[Produced by Kanye West and No I.D.]
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[Intro: Jay-Z]
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Blueprint, trois
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Yeah, yeah
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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What we talkin bout? Real shit or we talkin bout rhymes?
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You talkin bout millions or you talkin bout mine?
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What we talkin bout? ‘Cause I aint got time
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For what people be talkin bout all the time
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What we talkin bout? Fiction or we talkin bout fact?
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You talkin bout fiction? Hold up, pardon my back
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Im talkin bout life (Life, life)
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And all I hear is, “Oh yeah, he keeps talkin bout crack”
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I aint talkin bout profit, Im talkin bout pain
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Im talkin bout despair, Im talkin bout shame
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I aint talkin bout gossip, I aint talkin bout Game
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I aint talkin bout Jimmy, I aint talkin bout Dame
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Im talkin bout real shit, them people playin
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What is you talkin bout? I dont know what yall sayin
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People keep talkin bout, “Hov, take it back!”
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Im doin better than before, why would I do that?
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Aint nothin cool bout carryin a strap
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‘Bout worryin your moms and buryin your best cat
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Im talkin bout revenge while carryin his casket
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All teary-eyed, bout to take it to a mattress
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Im talkin bout music, I aint talkin bout rap
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You talkin bout whos hot, I aint talkin bout that
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The conversation is changed, lets yap about that
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I dont run rap no more, I run the map
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[Chorus: Luke Steele & Jay-Z]
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They talk, we live
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We see what they say, they say, they say
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I see what yall talkin about, ha ha
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They talk, we did
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Who cares what they say, they say, they say?
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Chyeah, still they cant focus on them, they be talkin bout me
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Talkin bout what I wear, talkin bout where I be
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Yeah, check out my hair, these aint curls, these is peas
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Peasey head still get paid, Im combin through Gs
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Please, we aint focused on naps
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‘Cause I dont run rap no more, I run the map
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A small part of the reason the President is black
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I told him I got him when he hit me on the jack
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Talkin bout progress, I aint lookin back
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You know I run track, try not to get lapped
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People keep talkin bout Hov left em flat
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Tryna rewrite history, lets talk about facts
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Dame made millions, even Jaz made some scraps
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He couldve made more but he aint sign his contract
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As far as street guys, we was dealin crack
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Thats just how the game goes, I dont owe nobody jack
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Grown men, want me to sit em on my lap
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But I dont have a beard and Santa Claus aint black
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I repeat, you cant sit on my lap
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I dont have a beard, now get off my sack—scream at me!
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[Chorus: Luke Steele & Jay-Z]
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They talk, we live
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We see what they say, they say, they say
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They talk, we did
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Who cares what they say, they say, they say?
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Blueprint 3
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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And now that thats that, lets talk about the future
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We have just seen the dream as predicted by Martin Luther
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Now you could choose to sit in front of your computer
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Posin with guns, shootin YouTube up
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Or you could come with me to the White House, get your suit up
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You stuck on being hardcore, I chuck the deuce up
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Peace out Medusa
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Welcome to the Blue-ah-Print-ah tre-piece, Jay-Z your tutor
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Tooter of my own horn, beep beep, moo ya
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Rass clot when rude boy come through with the roof up
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So I could see the sky
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‘Cause everybody talkin Hov, I think we know why
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[Chorus: Luke Steele]
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They talk, we live
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We see what they say, they say, they say
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They talk, we did
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Who cares what they say, they say, they say?
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[Outro: Luke Steele]
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They say
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They say
