The Assignment

By N.O.R.E.

On N.O.R.E.

Released on July 7, 1998

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[Intro]

Word up, Busta Bus, my motherfuckin' nigga (Bus)

Uh-huh, my nigga, man (Ya heard?)

This my nigga right there

What, what

[Verse 1: Noreaga & Busta Rhymes]

Yo, you know Nore, type of nigga stay real trump

I ain't the type to fight a nigga, just blaze you up

What the fuck? All you niggas wanna say what, what

While you halfway thugs soundin' halfway butt

If you ain't with Busta Bus, then shut the fuck up

Niggas is snakes, in other words just like jakes

Yo, I sell raps, used to sell crack on crates

It's like a Stockton shot, won't look, but it dropped

Yo, I'd hate to have to send my niggas all in your spot

Like Spliff Star, shootin' right all in your car

Busta Bus plug the engine with bananas

Even if they lose our sight, we still got cameras

We play the game like the movie, smoke loosie

B.I.G. gone, but my favorite song still Juicy (Yo, ya-yo, yo)


[Verse 2: Busta Rhymes]

Closed caption, son don't even know what's happenin'

Before the second thought, make you feel the wrath of my clappin' (Boom)

Fire flashin', two holes up in your head matchin'

Dope fiend in the corner itch from AIDS scars, scratchin' (Huh)

We make the nutter-butter, thick creamy shit from the gutter

Paranoid these niggas, flip and make they heartbeat flutter

You's a sucker (Ha), lace you up with my boxcutter

Your mother love her other son like you ain't even his brother (Ha)

Pussy nigga, I flip up to the max on you, nigga

Pose a violent threat immediately, black on you nigga

Ski maskin', fuck whatever question you askin'

Busta Rhyme and Nore Wonder Twin connect, we attachin'

Hold your corner, violatin' 'cross the border (Huh)

Try to catch my jewel, spyin' with your tape recorder

Fuck is wrong with you? (Ha) Don't you know we raw 'til the end? (Buck)

Battlefield shit, Flipmode Squad, CNN

[Chorus: Busta Rhymes & Noreaga]

Busta Rymes (What, what), Noreaga (What, what)

Flipmode (What, what), Thugged Out (What, what)

Spliff Star (What, what), Busta Rhymes (What, what)

Noreaga (What, what), Thugged Out (What, what)

Flipmode (What, what), Busta Rhymes (What, what)

Noreaga (What, what), Thugged Out (What, what)

Spliff Star (What, what), Flipmode (What, what)

Busta Rhymes (What, what), Noreaga (What, what)


[Verse 3: Maze]

Yo, it's the same as any, in this game you win or lose

Jump out the Ac, run up with the Uz', don't move

Magically Maze lyrically invade like a SWAT raid

Top grade rockin' wallaby suede, I'm always coppin', poppin'

Three in the air for my niggas not here

Locked in Whitney, tipsies, specifically it twist me when it's Cristy


[Verse 4: Noreaga]

Let me go again, make sure the shit's soakin'

Thugged Out and Flipmode is like next of kin

Yo, we do it up, sendin' them niggas that won't screw it up, what?

Handle your business, God, even if KahlĂșa-ed up

I rock Clarks, on and off like John Starks

What? Shoot at your face, God, aim at your heart

Yo, from Indiana to Atlanta, God, we got this

Jose Luis, thugs just put me in the hot list

I rip shows, but never gotta go at hoes

Stay travelin', playin' click, just stay froze

I got the left arm, stay in the game like Montan'

My thug charm is everywhere now, dot com

Hear me anytime, you can access it

W dot Nore, yo, suck my dick

Peep me with Akinyele, yo, fuckin' for free

On some thug shit, my thugs stay fuckin' with me, what?


[Verse 5: Spliff Star]

Yo, let me at 'em, nigga, I got your gat, so let me splatter

Into smithereens, throw some bullets in his jeans

Another thug story, I bust my gun for Nore

Snap a nigga neck and now the law lookin' for me

I'm thugged out, bugged out, blow your fuckin' mug out

No di-doubt, I see you can't eat what you dish out

Watch, I reach in your soul, nigga, and pull the bitch out

Watch my TEC rise, feel the shells that it spit out

I'm warnin' you, send twenty niggas deep to corner you

Dressed in black from Brook' to Iraq

Blastin' MAC-10s, I be killin' y'all Benz

Live coverage at ten on CNN

[Chorus: Busta Rhymes & Noreaga]

Flipmode (What, what), Busta Rhymes (What, what)

Noreaga (What, what), Thugged Out (What, what)

Spliff Star (What, what), Flipmode (What, what)

Busta Rymes (What, what), Noreaga (What, what)

Busta Rhymes (What, what), Noreaga (What, what)

Flipmode (What, what), Thugged Out (What, what)

Spliff Star (What, what), Busta Rhymes (What, what)

Noreaga (What, what), Thugged Out (What, what)


[Outro: Noreaga]

What, what