Released: November 6, 2007

Songwriter: JAY-Z Diddy David Stone Willie Hale Levar Coppin Deleno Matthews

Producer: Sean C & LV Diddy

[Intro: Little Beaver sample]
Ohhhhhhhhhhh.. I like the party life!
The city in bright lights
Little girls dressed in the skintight

[Jay-Z over sample]
Break out the red lights, welcome to the party life
Welcome to the 70's... sweeeet!

[Verse 1]
Ordered some Patreezy, while talking to this breezy
Brushing off my three-piece, I make this look too easy
So tall and lanky, my suit, it should thank me
I make it look good to be this hood, Meyer Lansky
Mixed with Lucky Lefty, gangster effortlessly
Papa was a rolling stone, it's in my an-ces-try
I'm in a whole 'nother league, niggas never catch me
And I sport fly shit, I should win the ESPY

[Sample]
When you're blue, and got nothing to do
Welcome to the party life
If you're feeling low, we got to see the glow
Head into the party life

[Jay-Z over sample]
Hahahah... Baby I said 'I-I sport, fly shit
I should win the ESPY'
I'm really in another league, babe
I got a slick mouth, you might wanna roll with me

[Verse 2]
I'm on the bra strap, she's on my dick
Ain't nothing wrong with that, that's my biiitch!
I be the boss of that, I'm on her shit
So all you niggas fall back, I'll split ya wiiig
She's my little quarterback, ya dig
'Cause I'm all that in the sack, yeah, ya dig
I spoiled her, foiled it if you faking Jack
She's used to million dollar vacations
Fuck y'all gon' do with that?

[Sample]
When you're blue, and got nothing to do
Welcome to the party life
If you're feeling low, we got to see the glow
Get into the party life

[Jay-Z over sample]
Ay baby, see
When you're used to filet mignon
It's kinda hard to go back to Hamburger Helper
It's your choice though baby
Head into the party life

[Interlude]
(Is you rolling, rolling, rolling?)
Yeah, baby, is you rolling?
Head into the party life
You can stall out or ball out
(Is you rolling, rolling, rolling?)
Make a choice
(​​​​​​​​Heading-heading to the party life)
It's so gangster, baby

[Verse 3]
Sipping on my vino got me cooler than Pacino
And De Niro put together my real life is like Casino
They should pay me for some B-roll
Taking G-strolls through the ghee-tto
When rap-pap-pap-pid fire's just a necessary evil
Hola Ho-vi-to, cooler than ze-ro
Be-low, fresh one blade, no chemo
Art with no easel, please it's no equal
Your boy's Off the Wall these other niggas is Tito

[Sample]
Ohhh... I like the party life!
The city in bright lights
Little girls dressed in the skintight

[Jay-Z over sample]
Damn! Ay baby I said I'm
I'm "Off the Wall" I'm like a young Michael Jackson
These other niggas is Tito
Shout out to Randy, hehehehe
Real talk !

[Sample]
When you're blue, and got nothing to do
Welcome to the party life
If you're feeling low, we got to see the glow
Head into the party life

[Jay-Z over sample]
I'ma just let this ride out
I might let it ride out for like seven minutes
You can groove to it, whatever
Get your two step - AOWWW!
Guru, turn the lights down
Let's keep it smooth
This that shit you roll up, like a lil' tight J to
Sip your lil' wine, whatever your vice is y'know
Whatever you like to do
Get into your comfort zone baby, get into yo' comfort zone

[Sample]
When you're blue, and got nothing to do
Welcome to the party life
If you're feeling low, we got to see the glow
Head into the party life

[Jay-Z over sample]
Head into the party life
I don't even want it to stop though, f'real though

[Verse 4]
Step into my bedroom, I, call it the red room
'Cau-cause it gets hot hot hot hot...
I trust you gon' like it ; see, why are we talking all this fly shit?
'Cau-cau-cau-cau-cau-cause I'm the flyest
Hovito, baby, no equal, baby
Sold perico, beat the RICO, now I'm leg-al ba-by
Hovito, baby, no equal, baby
Sold perico, beat the RICO, now can we go crazy

[Sample]
When you're blue, and got nothin to do
Welcome to the party life
If you're feeling low, we got to see the glow
Head into the party life
You know, nothing in the world makes me sadder
Than to see a lonely person

JAY-Z

Having sold over 100 million records worldwide, and holding the solo artist record of 14 Billboard 200 #1 albums, Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter is possibly the most talented, accomplished and respected rapper of all-time. He has released 13 studio albums and five collaborative albums over his 30-year career.

Three of his albums, Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album, are considered landmarks in the genre, with all of them featured in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Hov has won 21 Grammy Awards from sixty-four nominations, making him the 10th most awarded artist of all-time.

Legendary for never writing down his lyrics, JAY-Z’s flow is considered one of the greatest to grace the genre, his wordplay and metaphorical ability is unmatched, and his live shows push the envelope of what it means to be a hip hop artist. His MTV Unplugged appearance introduced the idea of having a full band (The Roots) backing up a hip hop artist at major concerts, and during his 2004 documentary Fade to Black he doubled down, selling out Madison Square Garden (in mere minutes) while featuring an enormous live band performance.