[Hook] When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I found, one thing I found Oh no you never let me down Get up, I get down (6)
[Jay-Z] Yo, first I snatched the streets then I snatched the charts First I had they ear, now I have their heart Rappers came and went, I've been here from the start I seen them put it together, watched them take it apart Seen the rovers roll up with ribbons I seen them re-po'd, re-sold, then re-driven So when I reload, he holds #1 position When you hot I'm hot And when your feet cold, mines is sizzling It's plain to see, niggas can't fuck with me Cause I'm a be that nigga for life This is not an image, this is God given This is hard livin', mixed with Cristal sippin' It's the most consistent, Hov Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and Nigga I'm home on these charts, y'all niggas visitin' It's Hov tradition, Jeff Gordon of rap I'm back to claim pole position, holla at ya boy
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[Kanye West] I get down for my grandfather who took my momma Made her sit in that seat where white folks ain't want us to eat At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit-ins And with that in my blood I was born to be different Now niggas can't make it to ballots to choose leadership But we can make it to Jacob's and to the dealership Swear I hear new music and I just don't be feelin' it Racism's still alive, they just be concealin' it But I know they don't want me in the damn club They even made me show I.D to get inside of Sam's Club I done did dirt and went to church and get my hands scrubbed Swear I've been baptized least 3 or 4 times But in the land where niggas praise Yukons and getting paid Its gonna take a lot more than coupons to get us saved Like it take a lot more than doo rags to get you waves Nothing sad as that day my girl's father passed away So I promised to Mr. Rainey I'm gonna marry your daughter And you know I gotta thank you for the way that she was brought up And I know that you were smiling when you see the car I bought her You sent tears from heaven when you seen my car get balled up But I can't complain what the accident did to my left eye Cause look what an accident did to Left Eye First Aaliyah now Romeo must die I know I got angels watching me from the other side
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[J. Ivy] We are all here for a reason on a particular path You don't need a curriculum to know that you're a part of the math Cats think I'm delirious but I'm so damn serious That's why I expose my soul to the globe; the world I'm trying to make it better for these little boys and girls I'm not just another individual My spirit is a part of this that's why I get spiritual But I get my hymns from Him So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical I'm not a miracle, I'm a heaven sent instrument My rhythmatic regiment navigates melodic notes For your soul and your mental That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations is what I'm into Yeah I need my loot by rent day But that ain't what gives me the heart of Kunta Kinte I'm trying to get us "us free" like Cinque I can't stop, that's why I'm hot Determination, dedication, motivation I'm talking to you of my many inspirations When I say I can't let you or self down If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest riff And if you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life In my grip I would never ever let you down And when these words are found Let it be known that God's penmanship has been signed With a language called love That's why my breath is felt by the deaf And while my words are heard and confined to the ears of t