[Chorus: The World Famous Tony Williams & Jay-Z]
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Every day a star is born (And you say New York City! Yeah, yeah)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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Every day a star is born (And you say New York City! Uh-huh)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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[Verse 1: Jay Z]
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I seen Mase do it, I seen ‘Ye do it
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‘X came through, caught lighter fluid
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Still I came through it; clap for him!
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But I’m the blueprint, Im like the map for em
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I dropped another classic, made Puff pass it
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Nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it
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Wayne scorchin, Ill applaud him
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If he keep going, pass the torch to him
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50 came through like hurricanes do
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I thought I finished his ass at Summer Jam too
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I had the Illmatic on bootleg
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The shit was so ahead, thought we was all dead
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Wayne did “A Milli,” Fifty did a milli
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‘Ye too, but what Em did was silly
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The white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him
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His flow on “Renegade”: fucking awesome
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Applaud him!
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[Chorus: The World Famous Tony Williams & Jay-Z]
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Every day, a star is born (And you say New York City!)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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Every day, a star is born (And you say New York City! Uh-huh, Jay)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Snoop dogged it, Nelly came down
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The Face Mob kept it ghetto for the H-Town
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Luda moved digits after he moved bitches
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Drakes up next, see what he do with it (Uh-huh)
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Rule had a run, couple movie parts
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T.I. literally wanted to shoot up the charts
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What up, Jeezy? What it do?
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Y’all remind me of us in early 92 (Uh-huh)
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Outkast landed, 3-thou was ill
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Like a male version of Lauryn Hill
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Mobb Deep shook it, but Prodigy took it
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A lil too far, cant fuck with Brooklyn
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Wu-Tang gangbanged it, Meth ate
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Rae took on the date with the Purple Tape
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Passed on to Ason and then Ghostface
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They had a hell of a run, standing ovay, ayy
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[Chorus: The World Famous Tony Williams & Jay-Z]
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Every day, a star is born
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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Every day, a star is born (Uh-huh, Jay)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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And I am one of one
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Can’t you see just how long my run?
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My reign, Lulus son-shine
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Been a star since I was ducking one-time
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One time, give it up for him
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December 4th, a star was born
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Clap for him! He went from moving that corner
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To this corner office, its so enormous
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Hey!
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Prez Carter watching her get her Monica on all day
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Hey, got so many different monikers, but only one Jay
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They come, they go
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Some real, some faux
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Some friends, some hoes
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But, no, I goes nowhere, this Hov
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[Chorus: The World Famous Tony Williams & Jay-Z]
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Every day a star is born (And you say New York City!)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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Every day a star is born (And you say New York City! Uh-huh, yeah)
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Clap for em! Hey
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[Verse 4: J. Cole]
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And could I be a star?
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Does fame in this game have to change who you are?
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Or could I be the same one who came from a far-away life
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Just to make it in these Broadway lights?
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Now Im shining in the broad daylight—go figure
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A slow transition from a lil broke nigga from the ‘Ville
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Got a deal, a real lifesaver
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Dreams of being behind the wheel like Jada
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I chill now, cop a lil ice later
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Cole, you got the glow like a lil lightsaber
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So clap for him!
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Then applaud Hov, he gave him a platform
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Flow so sick, thought he wrote the rap for him—no, sir!
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The flow cold as the shoulders of gold-digging hoes when a broke nigga ‘proaches
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Told you I’m focused, man
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I’ll let you motherfuckers soak it in, and clap for em!
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[Chorus: The World Famous Tony Williams, Jay-Z, & J. Cole]
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Every day, a star is born (And you say New York City!)
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Yeah, hey, and clap for em!
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Hey, hey, and clap for em!
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Clap for em! Clap for em!
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Im here now! Fayettenam
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Clap for em! Clap for em! Ayy (J. Cole!)
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Every day, a star is born
