One Love

Nas: What up with Cormega, did you see him, are y'all together?
What up with Cormega, did you see him, are y'all together?
(From Illmatic, "One love")

Cormega: Yea I'm about to write this letter, lay it down you know?

Verse One:

Dear Nas
what up son it's Mega
I got your letter
me and my cousin Oogie here together
a yo your man Duke came through
you should know the situation cause we dealing with the same crew
and you can tell that crabb shorty I'm a hurt her
for fucking with them niggas from that crew she know we want to murder
a yo that shit about Jerome's neice is foul
she was bringing niggas mad loud when we was locked down
put around town the 4 pounds of glocks
on the dime block
labels are marked now they have they full time lock
son fuck the stupidness
shorty be trooping it
next time you see her hit her off with some loot and shit
don't forget the kicks I already got flicks
Big Ice hit bricks from c-76
homocide thieves are ready to blitz
travelers think
string with the grin his razor blade blew six
a yo...

one love, one life, one mind dreaming
son one day I'm leaving
one thug showing you love for one reason
for all my niggas thats locked down and bleeding(2x)

Verse 2:

(yo yo)
Anyway I heard Black Jay was getting paper
tell my nigga Nut his man Bass is here from Jamaica
I was holding down a fourth and for a other ton
you couldn't touch a jack unless you had gats or box cutters
I seen an ox cutter, so many features
niggaz sneaking up and blowing motherfuckers for their sneakers
I seen this kid cut police up, for real muney creeped up
slid the ills out and blew the beast up
yo handcuffs can make a man tough and suffer
my rhymes keep your mind stimulated like a la puffer
yo this life is type bugged
I'm surrounded by dope fiends and thugs
but I'm a still maintain my brain frames so...

one love, one life, one mind dreaming
son one day I'm leaving
one thug showing you love for one reason