[Verse 1: JAY-Z]
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Motherfuckers say that Im foolish, I only talk about jewels (Bling-bling)
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Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?
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See, Im influenced by the ghetto you ruined
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The same dude you gave nothin, I made somethin doin
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What I do through and through and
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I give you the news with a twist, its just his ghetto point of view
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The renegade, you been afraid I penetrate pop culture
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Bring em a lot closer to the block where they pop toasters
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And they live with they moms, got dropped roadsters
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From botched robberies, niggas crouched over
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Mamis knocked up cause she wasnt watched over
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Knocked down by some clown
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When child support knocked, “No, hes not around”
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Now, how that sound to ya? Jot it down
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I bring you through the ghetto without ridin round
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Hidin down, duckin strays from frustrated youths stuck in they ways
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Just read a magazine that fucked up my day
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How you rate music that thugs with nothin relate to it?
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I help them see they way through it, not you
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Cant step in my pants, cant walk in my shoes
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Bet everything you worth, youll lose your tie and your shirt
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[Verse 2: Eminem]
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Since Im in a position to talk to these kids and they listen
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I aint no politician, but Ill kick it with em a minute
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‘Cause see, they call me a menace and if the shoe fits, Ill wear it
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But if it dont, then yallll swallow the truth, grin and bear it
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Now whos the king of these rude, ludicrous, lucrative lyrics?
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Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics
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Usin his music to steer it, sharin his views and his merits?
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But theres a huge interference, theyre sayin you shouldnt hear it
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Maybe its hatred I spew, maybe its food for the spirit
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Maybe its beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
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But Im debated, disputed, hated and viewed in America
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As a motherfuckin drug addict, like you didnt experiment?
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Now, now, thats when you start to stare at whos in the mirror
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And see yourself as a kid again, and you get embarrassed
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And I got nothin to do but make you look stupid as parents
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You fuckin do-gooders, too bad you couldnt do good at marriage (Haha)
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And do you have any clue what I had to do to get here?
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I dont think you do, so stay tuned and keep your ears glued to the stereo
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‘Cause here we go, hes Jigga-Jur-Jigga-Jih-Jigga
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And Im the sinister Mr. Kiss-My-Ass is just a
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[Chorus: Eminem & JAY-Z]
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Renegade, never been afraid to say
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Whats on my mind at any given time of day
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‘Cause Im a renegade
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Never been afraid to talk about anything
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(Anything?), anything (Anything)
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Renegade, never been afraid to say
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Whats on my mind at any given time of day
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‘Cause Im a renegade
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Never been afraid to holler about anything
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(Anything?), anything (Anything)
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[Verse 3: JAY-Z]
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I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles
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Pockets filled with a lotta lint, not a cent
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Gotta vent, lotta innocent lives lost on the project bench
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What you hollerin? Gotta pay rent, bring dollars in
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By the bodega, iron under my coat, feelin braver
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Durag wrappin my waves up, pockets full of hope
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Do not step to me
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Im awkward, I box lefty
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An orphan, my pops left me
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And often my mama wasnt home
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Could not stress to me, I wasnt grown
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‘Specially on nights I brought somethin home to quiet the stomach rumblings
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My demeanor thirty years my senior
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My childhood didnt mean much, only raisin green up
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Raisin my fingers to critics, raisin my head to the sky
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Big, I did it, multi before I die
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No lie, just know I chose my own fate
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I drove by the fork in the road and went straight
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[Verse 4: Eminem]
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See, Im a poet to some, a regular modern-day Shakespeare
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Jesus Christ, the king of these Latter-day Saints here
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To shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me as
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A monger of hate, satanist, scatter-brained atheist
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But that aint the case, see, its a matter of taste
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We as a people decide if Shadys as bad as they say he is
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Or is he the latter, a gateway to escape?
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Media scapegoat who they can be mad at today
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See, its as easy as cake, simple as whistlin “Dixie”
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While Im wavin the pistol at sixty Christians against me
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Go to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholics
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In holy water, no wonder they tried to hold me under longer
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Im a motherfuckin spiteful, delightful eyeful
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The new Ice Cube, motherfuckers hate to like you
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What did I do? (Huh?), Im just a kid from the gutter
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Makin his butter off these bloodsuckers, cause Im a motherfuckin
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[Chorus: Eminem & JAY-Z]
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Renegade, never been afraid to say
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Whats on my mind at any given time of day
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‘Cause Im a renegade
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Never been afraid to talk about anything
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(Anything?), anything (Anything)
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Renegade, never been afraid to say
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Whats on my mind at any given time of day
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‘Cause Im a renegade
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Never been afraid to holler about anything
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(Anything?), anything (Anything)
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Renegade, never been afraid to say
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Whats on my mind at any given time of day
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‘Cause Im a renegade
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Never been afraid to talk about anything
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(Anything?), anything (Anything)
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Renegade, never been afraid to say
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Whats on my mind at any given time of day
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‘Cause Im a renegade
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Never been afraid to holler about anything
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(Anything?), anything (Anything)
