Why You Hate the Game

[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius] To everybody who knows my story To all of those who came before me My time is now, I'm gon' do it all over again Ain't nothin' new ain't nothing change I'm still gonna do it my way Yeah I still remain So tell me why you hate the game So tell me why you hate the game This time I do it better just because [Interlude: Nas] Y'all know what it is The streets named me Illmatic but yet I'm still at it Can't hate us [Verse 1: Nas] Felon, Vice behind me on the intersection Sex and drugs my anthology on perfection Dress superb, admired by conspirists Who wanna try me but ain't high enough to 4-5 me up Child of the 80s, y'all niggas is lazy Complainin' 'bout labor pains nigga show me the baby And my nigga Game light another L, pass the bottle Pro-black I don't pick cotton out a aspirin bottle Yeah I learned my lessons and heard y'all snitchin' Witnessin' you rockin wit' narcs confirmed my suspicion Green fatigues on, my niggas I'll bleed for 'em I can show 'em the water but can't make 'em drink it And I can show them my fortunes but can't force 'em think rich And still I don't abort 'em when and if they sink quick Ignore the ignorance I rep the brilliance of Queensbridge And pray the feds let Murder Inc. live [Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius] To everybody who knows my story To all of those who came before me My time is now, I'm gon' do it all over again Ain't nothin' new ain't nothing change I'm still gonna do it my way Yeah I still remain So tell me why you hate the game So tell me why you hate the game This time I do it better just because [Interlude: The Game] I don't talk about my guns nigga I Just Blaze [Verse 2: The Game] 'Pac is watchin' B.I.G. is listenin' While Pun talkin' to us Jam Jay still spinnin' To every nigga listenin', I was supposed to be amongst kings My mom shouted out at my christenin' And while you still listenin', Shyne locked in a manhole And Cam got shot inside his Lambo, it's ample Life is a gamble, 15 years old, red rag around my head My sisters used to laugh and call me Rambo Seen Eazy's legacy melt away like a candle I rekindled the flame, Dre created The Game Nigga Wit a Attitude, from the cloth I came Young homie ate his way up from the bottom of the food chain Keep the crown, clown. I rock a L.A. Dodger fitted Showed my ass at Summer Jam but New York was down wit' it Now the ball's in my court never dribble out of bounds wit' it Behind the back to Nas he alley oop to Jigga, nigga [Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius] To everybody who knows my story To all of those who came before me My time is now, I'm gon' do it all over again Ain't nothin' new ain't nothing change I'm still gonna do it my way Yeah I still remain So tell me why you hate the game So tell me why you hate the game This time I do it better just because [Verse 3: The Game] Check it, me and nasty puffin', it's a classic trust me I even pass the dutchie to them niggas that don't love me I'm talkin' niggas that never wanted to see me on top Same niggas that never wanted to see The Doctor's Advocate drop Flop, I think not, I fuck you rap niggas like virgins Dre took my trainin' wheels off it's curtains I don't need no encore no claps no cheers The Game ain't over, this the beginning of my career The endin' of yours the endin' of his Like Flavor Flav's clock, I'm back to handle my biz "Nigga, it's Game time", that was Dre's favorite line Back when Proof was in the booth and I recited his lines And I still think about my nigga from time to time Make me wanna call 50 and let him know what's on my mind But I just hold back, 'cause we ain't beefin' like that He ain't B.I.G. and I ain't 'Pac we just eatin' off rap One love [Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius] To everybody who knows my story To all of those who came before me My time is now, I'm gon' do it all over again Ain't nothin' new ain't nothing change I'm still gonna do it my way Yeah I still remain So tell me why you hate the game So tell me why you hate the game This time I do it better just because [Outro: Just Blaze] It ain't over, Ladies and gentleman I go by the name of the one and only, Just Blaze I got a couple people in the house with me Usually we do this at the beginning But we gon' do it at the end this time I wanna take you to church real quick So I'mma need some help I need 1500 or Nothin' wit' me The wonderful talents of Marsha Ambrosius from Floetry Ah yeah there we go The sun is shinin' down on us right now We feelin' real good, we know y'all do too So if you feelin' good, sing along Clap along, stomp along, catch a lil' Holy Ghost And if you ain't feelin' good God willin' By the end of this record, we gon' change all that Ayo Lorenz you ready? There it is, pass me them drumsticks Alright everybody please join in, ya life ain't good You can get it right, take this opportunity to do so And ummm, I'mma let it do what it do Rest in peace George Eliot here we go! [1500 Choir & Marsha Ambrosious in the background] And the sun shines with you [Outro: Game] I wanna thank everybody for comin' out. God bless One love Good night. Or good day if you on the other side of the globe Yo Just, we on the move with this shit Doctor's Advocate. See you on the third album Hate it or love it