Against All Odds

One love, one love, one thug One nation, twenty-one gun salute I'm hopin my true motherf***ers know This be the realest s*** I ever wrote Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed To the truest s*** I ever spoke Twenty-one gun salute, dressed in fatigue, black jeans and boots Disappeared in the crowd, all you seen was troops This little n**** named Nas thinks he live like me Talkin bout he left the hospital took five like me You living fantasies, n**** I reject your deposit We shook Dre punk a**, now he out of the closet Mobb Deep wonder why n**** blowed them out Next time grown folks talk, n**** close your mouth Peep me, I take this war s*** deeply Done seen too many real players fall to let these b**** n****s beat me Puffy lets be honest you a punk or you will see me with gloves Remember that s*** you said to Vibe about me bein a thug You can tell the people you roll with whatever you want But you and I know what's going on Payback, I knew you b**** n****s from way back Witness me strapped with Macs, knew I wouldn't play that All you old rappers trying to advance It's all over now, take it like a man N****s lookin like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick Tryin to player hate on my s***, you eat a fat dick Let it be known this is how you made me Lovin how I got you n****s crazy Against all odds Hopin my thug motherf***ers know This be the realest s*** I ever wrote Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed To the truest s*** I ever spoke, against all odds Hopin my true motherf***ers know This be the realest s*** I ever wrote I heard he was light skinned, stocky with a Haitian accent Jewelery, fast cars and he's known for flashing (What's his name???) Listen while I take you back (N**** SAY HIS NAME!) and lace this rap A real live tale about a snitch named Haitian Jack Knew he was working for the FED's, same crime, different trials N****, picture what he said, and did I mention Promised a payback, Jimmy Henchman, in due time I know you b**** n****s is listenin, The World Is Mine Set me up, wet me up, n****s stuck me up Heard the guns bust but you tricks never shut me up Touch one of mine, on everything I love I'll destroy everything you touch, play the game n**** All out warfare, eye for eye Last words to a b**** n****, "Why you lie?" Now you gotta watch your back, now watch your front Here we come, gunshots too Tut, now you stuck F*** the rap game, n**** this M-O-B So believe me we enemies, I go against all odds I'm hopin' my true motherf***ers know This be the realest s*** I ever wrote Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed To the truest s*** I ever spoke I'm hopin my true motherf***ers know This be the realest s*** I ever wrote Against all odds Puffy getting robbed like a b****, to hide that fact He did some s*** he shouldn't have did, so we ridin for that And that n**** that was down for me, restin dead Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted him dead Probably be murdered for the s*** that I said I bring the real, be a legend, breathing or dead Lord listen to me God don't like ugly, It Was Written (ey yo Nas) Nas, your whole damn style is bitten You heard My Melody, read about my life in the papers All my run-ins with authorities, felonious capers Now you wanna live my life, so what's a Hausa Nas? N****s that don't rhyme right, you've seen too many movies Load em up against the wall, close his eyes Since you lie you die, GOODBYE Let the real live n****s hear the truth from me What would you do if you was me n**** Against all odds I'm hopin my true motherf***ers know This be the realest s*** I ever wrote Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed To the truest s*** I ever spoke [Repeat] Against all odds [Twenty-one gun salute] One love to my true thug n****s (Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!) Twenty-one gun salute to my n****s that die in the line of duty Representin to the fullest bein soldiers with military minds That play the rules of the game, twenty-one gun salute I salute you my n****s, stay strong I ride for you, I rhyme for you, I roll for you, it's all for you To all you b**** made n****s, I'm comin for you Against all odds, I don't care who the f*** you is, n**** You touch me I'm at you I know you motherf***ers think that I forgot Hell no I ain't forgot n**** I just remember what you told me You said don't go to war unless I got my money behind me Aight, I got my money right here, now I want war