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Jay-z
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Ladies and gentlemen let's put our hands together for the astonishing
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(*girls singing*)
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a...
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[jay-z]
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Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world
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The flow of the century.. Oh it's timeless.. Hov'!
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Thanks for comin out tonight
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You coulda been anywhere in the world, but you're here with me
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I appreciate that.. Uuunnnh..
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in va
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Was hurtin 'em in the home of the terrapins; got it dirt cheap for them
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Plus if they was short with cheese I would work with them
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Brought in weed, got rid of that dirt for them
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Wasn't born hustlers, I was birthin 'em
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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Fo' sheezy my neezy keep my arms so freezy
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Can't leave rap alone the game needs me
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Haters want me clapped and chromed it ain't easy
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Cops wanna knock me, D. A. Wanna box me in
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But somehow, I beat them charges like rocky
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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Not guilty, he who does not feel me
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Is not real to me, therefore he doesn't exist
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So poof -- vamoose, son of a bitch!
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[Chorus:]
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in va
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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Not guilty y'all got to feel me
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up!
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[jay-z]
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Holla at me...
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I do this for my culture
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To let 'em know what a nigga look like, when a nigga in a roaster
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Show 'em how to move in a room full of vultures
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Industry shady it need to be taken over
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Label owners hate me I'm raisin the status quo up
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I'm overchargin niggaz for what they did to the cold crush
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Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hoed us
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We can talk, but money talks so talk mo' bucks
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[Chorus:]
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[jay-z]
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Yeah...
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Hov' is back, life stories told through rap
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Niggaz actin like I sold you crack
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Like I told you sell drugs; no, hov' did that
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So hopefully you won't have to go through that
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I was raised in the pro-jects, roaches and rats
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Smokers out back, sellin they mama's sofa
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Lookouts on the corner, focused on the ave
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Ladies in the window, focused on the kinfolk
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Me under a lamp post, why I got my hand closed?
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Cracks in my palm, watchin the long arm of the law
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So you know I seen it all before
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I seen hoop dreams deflate like a true fiend's weight
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To try and to fail, the two things I hate
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Succeed in this rap game, the two things that's great
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a
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What else can I say about dude, I gets bu-sy
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[Chorus:]
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(*girls singing*)
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H to the izz-o, v to the izz-a... (*repeat 4x to fade*)
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