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Credits
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
JAY-Z
Leadgesang
MFSB
Sampling-Künstler:in
Russell Crowe
Sampling-Künstler:in
Vincent "Hum V" Bostic
Stimme und Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Shawn Carter
Songwriter:in
Andre Gonzalez
Songwriter:in
Jamal Johnson
Songwriter:in
Kenneth Gamble
Songwriter:in
Roland Chambers
Songwriter:in
Thomas Bell
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
The Buchannans
Produzent:in
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro
Mischtechniker:in
Tony Dawsey
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Lyrics
[Intro]
Turn the music up, turn me down
Guru, let's go get 'em again
This time it's for the money, my ****
Brooklyn, stand up
[Verse 1]
There's never been a **** be this good for this long
This hood or this pop, this hot or this strong
With so many different flows
This one's for this song
The next one I switch up
This one will get bit up
These fucks too lazy to make up shit
They crazy, they don't paint pictures
They just trace me, you know what?
Soon they forget where they plucked
Their whole style from then try to reverse the outcome, I'm like, "TAA!"
[Verse 2]
I'm not a biter, I'm a writer for myself and others
I say a B.I.G. verse, I'm only biggin' up my brother
Biggin' up my borough, I'm big enough to do it
I'm that thorough, plus I know my own flow is foolish
So them rings and things you sing about, bring 'em out
It's hard to yell when the barrel's in your mouth
I'm in, new sneakers, dual-seaters, few divas
What more can I tell you? Let me spell it for you
W-I-double L-I-E, nobody truer than H-O-V
And I'm back for more, New York's ambassador
Prime Minister, back to finish my business up
[Chorus]
What more can I say?
What more can I do?
I gave this song to you
I know this much is true, true
Look at my life, see what I see (What more can I say to you? You heard it all)
[Verse 3]
You already know what I'm about, flying birds down south
Moving wet off the step, purple rain in a drought
Stuntin' on hoes, brushin' off my shirt
But ain't nothing on my clothes
'Cept my chains, my name
[Verse 4]
Young H-O, pitch the ye faithful
Even if they patrol, I make payroll
Benz paid for, friends, they roll
Private jets down to Turks and Caicos
Cris' caseloads, I don't give a shit
****, one life to live, I can't let a day go by
Without me being fly, fresh to death
Head to toe till the day I rest
[Verse 5]
And I don't wear jerseys, I'm thirty plus
Give me a crisp pair of jeans, ****, button-ups
S. Dots on my feet make my cipher complete
What more can I say? Guru, play the beat
[Chorus]
Look at my life, see what I see
What more can I say?
[Verse 6]
Now you know ass is Willie when they got you in the mag
For like half a billy and your ass ain't lily-White
That mean that shit you write must be illy
Either that or your flow is silly, it's both
I don't know mean to boast, but damn, if I don't brag
Them crackers gonna act like I ain't on they ass
[Verse 7]
The Martha Stewart that's far from Jewish
Far from a Harvard student
Just had the the balls to do it
And no, I'm not through with it
In fact, I'm just previewin' it
This ain't the show, I'm just EQing it
One-two when I won't stop abusing it
To groupie girls, stop false accusing it
[Verse 8]
Back to the music, the Maybach roof is translucent
**** got a problem, Houston!
What up, B? They can't shut up me
Shut down, I not even P.E., I'ma ride
God, forgive me for my brash delivery
But I remember vividly what these streets did to me
So picture me lettin' these clowns nitpick at me
Paint me like a pickany, I will literally
Kiss T-T in the forehead
Tell her, "Please, forgive me," then squeeze into your forehead
I'm not the one to score points off
In fact, I've got a joint that'll knock you points off
[Verse 9]
Young HOVA the God, ****, blasphemy
I'm at the Trump International, ask for me
I ain't never scared, I'm everywhere
You ain't never there, and ****, why would I ever care?
Pound for pound, I'm the best to ever come around here
Excluding nobody, look what I embody
The soul of a hustler, I really ran the street
A CEO's mind, that marketing plan was me
And no, I ain't got shot up a whole bunch of times
Or make up shit in a whole bunch of lines
And I ain't animated like, say, a Busta Rhymes
[Outro]
But the real shit you get when you bust down my lines
Add that to the fact I went plat' a bunch of times
Times that by my influence on pop culture
I'm supposed to be number one on everybody list
We'll see what happens when I no longer exist (Fuck this, man)
What more can I say?
Written by: Andre Gonzalez, JAY-Z, Jamal Johnson, Kenneth Gamble, Roland Chambers, Thom Bell