Against All Odds
[Intro]One love, one thug, one nationTwenty-one gun saluteI'm hoping my true motherfuckers knowThis be the realest shit I ever wroteAgainst all odds, up in the studio, getting blowedTo the truest shit I ever spoke
[Verse 1]Twenty-one gun salute, dressed in fatigue, black jeans and bootsDisappeared in the crowd, all you seen was troopsThis little nigga named Nas thinks he live like meTalking bout he left the hospital took five like meYou living fantasies nigga, I reject your depositWe shook Dre punk ass, now we out of the closetMobb Deep wonder why a nigga blowed them outNext time grown folks talk, nigga close your mouthPeep me, I take this war shit deeplyDone seen too many real players fall to let these bitch niggas beat mePuffy lets be honest you a punk or you will see me with glovesRemember that shit you said to Vibe about me being a thugYou can tell the people you roll with whatever you wantBut you and I know what's going onPayback, I knew you bitch niggas from way backWitness me strapped with Macs, knew I wouldn't play thatAll you old rappers trying to advanceIt's all over now, take it like a manNiggas looking like Larry Holmes, flabby and sickTrying to player hate on my shit, you eat a fat dickLet it be known this is how you made meLoving how I got you niggas crazy
[Hook 1]Against all oddsHoping my thug motherfuckers knowThis be the realest shit I ever wroteAgainst all odds, up in the studio, getting blowedTo the truest shit I ever spoke, against all oddsHoping my true motherfuckers knowThis be the realest shit I ever wrote
[Verse 2]I heard he was light skinned, stocky with a Haitian accentJewelry, fast cars and he's known for flashing (What's his name???)Listen while I take you back (nigga say his name) and lace this rapA real live tale about a snitch named Haitian JackKnew he was working for the FED's, same crime, different trialsNigga, picture what he said, and did I mentionPromised a payback, Jimmy Henchman, in due timeI know you bitch niggas is listening, the world is mineSet me up, wet me up, niggas stuck me upHeard the guns bust but you tricks never shut me upTouch one of mine, on everything I loveI'll destroy everything you touch, play the game niggaAll out warfare, eye for eyeLast words to a bitch nigga, "Why you lie?"Now you gotta watch your back, now watch your frontHere we come, gunshots too Tut, now you stuckFuck the rap game, nigga this M-O-BSo believe me we enemies, I go against all odds
[Hook 2]I'm hoping my true motherfuckers knowThis be the realest shit I ever wroteAgainst all odds, up in the studio, getting blowedTo the truest shit I ever spokeI'm hoping my true motherfuckers knowThis be the realest shit I ever wroteAgainst all odds
[Verse 3]Puffy getting robbed like a bitch, to hide that factHe did some shit he shouldn't have did, so we riding for thatAnd that nigga that was down for me, resting deadSwitch sides, guess his new friends wanted him deadProbably be murdered for the shit that I saidI bring the real, be a legend, breathing or deadLord listen to meGod don't like ugly, it was written(ey yo Nas) Nas, your whole damn style is bittenYou heard my melody, read about my life in the papersAll my run-ins with authorities, felonious capersNow you wanna live my life, so what's a Hausa Nas?Niggas that don't rhyme right, you've seen too many moviesLoad em up against the wall, close his eyesSince you lie you die, goodbye!Let the real live niggas hear the truth from meWhat would you do if you was me nigga
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[Outro]Against all oddsTwenty-one gun saluteOne love to my true thug niggas (Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!)Twenty-one gun salute to my niggas that die in the line of dutyRepresenting to the fullest being soldiers with military mindsThat play the rules of the game, twenty-one gun saluteI salute you my niggas, stay strongI ride for you, I rhyme for you, I roll for you, it's all for youTo all you bitch made niggas, I'm coming for youAgainst all odds, I don't care who the fuck you is, niggaYou touch me I'm at youI know you motherfuckers think that I forgotHell no I ain't forgot niggaI just remember what you told meYou said don't go to war unless I got my money behind meAight, I got my money right here, now I want war