The Game – Hate It or Love It

Yeah, let’s take ’em back
Uh-huh

Coming up I was confused, my mommy kissing a girl
Confusion occurs coming up in the cold world
Daddy ain’t around, probably out committing felonies
My favorite rapper used to sing, “Check, check out my melody”
I wanna live good so, shit, I sell dope
For a four finger ring, one of them gold ropes
Nana told me if I passed I’d get a sheepskin coat
If I can move a few packs I’d get the hat, now that’d be dope
Tossed and turned in my sleep that night
Woke up the next morning, niggas had stole my bike
Different day, same shit, ain’t nothing good in the hood
I’d run away from this bitch and never come back if I could

Hate it or love it, the underdog’s on top
And I’m gon’ shine, homie, until my heart stop
Go ‘head envy me, I’m rap’s M.V.P
And I ain’t going nowhere, so you can get to know me
Hate it or love it, the underdog’s on top
And I’m gon’ shine, homie, until my heart stop
Go ‘head envy me, I’m rap’s M.V.P
And I ain’t going nowhere, so you can get to know me

(G-G-G-G-G-Unit!) On the grill of my lowrider
Guns on both sides, right above the gold wires
I’ll fo’-five ’em, kill a nigga on my song
And really do it, that’s the true meaning of a ghostwriter
10 G’s will take your daughter out her Air Forces
Believe you me, homie, I know all about losses
I’m from Compton, wear the wrong colors, be cautious
One phone call’ll have your body dumped in Marcy
I stay strapped like car seats
Been bangin’ since my lil’ nigga Rob got killed for his Barkleys
That’s 10 years, I told Pooh in ’95
I’ll kill you if you try me for my Air Max 95’s
Told Banks when I met him I’ma ride
And if I gotta die, I’d rather homicide
I ain’t have 50 cent when my grandmama died
Now I’m going back to Cali
With my Jacob on, see how time fly?

Hate it or love it, the underdog’s on top
And I’m gon’ shine, homie, until my heart stop
Go ‘head envy me, I’m rap’s M.V.P
And I ain’t going nowhere, so you can get to know me
Hate it or love it, the underdog’s on top
And I’m gon’ shine, homie, until my heart stop
Go ‘head envy me, I’m rap’s M.V.P
And I ain’t going nowhere, so you can get to know me

From the beginning to the end
Losers lose, winners win
This is real, we ain’t got to pretend
The cold world that we in is full of pressure and pain
Enough of me, nigga, now listen to Game

Used to see Five-O, throw the crack by the bench
Now I’m fuckin’ with 5-0, it’s all starting to make sense
My mom’s happy, she ain’t gotta pay the rent
And she got a red bow on that brand new Benz
Waiting on Sha Money to land, sitting in the Range
Thinking how they spent 30 million dollars on airplanes
When there’s kids starvin’
Pac is gone and Brenda still throwing babies in the garbage
I wanna know what’s going on like I hear Marvin
No schoolbooks, they used that wood to build coffins
Whenever I’m in the booth and I get exhausted
I think, “What if Marie Baker got that abortion?” I love you, ma

Hate it or love it, the underdog’s on top
And I’m gon’ shine, homie, until my heart stop
Go ‘head envy me, I’m rap’s M.V.P
And I ain’t going nowhere, so you can get to know me
Hate it or love it, the underdog’s on top
And I’m gon’ shine, homie, until my heart stop
Go ‘head envy me, I’m rap’s M.V.P
And I ain’t going nowhere, so you can get to know me