JAY-Z

Released: December 18, 2001

Songwriter: JAY-Z Pimp C Bun B Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua Timbaland

Producer: The Roots ?uestlove Timbaland

[Intro]
Everybody in here just bounce
Just bounce
Just bounce
Just bounce
Uh uh uh uh
I like, ok let's go
Uh Uh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Uh Uh Uh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Uh Uh Uh

[Verse 1]
You know I, thug em, hug em, love em, leave em
But I don't trust or need em
Take em out the hood, keep em looking good
With diamond clusters that I'm freezing
First time they fuss I'm breezing
Talking bout, what's the reasons
I'm a pimp in every sense of the word mama
Better trust and believe em
In the cut where I keep em
Til I need a what, til I need to beat it up then it's
Then it's "beep beep" and I'm picking them up
Let em play with the crick in the truck
Many chicks wanna put Jigga's fists in cuffs
Divorce him and split his bucks
Just because you got good sex, I'mma break bread
So you can be living it up
Part with nothing, I be fronting
Me give my heart to a woman
Not for nothing, never happen
I'll be forever macking
Heart cold as assassins, I got no passion, I got no patience
And I hate waiting, ho get your ass in and let's ride

[Bridge]
Let's ri ri ride
Ch ch ch ch
Let's ri ri ride
Ch ch ch ch
Let's ri ri ride
Ch ch ch ch
Let's ri ri ride
Ch ch ch ch

[Hook]
What we doin' ya'll?
We doin'
Spendin' cheese we doin'
Big pimpin' on BLADES
We doin'
Big Pimpin' up in NYC
It's just that Jigga man B. Sigel Memphis Bleek
We doin'
Big pimpin'
Spendin' cheese we doin'
Big pimpin' on BLADES
We doin'
Big Pimpin' up in NYC
It's just that Jigga man Roots band on MTV

[Verse 2]
On the canopy, my stamina be, enough for Pamela Anderson Lee
MTV jam of the week
Made my money too long for gamblin' with me but I'm
But I'm still sitting on BLADES hitting on crays
Sitting on the corner of my block hustling
Getting off K's, double what I paid
Getting it right through customs
It'll sell by night its egg shell white
I got so many grams if the man find out
It will land me in jail for life
But I'm still big pimping, spending cheese
With B.U.N. B, Pimp C, and Timothy
We got chickens in the back of the truck, laughing it up
Jigga Man: that's what's up

[Hook]
[Big pimpin' spending cheese
And we big big pimpin' on BLADES
Big pimpin' up in NYC
It's just that Jigga man B. Sigel Memphis Bleek
Big pimpin' spending cheese
And we big big pimpin' on BLADES
Big pimpin' up in NYC
It's just that Jigga man Roots band on MTV(8901654)

[Outro]
Bounce
Bounce
Ok ma, I see you
Bounce
Ok, alright, come on
Bounce
Bounce
I love it, I love it
Bounce
Uh Uh
Y'all section a little weak, all y'all gotta bounce right now
Bounce bounce bounce
Uh Uh Uh
Beautiful beautiful. Ok we are 7 now y'all getting it
It's a beautiful thing I don't think I can leave tonight. We gonna have to be kicked out the building. Y'all feeling that one right there? I gotta do all kind of things, Reasonable Doubt, Volume 1 Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5. Blueprint 1 the Blueprint 2 baby. Want some water? Sure sure. Hold on. It's kinda warm you wanna share? Wow. It's a beautiful thing. Ok

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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