Blueprint 2

Jay-Z this, Jay-Z that (Jay-Z won't hold my hand no more) Jay-Z this, Jay-Z that Jay-Z that, Jay-Z this Get off Jay-Z' dick! (Jay-Z won't give me no money) What, y'all niggas get front page articles? Y'all mention Jay-Z name? (This thing on?) Jay-Z, Jay-Z In Jay-Z news (check) I understand what y'all tryin' to do I brought the flutes this time, though (check) Unleash the flutes on 'em, Guru Give me some more music in the headphone Let's get to the proceedings preceding this evening Let's do this thing (let's do it right this time) C'mon! H-O-V-A, I got my mojo back, baby, oh behave Naw, naw, don't be afraid, y'all and your articles hock spit at Jay Y'all from afar threw darts my way What you thought, I would not have nothin' to say? Nope! Y'all fell into the booby trap I set the trap just to see dude react And now, and now you's can't leave You opened the door, God, I'm at you annually And I'm sorry, Ms. Rosie Perez I call a spade a spade, it just is what it is But you can't give cred to anything dude says Same dude to give you ice and you owe him some head Shorty, it's time to wake up the dead You sound a little naive in them articles that I read H-O-V-A, The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way H-O-V-A, I got my mojo back, baby, oh behave H-O-V-A, The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way H-O-V-A, I got my mojo back, baby, oh behave Can't y'all see that he's fake, the rap version of T.D. Jakes Prophesizin' on your CD's and tapes Won't break you a crumb of the little bit that he makes And this is with whom you want to place your faith I put dollars on mine, ask Columbine When the Twin Towers dropped, I was the first in line (it's real) Donatin' proceeds off every ticket sold When I was out on the road, that's how you judge Hov, no? Ain't I supposed to be absorbed in myself? Every time there's a tragedy, I'm the first one to help They call me this misogynist, but they don't call me the dude To take his dollars to give gifts at the projects These dudes is all politics, depositin' checks They put in they pocket, all you get in return is a lot of lip And y'all buy the shit, caught up in the hype 'Cause the nigga wear a kufi, it don't mean that he bright 'Cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice It just means you don't understand all the bullshit that he write Is it Oochie Wally Wally or is it One Mic? Is it Black Girl Lost or shorty owe you for ice? I've been real all my life, they confuse it with conceit Since I will not lose, they try to help him cheat But I will not lose, for even in defeat There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me When the grass is cut, the snakes will show I gotta thank the little homie Nas for that, though (haha) Savin' me the hassle of speakin' to half of these assholes And I'ma let karma catch up to Jaz-O, whoa I'm back before you had a chance to miss me My mama can't save you this time, niggas is history Who you know flow vicious as me? Yet so religiously, that's why they call me Hov' I get the spoils 'cause the victor is me (me, nigga) You're an actor, you're not who you're depicted to be You street dreamin', all y'all niggas livin' through me I gave you life when niggas was forgettin' you emcee I'm a legend, you should take a picture with me You should be happy to be in my presence, I should charge you a fee I'm Big Dog, Glenn Rob, listen, God, you a flea And the little homie Jungle is a garden to me What's the problem, B? You not as hard as me, nigga, hard as we, nigga, R-O-C, nigga That's why they follow me, they feel my pain and my agony, nigga I won't rest 'til you on one knee You want war, then this war's gon' be, nigga Until you on one knee You want war, then this war's gon' be, nigga H-O-V-A, The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way H-O-V-A, I got my mojo back, baby, oh behave H-O-V-A, The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way H-O-V-A, I got my mojo back, baby, oh behave