N.O.R.E.

Featuring: Angie Martinez Musolini Maze Jadakiss Capone Big Pun

Songwriter: N.O.R.E. Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo Capone Big Pun Jadakiss Angie Martinez Maze Musolini

Producer: The Neptunes

[Noreaga]
Neptunes, N.O.R.E, Angie Martinez
Jadakiss, Big Pun, Capone
Musaliny-N-Maze
Thugged Out Entertainment
Rush to the stores
'Pone, let 'em know...

[Capone]
Yo, understand my first name 'Pone, fuck mythical lies
I keep the game sewn, keep criminal ties
Generals die, lieutenants take over seminole vibes
Like Bumpy in Harlem, I rose to stardom
Put the gat down and put my lifestyle between the margin
I'm like niggas squeeze, pardon, whether eatin or starvin
I wanna see, stash heat in the carpet
Move a target at this wrath market, ya heard?

[Big Pun]
I'm like science and math, flyin past you at lightspeed
My eye of the glass, split that ass to the white meat
Warp speed, niggas thinkin I'm rappin off beats
Till I land back on the track, on all four feet
Think about it; yeah I smell you, I think you farted
Thought you could fuck with the P? You must be retarded
Call your boys, I'll leave 'em toe-tagged to corduroy
I'm tappin your moms at the funeral, like the Waterboy

1 - [Angie Martinez]
Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh! Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh!
Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh! Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh!
Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh! Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh!
Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh! Oh no, oh, oh no, uh oh!

[Jadakiss]
Uhh, yeah, uhh, uh-huh, L.O.X. yeah
Uh-huh, yeah, Thugged Out, yeah, yeah, yeah, yo, yo
Ey yo, Jada spit crazy new flows
Catch me, Iceberg'ed out, with the baby blue bows
K-I double S-I, see me in the bubble S-type, rippin' the westside
I got it if you want it, just sniff it, blunt it
And if I get a chick pregnant, it's a brick in her stomach
Because all my niggas hold dough
Imagine me doing a song with y'all cats (Oh no)

[Maze]
Aiyyo, the reason why niggas say we floss too much
It ain't shit we ever seen that ever cost too much
In the scenery, bet y'all niggas lost your touch
So just to get it back, guess what, y'all go against us
Cause I'm'a die for my team, drop shine with my team
Laid back, zone in the beat, my lye steam
Cats hatin' me, steady tryin' to ruin my world
So Maze poppin' shells like I was abusin' my girl

Repeat 1

[Musaliny]
Niggas wanna play tough, till them niggas duct-taped up
Till money is placed up, y'all niggas is fake fucks
Throwin' dirt on my name, same niggas
We took the train and sold 'cane, look shit done changed
It's like "Oh No!", niggas don't really want the guns to blow
Put six feet low, and same shit we do to you, do to your ho
Thugged out shit, what y'all niggas lookin' fo'?

[Noreaga]
You see I got guns, that'll tear you apart
Put your brains in your lap, put your soul in your heart
In the club, I'm in the crowd, it ain't nothin' to me
Chicks wanna touch my dick and my jewelry
And I'm a gangsta, I don't wanna shoot no clown
I'm on some petty shit, I'll tear your poster down
And when I shoot, niggas know I shoot for dead
And I don't care about your vest, cause I hit your head!

Repeat 1

[Noreaga]
Throw 'em up, yeah, yeah
Y'all know what this is, right?
Yo, y'all know what this is, man
Yo, yo, y'all know what this is, man
Jadakiss, The Lox, Ruff Ryders, no doubt
Big Pun, Terror Squad, Angie Martinez
Musaliny-N-Maze, Capone
Thugged Out

Queens rapper Noreaga (also known as N.O.R.E.) was one of the most distinctive voices of the late ’90s hardcore hip-hop scene. He found critical and commercial success, both as a member of the duo Capone-N-Noreaga and as a solo artist, well into the 2000s.

Born Victor Santiago, Jr., to a Puerto Rican father and black mother, N.O.R.E. was raised in the Lefrak City housing projects in Queens, New York. In the early ’90s, while serving a sentence for attempted murder at the Green Haven Correctional Facility, he befriended Queensbridge native Capone. Once released, the two began rapping together under the mentorship of Juice Crew veteran Tragedy Khadafi, appearing in The Source Magazine’s “Unsigned Hype” column in 1995.

The duo attracted widespread attention in 1996 with the release of the single “L.A., L.A..” The song—a response to Tha Dogg Pound’s “New York, New York”—is considered a key record in the infamous East Coast/West Coast battle. Only 18 at the time, Noreaga’s unorthodox style of rapping immediately stood out. VIBE Magazine described his flow as “staggered, high-pitched parrot riffs.” The Source called it “word association-style poetics.” Capone-N-Noreaga’s debut The War Report was released by Penalty/Warner in June 1997 to critical acclaim.

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