Can you hear me now? Good! (Blueprint 2 baby!) The best of times
it was the worst of times (aoww) It s "The Gift & the Curse" [Chorus: Jay-Z] R.O.C.
YEAH
number one click HERE If you represent US
throw them diamonds up YEAH Now let s be CLEAR
I ain t goin no-WHERE Now that you KNOW
holla at your boy HOV ..
(Hov
Hov
Hov ) (Hov
Hov
Hov
Hov ) [overlapping first Chorus] Yeah
Roc-A-Fella Records You know what diamond is We ain t goin nowhere
put your diamonds up [Jay-Z] Standin in my b-boy stance Free
Beans
Memphis where you at nigga? (Right here) Snatch Cam and it s a rap This here rap belong to us
nobody strong as us
it s a fact Hold up I m just warmin up
gimme a second to get it back Young Chris
Neek what? Oschino and Sparks Next summer s yo summer
tear this mother er up Young is eternal
my young uns ll burn you "The Blueprint" birthed
nigga I earthed you
you can t be serious Young cause I m thirty-two
dressed like I m twenty-two Flow like a 18
do what I wanna do Goin on my 8th ring
got Phil Jackson s and flow is black magic
I m at it again Rose Bowl with black karats
"Horse & Carriage" to spend like Mason Betha
chasin this cheddar
to the end of the road because the end I m told is nearer than we know What can I say but live for today
HOV ! [Chorus] [Jay-Z] Yeah
"The Blueprint 2" homey
follow the moves You put on two tube socks
you couldn t walk in my shoes I was dealt a bad hand
what else could I do but keep somethin up my sleeve that ll help me through But can you believe
everywhere I m at
models come through - in
cat-walkin
it happens often It s true how society don t want me to move into the penthouse building with spectacular views They re like uhh
"He s a menace he could never be a tenant" I m like ooh
what s a young nigga to do? I bring the brothers to the building give a feeling that I don t give a we just chillin watchin chandelier ceilings high as Old lady
don t blow my high specially if you don t know my life
don t make me bring Sharpton in it cause I m dark-skinneded or dude with the fro and the Rainbow Coalition
I ma victim of a single parent household
born in a mousehole Mousetrap
niggaz wanna know How so
how Jay get up out that
here
yeah I snatched purses I per-se-vered
yeah I had work
fiends purchased
it was clear I was out there sellin hope for despair
but stop there I swear
I only make good from my mouth to God s ears Had to get out the hood And I can t justify genocide But I was born in the city where the skinny niggaz die Born in the city where the skinny niggaz ride And as a skinny nigga I had beef with high size [Chorus]

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