[Intro: JAY-Z]
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Never, never, never, never change
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Never change, this is Jay every day
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I never change
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Ill never change, this is Jay every day
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I never change
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Never change, this is Jay
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[Verse 1: JAY-Z]
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I am a Roc representer (Oh)
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Summer to winter (Oh), dead or alive (Uh)
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24/7, three-sixty-five
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One CD or three hundred and sixty pies
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Whats up to E and Kirk? Welcome home to Taj
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Let no amount of money ruin this thing of ours (Uh)
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We run streets like drunks run streetlights
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We collidin with life as we speak
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We knee-deep in coke, we key-deep in ice
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We flood streets with dope, we keep weed to smoke
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We all fish, better teach your folk
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Give him money to eat, the next week, hes broke
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‘Cause when you sleep, hes reachin for your throat
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Word on the street, you reap what you sow
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Not out of fear, but love, love for the game
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Roc family first, we never change, man
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[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z]
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Never, never, never, never change
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Im still fuckin with crime, cause crime pays (I never change)
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Out hustlin, same clothes for days (I never change)
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I never change, Im too stuck in my ways, Ill never change
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Who you know like Hov? (Never, never, never, never change)
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Im still fuckin with crime, cause crime pays (I never change, thats right)
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Out hustlin, same clothes for days (I never change, cmon)
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I never change, Im too stuck in my ways, Ill never change
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[Verse 2: JAY-Z]
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Whats up to my Miami and St. Thomas connects? (What up?)
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Id never mention your name, I promise respect
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Death before dishonor, correct?
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Yup, thats what you promised me since the Bomber League
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Along with if we stay strong
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We can get paper longer than Pippens arms (Woo)
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Plead the Fifth when it comes to the fam
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Im like a dog, I never speak, but I understand
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Where my dogs at? Where my soldiers at war?
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Where your balls at? Woah, gotta pause that (Woah)
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Lost ninety-two bricks, had to fall back
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Knocked a nigga off his feet, but I crawled back
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Had A1 credit, got more crack
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From the first to the fifth, gave it all back
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If Im not a hustler, what you call that?
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This is before rap (‘Fore), this is all fact (Fact), I never change
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[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z]
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Never, never, never, never change
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Im still fuckin with crime, cause crime pays (I never change)
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Out hustlin, same clothes for days (I never change, thats right)
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I never change, Im too stuck in my ways, Ill never change
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Who you know like Hov? (Never, never, never, never change)
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Im still fuckin with crime, cause crime pays (I never change)
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Out hustlin, same clothes for days (I never change, cmon)
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I never change, Im too stuck in my ways, Ill never change
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[Verse 3: JAY-Z]
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‘Fore the streets robbed me, wasnt educated properly
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Well, fuck yall, I needed money for Atari
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Was so young, my big sis still playin with Barbie
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Young brother, big city, eight million stories
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Old heads taught me, “Youngin, walk softly”
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Carry a big clip thatll get niggas off me
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Keep coke in coffee, keep money smellin mothy
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Chains is cool to cop, but more important is lawyer fees (Uh)
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Thats how it is now (Uh), thats how it always be (Uh)
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I never change, this is always me
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From the womb to the tomb, from now til my doom
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Drink Army from one cup, pass it around the room (Thats a family, nigga)
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Thats the ritual (Yup), Big Ran, I aint forget you, fool
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And all that bullshit you tryin to get through
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This is crew love, move music or move drugs
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Rival crews, get your black suits up, Ill never change
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[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z]
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Never, never, never, never change
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Im still fuckin with crime, cause crime pays (I never change, cmon)
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Out hustlin, same clothes for days (I never change)
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I never change, Im too stuck in my ways, Ill never change
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Who you know? (Never, never, never, never change)
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Im still fuckin with crime, cause crime pays (I never change)
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Out hustlin, same clothes for days (I never change, cmon)
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I never change, Im too stuck in my ways, Ill never change
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[Outro: JAY-Z]
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This is Jay every day
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Who you know like Hov, nigga?
