JAY-Z

Released: November 28, 2003

Songwriter: JAY-Z

Producer: Easy Mo Bee

[Intro: Puff Daddy (Jay-Z)]
Bad Boys
(Puff, what up nigga? Let's go half on a boat!)
Come out and play
You know we had to do a remix, right?
(Me too, uh, Young!)

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
You niggas is ass, I put your ass in a bad play
This ain't no fair one, get rid of you the fast way
Ski mask way, pull hammers from the coat
This ain't no handgun, this shit'll sink a boat
(What boat?)
Any one in the Atlantic, the S.S. Minnow, the Titanic
Send a distress signal like poof
Red flares in the air don't matter to me
Send the army, coast guard, the whole faculty
I see and I raise you one, I raise guns like Bebe's kids
The Bad Boy but no I'm not Janice's, I'm Gloria's warrior
When I flash the tool, leave you stiff like photographers
Y'all don't got heart for this art of war
My arsenal is more awesome than yours
When Hov' in the building, niggas lost from the door
From the front porch 'cause I have no flaws

[Chorus: Jay-Z]
Y'all keep acting like y'all don't hear
I put this little red laser in your ear

[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
No rap, you rat, you wack, you bore me
I wanna end your career but you gon' do it for me
I'm, one of the greats
You know Young demand 'bout a hundred out the gate
For a flyer with my face (woo!)
I'm like Mariah with the cake
Lord knows 'bout to retire with Mase
All my broads look like Mya in the waist
All over the country like Shania in the face
I brought the pliers to the place
To apply pressure, I don't know how you gon' take
Niggas acting like they flying with a cape
'Til I bring 'em to Earth then they hiring the Jake
Monkeys can't look the lion in the face
The king of the jungle, nigga, did I mumble?

[Chorus: Jay-Z]
Y'all keep acting like y'all don't hear
I put this little red laser in your ear
I'm saying this slow so you clear
I put this little red laser in your ear

[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
(Is he?) Uh, I'm dead serious
Save them games you play for Lil' Vicious
I bust a deuce-deuce in your bubble goose
God damn, Brooklyn to Hollywood, I'm so good
The Roc denim jeans, uh!
S Dots in green, the red Roc chain
You gotta love it how he does it (how he do it?)
How I hustle a dollar then I double it
Y'all ain't fucking with my déjà vu
Y'all can't double down the way I do
Nigga, The Blueprint 2, I move three
Y'all can't move me from the number one spot
Run the numbers on S Dot

[Chorus: Jay-Z]
Y'all keep acting like y'all don't hear
I put this little red laser in your ear
I'm saying this slow so you clear
I put this little red laser in your ear, geah

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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