N.O.R.E.

Released: December 13, 2011

Featuring: Macy Gray DMX

Songwriter: Macy Gray DMX N.O.R.E.

Producer: Kannon “Caviar” Cross

[Intro]
I need some to smoke to, yeah
I need some to drink on, yeah
I need some to ride to, yeah
Yeah yeah I think I ...

[Verse 1 - N.O.R.E.]
.. sunglasses .. melody ..but asses ..
Medical smokes severable credible on death purple G ..
Lords under underground call me .. cracker
I’m a number one ..i’m a number one ..
Back on my attitude, attitude back
Yeah attitude ... is gratitude
And I don’t gamble cause I don’t like to cash much
I do step in to I don’t dance much
New York the .. been there we’re botu to spend that

[Hook]
Dough the dough the dough the dough dough dough
Dough the dough dough dough
That dough the dough the dough the dough dough dough
Dough the dough dough dough
What else
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money

[Verse 2 - N.O.R.E.]
Hey y’all ..been rap money we’re diplomatic
Think like a ..could .. dramatic
Keep nice on my feet dough ..
Used to take shoots and pass off the ..
The .. I’ma resident hey you got my all..
.. just to in store the legend life .. I keep it movin like ..
So what it is mine I wait too .. aha
My name .. like body builders
Thank killers you got ..

[Hook]
Dough the dough the dough the dough dough dough
Dough the dough dough dough
Pay cash the dough the dough the dough the dough dough dough
Dough the dough dough dough
What else
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money

[Bridge - Macy Gray]
..my world start to ..
Reach free nation maybe the two us
Even the ..high even my .. are high come and see me
Cause it’s a major.. all the ..

[Verse 3 - DMX]
...
I don’t care.. I excel they all fall
..stay out from jail
..is hard as heel I don’t get ..
I don’t care.. I excel ..

[Hook]
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money
I gotta make money, I gotta take money

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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