[Chorus]
When it comes to being true, at least true to me
One thing I found, one thing I found
Oh no you never let me down
Get up, I get down
Get up, I get down
Get up, I get down
Get up, I get down
Get up, I get down
Get up, I get down
[Jay-Z]
Yo, first I snatched the streets then I snatched the charts
First I had they ear, now I have their heart
Rappers came and went, I`ve been here from the start
I seen them put it together, watched them take it apart
Seen the rovers roll up wit ribbons
I seen them re-po`d, re-sold then re-driven
So when I reload, he holds #1 position
When you hot I`m hot
And when your feet cold, mines is sizzelin
It`s plain to see, niggaz can`t fuck with me
Cuz I`m a be that nigga for life
This is not an image, this is God given
This is hard livin, mixed with crystall sippin
It`s the most consistent, Hov
Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and
Nigga I`m home on these charts, y`all niggaz visitin
It`s Hov tradition, Jeff Gordan of rap
I`m back to claim pole position, holla at ya boy
[Chorus overlapping last four lines]
[Kanye West]
I get down for my grandfather who took my momma
Made her sit in that seat where white folks ain`t want us to eat
At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit in
And with that in my blood I was born to be different
Now niggaz can`t make it to ballads to choose leadership
But we can make it to Jacob`s and to the dealership
Swear I hear new music and I just don`t be feelin it
Racisms still alive, they just be concealin it
But I know they don`t want me in the damn club
They even make me show I.D to get inside of Sam`s club
I done did dirt and went to church and get my hands scrubbed
Swear I`ve been baptized each 3 or 4 times
But in the land where niggaz praise Yukons and getting paid
Its gon take a lot more than coupons to get us saved
Like it take a lot more than durags to get you waves
Nothing sad as that day my girl`s father past away
So I promised to Mr. Rany I`m gonna marry your daughter
And you know I gotta thank you for the way that she was brought up
And I know that you were smiling when you see the car I bought her
You sent tears from heaven when you seen my car get balled up
But I can`t complain what the accident did to my left eye
Cuz look what an accident did to Left Eye
First Aaliyah now romeo must die?
I know I got angels watchin me from the other side
[Chorus]
[J.Ivy]
We are all here for a reason on a particular path
You don`t need a curriculum to know that you`re apart of the math
Cats think I`m delirious but I`m so damn serious
That`s why I expose my soul to the globe; the world
I`m tryna make it better for these little boys and girls
I`m not just another individual
My spirit is a part of this that`s why it`s spiritual
But I get my hymns from him
So it`s not me it`s he that`s lyrical
I`m not a miracle, I`m a heaven sent instrument
My rhythmatic regiment navigates melodic notes
For your soul and your mental
That`s why I`m instrumental, vibrations is what I`m into
Yeah I need my loot by rent day
But that ain`t what gives me the heart of Kunta Kinte
I`m tryna give us us free like Sinke
I can`t stop, that`s why I`m hot
Determination, dedication, motivation
I`m talking to you of my many inspirations
When I say I can`t let you or self down
If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest riff
And if you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life
In my grip I would never ever let you down
And when these words are found
Let it be known that God`s penmanship has been signed
With a language called love
That`s why my breath is felt by the death
And while my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind
I too dream in color and in rhyme
So I guess I`m one of a kind in a full house
Cuz whenever I open my heart, my soul or my mouth
A touch of god reigns out
[Chorus]
[Jay-Z]
Who else you know been hot this long
Started from nothing but he got this strong
Built the ROC from a pebble, peddled rock before I met you
Peddled bikes, got my nephews peddle bikes because they special
Let you tell it man I`m fallin well
Somebody must have caught hI`m cuz
Every fourth quarter, I like to Mike Jordan em
Number one albums what I got, like four of em
More of them on the way, the 8th wonder on the way
Clear the way, I`m here to stay
Y`all can save the chitter chat, this and that
This is Jay, dissin Jay will get you Mase`d
When I start spittin them lyrics niggaz get very religious
Six hail mary`s please father forgive us
Young, the archbishop, the Pope John Paul of y`all niggaz
They way y`all all follow Jigga
Hov`s a livin legend and I`ll tell you why
Everybody wanna be Hov and Hov`s still alive
