Hate Me Now
by Nas

Album: I Am... (1999)
Charted: 14 62
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  • Escobar Season has returned
    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

    You can hate me now,(Q.B.) but I won't stop now (real niggas)
    Cause I can't stop now, (Bravehearts) you can hate me now (c'mon)
    But I won't stop now, cause I can't stop now
    You can hate me now, you can hate me now

    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, honeys 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

    You can hate me now,(Q.B.) but I won't stop now (real niggas)
    Cause I can't stop now, (Bravehearts) you can hate me now (c'mon)
    But I won't stop now, cause I can't stop now
    You can hate me now, you can hate me now

    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, nothin' to play with"
    Hate on me, I blew but I'm the same O.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, ho?
    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

    You can hate me now,(Q.B.) but I won't stop now (real niggas)
    Cause I can't stop now, (Bravehearts) you can hate me now (c'mon)
    But I won't stop now, cause I can't stop now
    You can hate me now, you can hate me now

    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
    Instead of me, ambulances were picking them up
    Niggas fear what they don't understand, hate what they can't conquer
    Guess it's just the theory 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

    You can hate me now,(Q.B.) but I won't stop now (real niggas)
    Cause I can't stop now, (Bravehearts) you can hate me now (c'mon)
    But I won't stop now, cause I can't stop now
    You can hate me now, you can hate me now Writer/s: Ervin Loyd, Nasir Jones, Sean Combs
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid
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