JAY-Z

Songwriter: JAY-Z

Producer: Sanchez Holmes

[JAY-Z]
Jay's back, asap, crowd awaits, they clap
Stage black, gladiator blaze from the playback
I take center stage, AK spray raps
What more can I say that I haven't said they ask
Covered drugs, slung crack, fatherless sons, sung about that
You can feel the real in every one of my raps
Push whips, pull chicks, side step every one of they traps
They tap, them Feds don't play fair
They pay rats to say that their
Part of your operation, they're the doctor you're the patient nigga
Open heart surgery, no anesthesia, lay back
No love for us bad boys, take that
Hey that's the chance that we take, tryin' to make that
Maybach seats way way back
Cops versus robbers and they don't play with cap guns
You learn that, rather young, hearing bullets whiz through your wave cap
Paint that, scenes don't play back
Everyday I wake I see a wake so I vacate where it's safe at
No I ain't scared, I'm just afraid that
I'll kill you and wind up given all this paper that I made back
And that ain't hot, that ain't the Jay that I know
He use his brain for more than a place to pull the braids at
I'm too high on life, way back
If you crave rap, shave crack, Jay's back bitches

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.

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