Hate Me Now

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

• Artist:Nas
• Album:I Am...