[Ingrid Michaelson] They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told (The most incredible, baby)
[Jay-Z] Good dudes - I know you love me like cooked food Even though a nigga got move like a crook move We was together on the block since free lunch We shoulda been together havin' Four Seasons brunch We used to use umbrellas to face the bad weather So now we travel first class to change the forecast Never in bunches, just me and you I loved your point of view cause you held no punches Still I left you for months on end It's been months since I checked back in Well somewhere in a small town, somewhere lockin' a mall down Woodgrain, four and change, Armor All'd down I can understand why you want a divorce now Though I can't let you know it, pride won't let me show it Pretend to be heroic, that's just one to grow with But deep inside a nigga so sick
[Chorus - Ingrid Michaelson] They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told
[Jay-Z] Yeah, yeah On repeat, the CD of Big's "Me and My Bitch" Watchin' Bonnie and Clyde, pretendin' to be that shit Empty gun in your hand sayin', "Let me see that clip" Shoppin' sprees, pull out your Visa quick A nigga had very bad credit, you helped me lease that whip You helped me get the keys to that V dot 6 We was so happy poor but when we got rich That's when our signals got crossed, and we got flipped Rather mine, I don't know what made me leave that shit Made me speed that quick, let me see - that's it It was the cheese helped them bitches get amnesia quick I used to cut up they buddies, now they sayin' they love me Used to tell they friends I was ugly and wouldn't touch me Then I showed up in that dubbed out buggy And then they got fussy and they don't remember that And I don't remember you
[Chorus - Ingrid Michaelson] They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told
[Jay-Z] A face of stone, was shocked on the other end of the phone Word back home is that you had a special friend So what was oh so special then? You have given away without gettin' at me That's your fault, how many times you forgiven me? How was I to know that you was plain sick of me? I know the way a nigga livin' was whack But you don't get a nigga back like that! Shit I'm a man with pride, you don't do shit like that You don't just pick up and leave and leave me sick like that You don't throw away what we had, just like that I was just fuckin' them girls, I was gon' get right back They say you can't turn a bad girl good But once a good girl's goin' bad, she's gone forever I'll mourn forever Shit I gotta live with the fact I did you wrong forever
[Chorus - Ingrid Michaelson] They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told They say that things just cannot grow Beneath the winter snow Or so I have been told