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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Performer
Ken Staton
Ken Staton
Vocals
Mike Tyler
Mike Tyler
Guitar
The LG Experience
The LG Experience
Remixer
Darren Lighty
Darren Lighty
Keyboards
Kevin Bentz
Kevin Bentz
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Composer
John Davis
John Davis
Composer
J. Heath
J. Heath
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Josh Chervokas
Josh Chervokas
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What up kid? I know  **** is rough, doin' your bid
When the cops came you should have slid to my crib
**** it, black, no time for lookin' back, it's done
Plus, congratulations, you know you got a son?
I heard he looks like you, why don't your lady write you?
Told her she should visit, that's when she got hyper
Flippin', talkin' 'bout he acts too rough
He didn't listen, he be riffin' while I'm tellin' him stuff
[Verse 2]
I was like, yeah, shorty don't care, she a snake too
**** with them **** from that fake crew that hate you
But, yo, guess who got **** in the dome-piece?
Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach
It's bugged, plus Little Rob is sellin' **** on the dime
Hangin' out with young thugs that all carry nines
And nighttime is more trife than ever
What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y'all together?
[Verse 3]
If so, then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest
Say what's up to Herb, Ice, and Bullet
I left a half a hundred in your commissary
You was my **** when push came to shove
(One what?) One love
[Verse 4]
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
(One love, love's keepin' it real)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
(One love, love's keepin' it real)
[Verse 5]
Dear Born, you'll be out soon, stay strong
Out in New York, the same **** is goin' on
The ****heads stalkin', loudmouths is talkin'
Hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walkin'
[Verse 6]
That **** you shot last year tried to appear
Like he heard of something, word to mother, heard him frontin'
And he be pumpin' on your block, your man gave him your ****
And now they run together
What up, son? Whatever
Since I'm on the streets, I'ma put it to a cease
But I heard you blew a **** with a **** for the phone piece
Wildin' on the island, but now in Elmira
Better chill 'cause them **** will put that **** on fire
[Verse 7]
Last time you wrote, you said they tried you in the showers
But maintain, when you come home, the corner's ours
On the reals, all these crab **** know the deal
When we start the revolution, all they probably do is squeal
But chill, see you on the next V-I
I gave your ma dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicks
Your brother's buck wildin' in 4 Main, he wrote me
He might beat this case, till he come home, I'm playin' low key
[Verse 8]
So stay civilized, time flies, though incarcerated
Your mind dive, I hate it when your moms cries
It kinda makes me wanna **** for realer
I even got a mask and gloves to bust ****, but one love
[Verse 9]
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
(One love, love's keepin' it real)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
(One love, love's keepin' it real)
[Verse 10]
Sometimes, I sit back with a **** ****
Mind's in another world, thinkin' how could we exist through the facts?
Written in school textbooks, Bibles, et cetera
**** a school lecture, the lies get me vexed up
So I be ghost from my project, I take my pen and pad
For the week and hittin' **** while I'm sleepin'
A two day stay, you may say I needed time alone
To relax my dome, no phone, left the nine at home
[Verse 11]
You see, the streets had me stressed something terrible
**** with the corners, have a **** up in Bellevue
Or HDM, hit with numbers from eight to ten
A future in a maximum state Penn is grim
So I comes back home, nobody's out but Shorty Doo-Wop
Rollin' two **** together, in the 'Bridge, we call 'em oowops
He said, "Nas, **** caught me bustin' off the roof
So I wear a bulletproof and pack a black ****"
[Verse 12]
He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was 'sleep
Started coughin', one eyes peeked to watch me speak
I sat back like the mack, my army suit was black
We was chillin' on these **** where he punked his loose cracks
I took the **** when he passed it
This little **** keeps me blasted and starts talkin' mad ****
I had to school him, told him, don't let **** fool him
'Cause when the **** blows, the one that's murdered be the cool one
[Verse 13]
Tough luck when **** is struck, families  **** up
Coulda caught your man, but didn't look when you bucked up
Mistakes happen so take heed, never bust up at the crowd
Catch him solo, make the right man bleed
[Verse 14]
Shorty's laugh was cold blooded, as he spoke so foul
Only twelve, tryna tell me that he liked my style
Then I rose, wipin' the **** ash from my clothes then froze
Only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
And told my lil' man, I'ma ghost, I broze
Left some jewels in his skull that he could sell if he chose
Words of wisdom from Nas, try to rise up above
Keep an eye our for jakes, Shorty Wop, one love
[Verse 15]
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
(One love, love's keepin' it real)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
One love, one love (One love, one love, one love, one love)
(One love, love's keepin' it real)
One love, one love
(For the brothers that locked down)
(Keep that one love)
One love, one love (One love, love's keepin' it real)
(For the brothers out in the eve)
One love, one love
(Keep that one love)
One love, one love (One love, love's keepin' it real)
(For all the brothers uptown)
(Keep that one love)
One love, one love
(For all the brothers in jail)
(Keep that one love)
One love, one love (One love, love's keepin' it real)
One love, one love
One love, one love (One love, love's keepin' it real)
Written by: J. Heath, John Davis, Nasir Jones
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