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

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