[Produced by The Neptunes]
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[Intro: Jay-Z]
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Roc-A-Fella Records
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The imperial Skateboard P
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Great Hova
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Yall already know what it is! (Oh shit!)
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Cmon! (Woooo!)
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Yeah
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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So what if you flip a couple words? I could triple that in birds
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Open your mind, you see the circus in the sky
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Im Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey with the pies
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No matter how you slice it, Im your motherfuckin guy
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And just like a b-boy with 360 waves
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Do the same with the pot, still come back beige
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Whether right or southpaw, whether pot or the jar
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Whip it around, it still comes back hard
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So easily do I W-H-I-P
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My repetition with wristsesll bring the kilo bidness
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I got Creole C.O. bitches for my niggas
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Who slipped, became prisoners, treats taped to the visitors
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You already know what the bid-ness is
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Unnecessary commissary, boy, we live this shit
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Niggas wanna bring the 80s back
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Thats okay with me, thats where they made me at
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Except I dont write on the wall
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I write my name in the history books, hustlin in the hall
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Nah, I dont spin on my head
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I spin my work in the pot, so I can spend my bread
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[Chorus: Jay-Z & Pharrell]
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And Im gettin it, Im gettin it
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I aint talkin about it, Im livin it
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Im gettin it, straight gettin it
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G—G—G—Get— Get— Get it, boy
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Dont waste your time
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Fighting the life
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Stay your course
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And youll understand (Get it, boy)
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Its 87 state of mind that Im in (mind that Im in)
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In my prime, so for that time, Im Rakim (Im Rakim)
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If it wasnt for the crime that I was in
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But I wouldnt be the guy who rhymes it is that Im in (that Im in)
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No pain, no profit
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P, I repeat if you show me where the pot is (pot is)
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Cherry M3s with the top back (top back)
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Red and green Gs all on my hat
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North Beach leathers, matching Gucci sweater
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Gucci sneaks on to keep my outfit together
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Whatever, hundred for the diamond chain
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Cant you tell that I came from the dope game?
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Blame Reagan for making me into a monster
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Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra
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I ran contraband that they sponsored
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Before this rhymin stuff we was in concert
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[Chorus: Jay-Z & Pharrell]
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And Im gettin it, Im gettin it
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I aint talkin about it, Im livin it
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Im gettin it, straight gettin it
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G—G—G—Get— Get— Get it, boy
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Dont waste your time
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Fighting the life
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Stay your course
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And youll understand (Get it, boy)
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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Ugh, push
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Money over broads, you got it—fuck Bush
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Chef, guess what I cooked?
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Baked a lot of bread and kept it off the books
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Rock star, look
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Way before the bars, my picture was getting took
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Feds, they like wack rappers
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Try as they may, they couldnt get me on the hook, ugh
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D.A. wanna indict me
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‘Cause fishscales in my veins like a Pisces
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The Pyrex pot, rolled up my sleeves
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Turn one into two like a Siamese twin
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When it end, Ima stand as a man
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Never dying on my knees, last of a dying breed
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So let the champagne pop
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I partied for a while – now, Im back to the block
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[Chorus: Jay-Z & Pharrell]
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And Im gettin it, Im gettin it
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I aint talkin about it, Im livin it
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Im gettin it, straight gettin it
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G—G—G—Get— Get— Get it, boy
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Dont waste your time
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Fighting the life
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Stay your course
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And youll understand (Get it, boy)
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[Outro: Denzel Washington from American Gangster]
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“‘Blue Magic—thats a brand name. Like ‘Pepsi—thats a brand name. I stand behind it. I guarantee it. They know that, even if they dont know me any more than they know the— the Chairman of General Mills. My man…”
