[Puff] Escobar season has returned...[Nas]It's been a long time, been a long time cominLooks like the death of me nowBut you know, there's no turning back nowThis is what makes me - this is what I am[Puff] Feel me? Let's go[Base Chorus: Puff Daddy]You can hate me now.. but I won't stop now..Cause I can't stop now.. you can hate me now..But I won't stop now.. cause I can't stop now..You can hate me now.. you can hate me NOWWWW..[1st Chorus: add Nas after each pause]Q.B., real ^!$$%s, Bravehearts, c'mon[1st Chorus: after Nas add Puff Daddy ad lib]Well you hate me I'm gon' hate you tooIt's as simple as thatDie mother$#&@er die mother$#&@er dieYou don't give a $#&@ I don't give a $#&@Go down any way you want it to go down (do it now)Weak, jealous mother$#&@ers (do it now, do it now)$#&@ y'all![Verse 1]Don't hate me, hate the money I see, clothes that I buyIce that I wear, clothes that I try, close your eyesPicture me rollin, sixes, money foldin(*##$es honies that swollen to riches, Nas get in yaMost critically acclaimed Pulitzer, prize winnerBest storyteller thug narrator my style's greaterModel dater, big threat to a lot of you hatersCommentators ringside try watchin my paperAlmost a decade, quite impressiveMost of the best is in the essencefor this rap %#@! that I stand forExpandin more to the big screen, Bill Gates dreamsBut it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greensWant me off the scene fast, but good things lastlike your favorite MC still makin some mean cashFirst rapper to bring a platinum plaque, back to the projectsbut you still wanna hate, be my guest, I suggest[Puff Daddy]Money is power mother$#&@erI got millions of thugs on salary, (*##$ (do it now)[Base Chorus][2nd Chorus: add Puff Daddy after each pause]I won't stopI can't stopYou can hate meI hate you tooYou can hate me now..You can hate me now..[Nas] Do it now, I told you do it now[Puff] Let's go[Verse 2]You wanna hate me then hate me; what can I dobut keep gettin money, funny I was just like youI had to hustle hard never give up, until I made itNow y'all sayin that's a clever ^!$$%, nuttin to play withHate on me, I blew but I'm the same ol GPeople warn me, when you're on top there's envyTook my ^!$$%s out the hood, but you doubt on usSayin we left the hood but can't get it out of usMy bad, should I step out my shoes, give 'em to you?Here's my cars and my house, you can live in that tooCriticize when I flow for the streets, hate my dress codeGucci this, Fendi that, what you expect hoe?Nickname Esco', took this game to its thresholdBest flow I bet the whole U.S. knowTry to make it like you the realest, but who the illest?Think we all know the answer to that, cause ^!$$%s feel this right[Puff Daddy]You think I'ma come this far, and let you ^!$$%s stop me now?I hate you too!! (Do it now!)[Base Chorus][3rd Chorus: add Puff Daddy after each pause]I won't stopI can't stopYou can hate meI hate you tooYou can hate me now..You can hate me now..[Puff] I like this.. I like the way this feels[Verse 3]It's a thin line between paper and hatefriends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eightsHell or the pearly gates; I was destined to comePredicted, blame God, he blew breath in my lungsSecond to none, wicked turn wives to widowsShoot through satin pillows, the desolate oneTook a little time to claim my spotChairman of the board until this game stop, and I side with the LordRide for the cause while drivin ^!$$%s shot at my doorsPlottin I'm sure to catch me with they glocks to my jawsTried, stickin me up, but I flipped on these ducks (you tried)Instead of me, ambulances were picking them up (that's what you get)^!$$%s fear what they don't understand, hate what they can't conquerGuess it's just the fury of manBecame a monster, on top of the world, never fallinI'm as real as they come, from day one, forever ballinC'mon[Puff Daddy]You ain't never seen a ^!$$% like me, ever in your lifeAnd that's what you can't understand![Base Chorus][4th Chorus: start w/ Puff Daddy, then after each pause]You can hate me nowI won't stopI can't stopYou can hate meI hate you tooYou can hate me now..You can hate me now..[Puff] You can hate me now[Nas] C'mon ^!$$%s[Puff] But I won't stop now[Nas] Do it now! Get this %#@! over with[Puff] But I won't stop now..[Nas] It ain't gon' never stop ^!$$%s[Puff] I can't stop..