JAY-Z - I Did It My Way(2009)

[00:00.49] Now, the end is near (Can you believe this shit Guru?)
[00:05.44] So I face (I'm from the hood man) the final curtain
[00:09.12] (No the REAL hood the hood, not the RAP hood)
[00:11.79] (The REAL hood, like three pair of pants)
[00:13.25] My friends, I'll say it clear (pair of sneakers)
[00:16.02] (My moms is bustin her ass) State my case
[00:18.82] (Nigga I'm going to Japan tomorrow!) Which I'm certain
[00:21.14] (You understand what I'm saying? Can you believe that?)
[00:23.98] I lived a life that's full (They have people, waiting)
[00:26.24] (At the airport like five days like I'm a Beatle or something)
[00:29.28] (That's really something!) And I traveled each, and every highway
[00:32.94] (Seen the best of the best, the worst of the worst) and more
[00:34.95] Much more than this (still here) I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy
[00:43.39] Let's try this one
[00:44.59] Uhh, yeah!
[00:46.85] Gangsta nigga
[00:48.34] Put my hustle down, tore the game up nigga
[00:50.91] Took your high score down, put my name up nigga
[00:53.63] Tore the doors down to the Hall of Fame is Jigga
[00:56.66] I did it my way (and more. much more than this)
[01:00.65] That's right, it's a beautiful thing man!
[01:02.55] (I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy) I did it my way -- Hovi baby!
[01:08.00] Momma's youngest and strongest, survived summers like saunas
[01:11.36] Mastered a corner like Deion in his uniform
[01:14.10] Pop hurtin assertive, flirted with death
[01:16.69] Damn near murdered before my first album hit the shelf
[01:19.66] Grandma's favorite, she could not understand
[01:22.08] How there's people in the world who wouldn't want me as a neighbor
[01:25.87] Has to explain to her, you think these folks want me in the penthouse
[01:28.72] As a reminder that I make top paper?
[01:31.72] Black entrepreneur, nobody did us no favors
[01:34.07] Nobody gave us shit, we made us
[01:37.16] The Rap Pack, I'm Sinatra, Dame's Sam Davis
[01:39.74] Biggs the smart one on the low like Dean Martin
[01:42.56] We came in this game, not beggin niggas pardon
[01:45.01] Demandin y'all respect, hand over a check
[01:47.86] And while y'all at it, hand over the jet
[01:50.68] We the reason they ain't hand over Def Jam so quick
[01:53.96] They knew every year I was droppin new product
[01:56.55] I was raisin the stock up, while buildin the Roc up
[02:00.03] But that's alright, cause they knew they had to see us
[02:02.04] When it was time for us to re-up, make us multi-million-ires
[02:05.20] Je-je-jeah!
[02:06.48] (And more, much more than this; I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy)
[02:13.74] Jeah! "In My Lifetime"
[02:17.19] I caught smaller cases, but I had capital
[02:19.44] Hypocritic system let me right back at you
[02:22.38] You better hope a rich rapper never attacks you
[02:25.11] Not even that scratches you, 'specially if you black dude
[02:28.26] They don't give a shit unless the accused just happen to rap
[02:31.05] And they can look good by paintin him as bad news
[02:34.06] Cause in my past, I seen dudes get half of they views
[02:36.52] Exposed to the curb and nobody said a word
[02:39.85] So imagine how disturbed I was
[02:41.83] When I seen how big they made my fight scene at the club
[02:44.92] Let me explain exactly how this shit was
[02:47.44] This nigga Un yo I scratched him, he went home without an aspirin
[02:50.80] But it's cool cause we back friends, it happened and it's over
[02:53.40] It's in the past and I'm glad, now I'm back to bein Hova
[02:56.21] Maybach with the chaffeur, laid back
[02:58.82] Helicopter seat, feet inclined, shit feelin like a sofa
[03:01.83] Helicopter meet me, Teterboro take me over
[03:04.59] Somewhere peaceful for the weekend
[03:05.98] Now it's back to speakin to vultures
[03:08.67] So the next time that page six approaches us
[03:10.65] Here's a quote from Jay, nigga I did it my - way
[03:13.90] (And more, much more than this; I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy)
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