after each pause]
  You can hate me now
  I won't stop
  I can't stop
  You can hate me
  I hate you too
  You can hate me now..
  You can hate me now..
    [Puff] You can hate me now
  [Nas] C'mon niggas
  [Puff] But I won't stop now
  [Nas] Do it now! Get this shit over with
  [Puff] But I won't stop now..
  [Nas] It ain't gon' never stop niggas
  [Puff] I can't stop..