[Pharrell]
Yeah 3 in the morning on the Westside highway, top down baby,
F-ck y"all
The motivation for me was them telling me what I couldn"t be,
oh well,
[Jay-Z]
This a special dedication,
i wanna thank you for the fuel,
no really thank you,
I felt so inspired by what my teacher said,
said I"d either be dead or be a reefer head,
not sure if thats how adults should speak ta kids,
especially when the only thing i did was speak in class,
i"ll teach his a**,
even betters what my uncle did,
I pop my demo tape in start to beat my head,
peaked out my eye, see if he was beating his,
he might as well-have-said beat it kid, he"s on the list,
its like Im searching for kicks like a sneaker head,
he gon keep pushing me until i reach the ledge,
and when I reach the ledge i"ll tell em all to eat a d-ck,
take a leap of faith and let my eagle wings spread,
spread spread.
[Pharrell - Chorus]
Motivation for me was them telling me what I could not be,
oh well,
I"m so ambitious,
I might hit two sisters,
hey im on a mission
no matter what the conditions,
Forget the personal issues
when you been what i been through,
hey if you believe it,
then you could conceive it.
[Jay-Z]
I had to lace up my boots even harder,
father is too far away to father,
further-more of the kids either smoke reefer,
or either move white, theres few writers in my cipher,
so they made light-a, my type a dreams seem dumb
they said wise up, how many guys a you see making it from here,
the world don"t like us, is that not clear, alright,
But I"m different, i can"t base what I"m gonna be off a what everybody isn"t, they don"t listen, just whispering behind my back,
no vision, lack of ambition,
so wack!
[Chorus]
[Jay-Z]
Had a couple of meetings no offers yet,
maybe I aint good enough for these offices,
back to the drawing board ducking officers,
it"s all good cos the streets is A&R"ing this,
so with or without any of your involvement,
coming for all of this, respect my conglomerate,
I went from pauper to the President,
every deal I ever made set precedent,
n-ggas prob"ly thought I"d fall without ol" buddy,
oh buddy, what i do is make more money,
Dear Teacher, your probably somewhere near a speaker,
i"m balling outta control, can you hear my sneakers,
f-ck y"all,
[Chorus]
[End]
Yeah 3 in the morning on the Westside highway, top down baby,
F-ck y"all
The motivation for me was them telling me what I couldn"t be,
oh well,
[Jay-Z]
This a special dedication,
i wanna thank you for the fuel,
no really thank you,
I felt so inspired by what my teacher said,
said I"d either be dead or be a reefer head,
not sure if thats how adults should speak ta kids,
especially when the only thing i did was speak in class,
i"ll teach his a**,
even betters what my uncle did,
I pop my demo tape in start to beat my head,
peaked out my eye, see if he was beating his,
he might as well-have-said beat it kid, he"s on the list,
its like Im searching for kicks like a sneaker head,
he gon keep pushing me until i reach the ledge,
and when I reach the ledge i"ll tell em all to eat a d-ck,
take a leap of faith and let my eagle wings spread,
spread spread.
[Pharrell - Chorus]
Motivation for me was them telling me what I could not be,
oh well,
I"m so ambitious,
I might hit two sisters,
hey im on a mission
no matter what the conditions,
Forget the personal issues
when you been what i been through,
hey if you believe it,
then you could conceive it.
[Jay-Z]
I had to lace up my boots even harder,
father is too far away to father,
further-more of the kids either smoke reefer,
or either move white, theres few writers in my cipher,
so they made light-a, my type a dreams seem dumb
they said wise up, how many guys a you see making it from here,
the world don"t like us, is that not clear, alright,
But I"m different, i can"t base what I"m gonna be off a what everybody isn"t, they don"t listen, just whispering behind my back,
no vision, lack of ambition,
so wack!
[Chorus]
[Jay-Z]
Had a couple of meetings no offers yet,
maybe I aint good enough for these offices,
back to the drawing board ducking officers,
it"s all good cos the streets is A&R"ing this,
so with or without any of your involvement,
coming for all of this, respect my conglomerate,
I went from pauper to the President,
every deal I ever made set precedent,
n-ggas prob"ly thought I"d fall without ol" buddy,
oh buddy, what i do is make more money,
Dear Teacher, your probably somewhere near a speaker,
i"m balling outta control, can you hear my sneakers,
f-ck y"all,
[Chorus]
[End]