![]() That line from the God MC always sounded like some fly-if-you-buy bullshit to me.īut with Jay as an arbiter of cool, with a BIG strain of rap nerd beneath, while trying to straddle an invisible fence between commoners and Common listeners who thought they were special on Unplugged, Hov found proper assistance to finesse that line of bullshit into sounding something like common sense. ![]() “ Truthfully,” I never believed Jay-Z would, then or now, “ rather be Talib Kweli.” “ Is it too early to mourn, is it too late to ride?” The rap game’s then-leader who’d go on to father three with the lead singer from Destiny’s Child knows a thing or two about fate or time. ![]() Has it really been twenty damn years since this moment?Īn event reinforcing (pun intended) the takeover of The Blueprint (2001), an NYC album that went on to accidentally define the entire world for a period of time.ĭropping during the height of Jay-Z’s “artistic” prime, on the same day the Twin Towers did, ushering in decades of wartime. We might be at 8, we close we close.For those getting grown around the time, this live performance first aired on a cable channel still then featuring a somewhat reasonable amount of music in its television, this is a time-capsule catapulting you back into that Fall ‘01 vortex. Yo, lunching, punching the clock My function is to make much and lay back munching Sipping Remy on the rocks, my crew Nothing to stop, un-stoppable Scheme on the ice, I got to hot your crew I got to, let you dudes know the time like Movado My motto, stack rocks like Colorado Waddle off the champagne, Cristals by the bottle It's a damn shame what you're not though (me) Slick like a gato, ya boy Jay-Z My pops knew exactly what he did when he made me Tried to get a nut and he got a nut and what (Tried to get a nut and he got a nut and what) Straight bananas can a nigga see me Got the US Open, advantage Jigga Serve like Sampras, play fake rappers like a campus Le Tigre, Pa you're too eager You ain't having it Oh good me either Let's get together and make this whole world believe us huh At my arraignment screaming All us blacks got is sports and entertainment, until we even Thieving, as long as I'm breathing Can't knock the way a player eating Alright I'm taking out this time (Let me buy you one) To give you a piece of my mind Who do you think you are (That's right, Jay Z baby) Baby one day you'll be a star (Let's take em uptown, let's take em uptown) But until then lately, I'm the one who's crazy? (Let's go all the way uptown) Cause that's the way you're making me feel (We in Harlem now, let's go to the Bronx on em) I'm just trying to get mine I don't have the time To knock the hustle for real (Let's go all the way up town, let's take em to Yonkers) Family Affair People can we get it crunk tonight (We in Yonkers now) Yeah yeah yeah Let's get it Let's get it Let's get it Let's get it Let's get it Let's get it (Talk to em Mary) If you know the song, sing along Let's get it crunk tonight Let's get it crunk upon, have fun upon Up in this dancery We got ya open, now ya floatin' So you gots to dance for me (Talk to em) Don't need no hateration, holleratin' In this dancery Let's get it percolatin', while you're waiting So dance for me Dance for Jay Z (Come on let's go) Come on everybody Gotta thank Jigga for letting me get down tonight (No no thank you) Thank you very much (You love that, ladies and gentlemen Ms Mary J Blige) Thank you (One more time for Ms Mary J Blige y'all Ok, alright. ![]()
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