[Produced by Trackmasters, D. Moet and Pretty Boy]

[Intro: Nas & Puff Daddy]

Escobar Season has returned (Has returned)

It's been a long time, been a long time comin'

It's life or death for me now

But, you know, there's no turnin' back now

This is what makes me, this is what I am... (Feel me?)

(Let's go)

[Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

You can hate me now (QB)

But I won't stop now (Real niggas)

'Cause I can't stop now (Bravehearts)

You can hate me now (C'mon!)

But I won't stop now (Uh)

(Well, you hate me, I'm gon' hate you too. It's as simple as that)

'Cause I can't stop now (Die, motherfucker! Die, motherfucker! Die!)

You can hate me now (You don't give a fuck, I don't give a fuck)

You can hate me now (Go down any way you want it to go down)

[Post-Chorus Nas & Puff Daddy]

Do it now

(Weak, jealous motherfuckers!)

Do it now

Do it now!

[Verse 1: Nas & Puff Daddy]

Don't hate me, hate the money I see (Yeah), clothes that I buy (Uh-huh)

Ice that I wear, flows that I try (C'mon)

Close your eyes (That's right), picture me rollin'

Sixes, money foldin'

Bitches, honeys that's swollen; the riches, Nas get in ya

Most critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize winner

Best storyteller, thug narrator, my style's greater (You the best, that's right)

Model dater; big threat to a lot of you haters (Haha)

Commentators ringside try watchin' my paper (Watch this)

Almost a decade; quite impressive

Most of the best is in the essence, for this rap shit that I stand for

Expandin' more to the big screen; Bill Gate dreams

But it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greens (Hah! Picture that)

Want me off the scene fast, but good things last

Like your favorite MC still makin' some mean cash

First rapper to bring a platinum plaque back to the projects

But you still wanna hate? Be my guest. I suggest–

[Pre-Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

Money is power, motherfucker

I got millions of thugs on salary!

Do it now!

[Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

You can hate me now (I won't stop)

But I won't stop now (I can't stop)

'Cause I can't stop now (Now) (You can hate me)

You can hate me now (Do it now) (I hate you too)

But I won't stop now (C'mon) (You can hate me now)

'Cause I can't stop now (C'mon)

You can hate me now (Do it now) (You can hate me now)

You can hate me now

[Pre-Chorus: Nas & Puff Daddy]

Do it now! I told you, do it now!

Let's go

[Verse 2: Nas]

You wanna hate me, then hate me, what can I do

But keep gettin' money? Funny, I was just like you

I had to hustle hard, never give up, until I made it

Now, y'all sayin', "That's a clever nigga, nothin' to play with"

Hate on me; I blew, but I'm the same OG

People warned me, "When you on top, there's envy"

Took my niggas out the hood, but you doubt on us

Sayin' we left the hood, but can't get it out of us

My bad, should I step out my shoes, give 'em to you?

Here's my cars and my house, you can live in that too

Criticize when I flow for the street, hate my dress code

Gucci this, Fendi that – what you expect, hoe?

Nickname Esco, took this game to its threshold

Best flow, I bet the whole U.S. know

Try to make it like you the realest, but who the illest?

Think we all know the answer to that; 'cause niggas feel this, right?

[Pre-Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

You think I'ma come this far and let you niggas stop me now?

I hate you too! (Do it now!)

[Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

You can hate me now (I won't stop)

But I won't stop now (Now) (I can't stop)

'Cause I can't stop now (Do it now) (You can hate me)

You can hate me now (C'mon) (I hate you too)

But I won't stop now (Uh) (You can hate me now)

'Cause I can't stop now (Uh, uh)

You can hate me now (Do it now) (You can hate me now)

You can hate me now (Do it now)

[Interlude: Puff Daddy]

I like this

I like the way this feels (Let's go)

[Verse 3: Nas & Puff Daddy]

It's a thin line between paper and hate

Friends and snakes; nine milli's and thirty-eights

Hell or the Pearly Gates? I was destined to come

Predicted; blame God, He blew breath in my lungs

Second to none; wicked, turn wives to widows (Yeah)

Shoot through satin pillows, the desolate one (Right)

Took a little time to claim my spot

Chairman of the board, until this game stop and I side with the Lord

Ride for the cause; my driver, niggas shot up my doors (That's right)

Plottin', I'm sure, to catch me with they Glocks to my jaws

Tried stickin' me up, but I flipped on these ducks (You tried?)

Instead of me, ambulances were pickin' 'em up (That's what you get)

Niggas fear what they don't understand

Hate what they can't conquer, guess it's just the Theory of Man

Became a monster; atop of the world, never fallin'

I'm as real as they come, from day one, forever ballin' – c'mon!

[Pre-Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

(It won't stop) You will never seen a nigga like me

(It won't stop) Ever in your life

(You can hate me) (Never!)

And that's what you can't understand!

[Chorus: Puff Daddy & Nas]

You can hate me now (C'mon) (I won't stop)

But I won't stop now (I can't stop)

'Cause I can't stop now (Do it now, do it now) (You can hate me)

You can hate me now (Do it now, do it now, niggas) (I hate you too)

But I won't stop now (C'mon) (You can hate me now)

'Cause I can't stop now (Hate me now)

You can hate me now (You can hate me now) (Hate me now)

You can hate me now (C'mon, niggas!) (You can hate me now)

[Outro: Puff Daddy & Nas]

You can hate me now (C'mon, niggas!) (You can hate me now)

But I won't stop now (Do it now! Get this shit over with!)

(But I won't stop now)

It ain't gon' never stop, niggas! (I can't stop, I can't stop)