Hate It Or Love It

Album: The Documentary (2005)
Charted: 4 2
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  • Yeah, let's take 'em back
    Uh huh

    Comin' up I was confused, my mommy kissin' a girl
    Confusion occurs comin' up in the cold world
    Daddy ain't around, probably out commitin' felonies
    My favorite rapper used to sing, "Check check out My Melody"
    I wanna live good, so shit I sell dope
    For a four finger ring, one of them gold ropes
    Nana told me if I passed I'd get a sheepskin coat
    If I can move a few packs I'd get the hat, now that'd be dope
    Tossed and turned in my sleep that night
    Woke up the next mornin', niggas had stole my bike
    Different day, same shit, ain't nothin' good in the hood
    I'd run away from this bitch and never come back if I could

    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me
    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me

    I told Dre from the gate "I'd carry the heat for ya"
    First mixtape song I inherited beef for ya
    Gritted my teeth for ya, G-G-G-G for ya
    Put Compton on my back when you was in need of soldiers
    At my last show I threw away my N.W.A. gold
    I had the whole crowd yellin', "Free Yayo!"
    So niggas better get up outta mine
    For I creep and turn your projects into Columbine
    And I'm rap's MVP
    Don't make me remind y'all what happened in D.C
    This nigga ain't Gotti, he pretend
    Mad at us 'cause Ashanti got a new boyfriend
    And it seems your lil' rat turned out to be a mouse
    This beef shit is for the birds and the birds fly South
    Even Young Buck can vouch, when the doubts was out
    Who gave the West coast mouth-to-mouth? (Hahaha)

    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me
    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me

    From the beginnin' to the end, losers lose, winners win
    This is real we ain't got to pretend
    The cold world that we in, is full of pressure and pain
    I thought it would change, it's stayin' the same

    How many of them boys is witcha'
    When you had that little TV you had to hit on to get a picture
    I'm walking with a snub, 'cause niggas do a lot of slick talkin'
    In the club 'til they coughin' on the rug
    Ain't never had much but a Walkman and a bud
    My role model is gone snortin' up his drug
    Bad enough they want me to choke, my boy just got poked in the throat
    Now it's an RIP shirt in my coat
    Now I'm speedin', reminiscin'
    Holdin' my weed in, never listen
    If I see him I'ma lift 'em
    And maybe that'll even the score
    But if not, it'll be me on the floor

    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me
    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me

    I started out at 15, scared as hell
    I took 30 off a pack and I made them sales
    As a youth, man I used to hustle for loot
    With that lil' deuce-deuce and my triple fat goose
    Sippin' Easy Jesus, rockin' a Alesis
    My momma whipped me when she found my pieces
    I look back on life and thank God I'm blessed
    We the best on the planet so forget the rest

    You know I'm still nice with my cook game
    Look man, it's a hood thang that's why I'm loved in Brooklyn
    I handle mine just like a real nigga should
    If I do some time homey, I'm still all good
    Let me show you what a thug 'bout, born to die
    I took the bullets outta 50 put 'em in my fo'-five
    And I ain't even got my feet wet yet
    A seven figure nigga who ain't seen a worthy check

    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me
    Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top
    And I'm gon' shine homey until my heart stop
    Go 'head envy me, I'm rap's MVP
    And I ain't goin' nowhere, so you can get to know me Writer/s: Allan Wayne Felder, Christopher Charles Lloyd, Curtis James Jackson, David Darnell Brown, Jayceon Terrell Taylor, Marvin Bernard, Norman Ray Harris, Ronald Baker
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Mike from West Haven, CtI cannot seem to get the lyrics to the song (Hate it or love it) by the game
  • Keriah from Naples, FlI love this song and I love The Game he is one of my most favorite rappers and I LOVE THIS SONG IT;S REALLY Cool and I like him a lot more than 50 cent
  • Andy from Arlington, VaThe line "my favorite rapper used to sing 'Check-check out my melody'" is a reference to a song by rap pioneers Eric B and Rakim.
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