N.O.R.E.

Released: December 13, 2011

Featuring: Lil Wayne Pharrell Williams

Songwriter: Lil Wayne N.O.R.E. Pharrell Williams

Producer: The Neptunes

[Intro: Pharrell]
Ayo, that special-order LV backpack?
I wasn't wearing it just to show off
I got plutonium in there
Mr. Williams, we'll be taking your orders now

[Hook: Pharrell & N.O.R.E.]
I'ma live the dream, yo, no time to sleep, yo
If you know what we know, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Looking through the peephole, I can see the people
Looking for the heat, yo, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Oh, it's an animal anthem

[Bridge: N.O.R.E. & Woman vocalist]
What's poppin', poppin'
Yeah, the spot is (Poppin', poppin')
Yeah, my knot is (Poppin', poppin')
My Glock is (Poppin', poppin')
So provocative

[Verse 1: N.O.R.E.]
Ayo, them bricks that they front me out of the country
Do that thing monthly, mujeres still want me (Mujeres)
Them dudes finito, I sell chico (Uh-huh)
To a chico, magnifico (What!)
The truck and my seat low, magnetic, your thug cosmetic
Swag synthetic, you get your shit shredded (What!)
Osmosis, scoliosis, prognosis
Ferocious, get a dosage—yo, hold up
Put your hands in the air, yeah, this a hold-up
[?] kush, kung fu karate
Kawasaki, akhi, your shit sloppy, probably
Gold guns to say the least (What!), that's just for Ray Lewis
Wherever there's Indians, I'ma come and play the chief
Ajuua! They basura
Neptunes don't gotta be thugs, 'cause I'm their shooter (Ba-ba-ba-ba!)
My new guns is plastic, new N.O.R.E.'s a classic (What!)

[Hook: Pharrell, N.O.R.E. & Lil Wayne]
I'ma live the dream, yo, no time to sleep, yo (Owwww!)
If you know what we know, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem (Haha)
Oh, it's an animal anthem (Oww)
Looking through the peephole, I can see the people
Looking for the heat, yo, y'all niggas finito (Tunechi)
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Oh, it's an animal anthem

[Bridge: N.O.R.E., Woman vocalist & Lil Wayne]
What's poppin', poppin' (Yeah!)
Yeah, the spot is (Poppin', poppin')
Yeah, my knot is (Poppin', poppin')
Ayy, Norey, I told you I got you, nigga
My Glock is (Poppin', poppin')
So provocative

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
Ugh! I split Swishers with my thumb, slime
They say numbers don't lie except one-time
Young Tune got goons on the front line
These hoes tryna get on like they unsigned
Side-step counter, right, left, punchline
Real niggas don't do sit-ups when it's crunch time
Get high, sing songs on my guitar
Got your girl on my dick like a see-saw
My son tell his friends, "Daddy got a racecar"
T roll blunts longer than the space bar
Dreadhead, high socks with some Vans on
Bullet hole bigger than the Grand Canyon
Neptunes on the beat, Norey, what it is?
Chop body parts off, stick 'em in the fridge
Yeah, kiss my ass under the mistletoe
Young Money, motherfucker, if you didn't know

[Hook: Pharrell, N.O.R.E. & Lil Wayne]
I'ma live the dream, yo, no time to sleep, yo (Hahahaha!)
If you know what we know, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem (Woo!)
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Looking through the peephole, I can see the people
Looking for the heat, yo, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Oh, it's an animal anthem

[Bridge: N.O.R.E. & Woman vocalist]
What's poppin', poppin'
Yeah, the spot is (Poppin', poppin')
Yeah, my knot is (Poppin', poppin')
My Glock is (Poppin', poppin')
So provocative

[Verse 3: N.O.R.E.]
Animalistic, futuristic gold biscuit (Animal)
Artistic, hands roll kush terrific (What!)
Alien, out of this world, I must have want more
Pyramids, Egypt-style, look like the Luxor
Dashiki wrapped on my face, though, I say so
Go anywhere the weight go for peso
Rosé tigre, connec' named Felipe
Nacho Libre, hood like Wee-Bey
Colombian necktie, respect and let the tech fly
Señor jefé, super-slime Aztec, ayy
Drink agua, lay up in Caguas
Still on my rah-rah, no Lady Gaga
Still, I rock the diamond holder
Mami give me brain, I think that she a mind controller
I don't mind her over
Stop one, corner store crime, I'm on top of it
Them dudes is washed, I'm exact opposite

[Hook: Pharrell & N.O.R.E.]
I'ma live the dream, yo, no time to sleep, yo
If you know what we know, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Looking through the peephole, I can see the people
Looking for the heat, yo, y'all niggas finito
Oh, it's an animal anthem
Oh, it's an animal anthem

[Bridge: N.O.R.E. & Woman vocalist]
What's poppin', poppin'
Yeah, the spot is (Poppin', poppin')
Yeah, my knot is (Poppin', poppin')
My Glock is (Poppin', poppin')
So provocative

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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