Never, never, never, never chaAnnotatenge Ain't never changed, this is Jay every day I never change! I never change, this is Jay every day I never change! I never change, this is Jay
[Verse 1: Jay-Z] I am a, Roc representer Hov, summer to winter, Hov, dead or alive 24/7, 365 One CD or three hundred and sixty pies What's up to E and Kirk? Welcome home to Taj Let no amount of money ruin this thing of ours We run streets like, drunks run street lights We colliding with life as we speak We knee deep in coke, we ki deep in ice We flood streets with dope, we keep weed to smoke We all fish, better teach your folk Give him money to eat, then next week he's broke Cause when you sleep, he's reaching for your throat Word on the skreet, you reap what you sow Not out of fear but love, love for the game Roc family first, we never change man
[Hook: Kanye West] I'm still fucking with crime cause crime pays Out hustling, same clothes for days I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways I never change
[Verse 2: Jay-Z] What's up to my Miami and St. Thomas connects? (whattup) I'll never mention your name, I promise respect Death before dishonor correct? Yup That's what you promised me, since the Bomber League Along with, if we stay strong We can get paper longer than Pippen's arms Plead the fifth when it comes to the fam I'm like a dog, I never speak, but I understand Where my dogs at? Where my soldiers at war? Where your balls at? Whoa, gotta pause that, whoa Lost 92 bricks had to fall back Knocked a nigga off his feet, but I crawled back Had A-1 credit, got more crack From the first to the fifth, gave it all back If, I'm not a hustler what you call that? This is before rap, this is all fact I never change
[Hook: Kanye West]
[Verse 3: Jay-Z] What, the streets robbed me, wasn't educated properly Well fuck y'all, I needed money for Atari Was so young my big sis' still playing with Barbie Young brother, big city, eight million stories Old heads taught me, youngin, walk softly Carry a big clip, that'll get niggas off me Keep coke in coffee, keep money smelling mothy Chains is cool to cop but more important is lawyer fees That's how it is now, that's how it'll always be I never change, this is always me From the womb to the tomb, from now until my doom Drink Army from one cup pass it around the room (That's a family nigga) That's the ritual (yup) Big Ran, I ain't forget you fool And all that bullshit you trying to get through This is crew love, move music or move drugs Rival crews, get your black suits up - I'll never change
[Hook: Kanye West]
[Outro: Jay-Z] This is Jay, every day Who you know like Hov, nigga?