[Produced by LV, Sean C, and Diddy]
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[Intro: Jay-Z]
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And the winner is… Hov!
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My man…
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Speech!
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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First of all, I wanna thank my connect
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The most important person, with all due respect
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Thanks to the duffle bag, the brown paper bag
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The Nike shoe box, for holding all this cash (Okay!)
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Boys in blue, who put greed before the badge (Okay!)
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The first pusher who ever made the stash (Okay!)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight (Hey!)
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Oh, what a feeling, Im feeling life (Hey!)
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Thanks to the lames, niggas with bad aim
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Thanks to a little change, I tore you out the game
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Bullet wounds will stop your buffoonery
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Thanks to the pastor, rapping at your eulogy
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To Lil Kim and them, you know the women-friend who
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Carry the work cross state for a gentleman
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Yeah, thanks to all the hustlers
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And most importantly: you, the customer
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[Chorus: Jay-Z & (Kanye West)]
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight (Hey!)
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Oh, what a feeling, Im feeling life (Hey!)
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You dont even gotta bring your paper out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight
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Look at how Im chilling, Im killing this ice
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You dont even gotta bring ya purses out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–, HEY)
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Let ya hair down, baby, I just hit a score
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Pick any place on the planet, pick a shore
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Take what the Forbes figured, then figure more
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‘Cause they forgot to account what I did with the raw
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Pick a time, lets pick apart some stores
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Pick a weekend for freaking for figure fours
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I figure frauds never hit a lick before
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So they dont know the feeling when them things get across
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Put ya hand out the window, feel the force
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Feel the Porsche, hit defrost
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Ice cold, jewels got no flaws
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Drop got no top, you on the top floor
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Pink Rosé, think OJ
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I get away with murder when I sling yay
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Heron got less steps than Britney
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That means it aint stepped on – dig me?
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[Chorus: Jay-Z & (Kanye West)]
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight (Hey!)
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Oh, what a feeling, Im feeling life (Hey!)
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You dont even gotta bring your paper out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight
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Look at how Im chilling, Im killing this ice
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You dont even gotta bring ya purses out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–, HEY)
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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Rare Porsches, rare portraits
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Rare guns, if you dare come near the fortress
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This apple sauce is from the apple orchard
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This kinda talk is only reserved for the bosses
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Which means I get it from the ground
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Which means you get it when Im around
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Rich niggas, black Bar Mitzvahs
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Mazel tov – its a celebration, bitches!
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“Lchaim!”
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I wish for you a hundred years of success, but its my time
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Cheers – toast to crime
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Number 1 D-boy, shame he could rhyme
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[Chorus: Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Cassie & (Kanye West)]
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight (Hey!)
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Oh, what a feeling, Im feeling life (Hey!)
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You dont even gotta bring your paper out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight
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Look at how Im chilling, Im killing this ice
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You dont even gotta bring ya purses out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–, HEY)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight (Hey!)
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Oh, what a feeling, Im feeling life (Hey!)
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You dont even gotta bring your paper out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight
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Look at how Im chilling, Im killing this ice
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You dont even gotta bring ya purses out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–, HEY)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight (Hey!)
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Oh, what a feeling, Im feeling life (Hey!)
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You dont even gotta bring your paper out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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The Roc Boys in the building tonight
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Look at how Im chilling, Im killing this ice
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You dont even gotta bring ya purses out
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We the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–)
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(We in the house, hou–, hou–, HEY)
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[Outro: Jay-Z]
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Sweet!
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Let that ride out!
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Bring the horns back in, yeah
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This is black superhero music right here, baby
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American Gangster
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Taking flight, coming to a town near you
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Soon as I touch down, I just want yall to start playing the horns like…
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Hovis home!
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Lukey, baby!
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Hahahahaha… oww!
