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[Chorus: Tony Williams]
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Now that all the smoke is gone
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(Lighter)
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And the battle's finally won
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(Gimme a lighter)
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Victory (Lighters up) is finally ours
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(Lighters up)
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History, so long, so long
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So long, so long
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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In search of victory, she keeps eluding me
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If only we could be together momentarily
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We can make love and make history
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Why won't you visit me? Until she visit me
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I'll be stuck with her sister, her name is defeat
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She gives me agony, so much agony
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She brings me so much pain, so much misery
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Like missing your last shot and falling to your knees
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As the crowd screams for the other team
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I practice so hard for this moment, victory don't leave
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I know what this means, I'm stuck in this routine
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Whole new different day, same old thing
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All I got is dreams, nobody else can see
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Nobody else believes, nobody else but me
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Where are you victory? I need you desperately
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Not just for the moment, to make history
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[Chorus: Tony Williams]
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Now that all the smoke is gone
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(Lighters)
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And the battle's finally won
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(Lighters)
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Victory is finally ours
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(Yeah)
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History (yeah), so long, so long
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So long, so long
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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So now I'm flirting with death, hustling like a G
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While victory wasn't watching took chances repeatedly
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As a teenage boy before acne, before I got proactiv I couldn't face she
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I just threw on my hoodie and headed to the street
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That's where I met success, we'd live together shortly
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Now success is like lust, she's good to the touch
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She's good for the moment but she's never enough
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Everybody's had her, she's nothing like V
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But success is all I got unfortunately
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But I'm burning down the block hoppin' in and out of V
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But something tells me that there's much more to see
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Before I get killed because I can't get robbed
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So before me success and death mйnage
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I gotta get lost, I gotta find V
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We gotta be together to make history
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[Chorus: Tony Williams]
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Now that all the smoke is gone
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(Lighters. Up.)
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And the battle's finally won
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(Lighter. Up.)
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Victory is finally ours
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(Lighters. Up.)
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History, so long, so long
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So long, so long
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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Now victory is mine, it tastes so sweet
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She's my trophy wife, you're coming with me
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We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly
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We'll name him history, he'll repeat after me
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He's my legacy, son of my hard work
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Future of my past, he'll explain who I be
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Rank me amongst the greats, either 1, 2, or 3
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If I ain't number one then I failed you victory
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Ain't in it for the fame that dies within weeks
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Ain't in it for the money, can't take it when you leave
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I wanna be remembered long after you grieve
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Long after I'm gone, long after I breathe
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I leave all I am in the hands of history
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That's my last will and testimony
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This is much more than a song, it's a baby shower
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I've been waiting for this hour, history you ours
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[Chorus: Tony Williams (2x)]
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Now that all the smoke is gone
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And the battle's finally won
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Victory is finally ours
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History, so long, so long
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So long, so long
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