JAY-Z — American Gangster

[Intro] And you say New York City Uh-huh Put your hands together Young! Uh-huh Yeah, uh-huh Yes! (Yes!) [Verse 1] I'm from the '80s Home of the her-on Era of the hustlers, uh The world is my custies New Rich Porter The way I flip quarters Front on all these other rap artists, but me Momma was a mink wearer, papa ran numbers So it's plain to see where my whole plan come from American dream, I'm living the life still Way I shine is like a zillion dollar light bill Still I'm grinding, army jacket lining 40 below Timbs on, getting my M's on My best friend's gone I seen bad days, still find songs that I hear him on Getting my Mary J. Blige Reminisce on I hear his voice in my mind like, nigga live on So I get on that fly shit I been on Spin on corners in Enzo with rims on But for info, puffing on Endo-Nesia Give me amnesia I ease up, that right, I'm high nigga I want the sky The world when I'm done I'm give it to my sons Let 'em live it up, split it up, switch it up, uh Sixes kit it up, man I did it up, done The rest of my belongings belong in the hall of fame A list of hits next to all my names I came [Bridge] (Woo!) uh-huh (geah) I want the sky baby I want the sky baby [Verse 2] If the sky should fall And it all goes tomorrow and they foreclose on the house And auction off all my cars Don't cry for me Argentina, I mobbed the Beamer Took trips abroad, got mobbed in Sardinia In Ibiza, I had pizza in the club Ladies know I'm that guy, they wanna piece of my love Now they wanna do your boy like Mike in his prime Billie Jean, the goddamn boy ain't mine And the Roc break up, had the people losing hope Can't lie, they had Muhammad Hovi on the ropes Now I'm back in the go mode, back in the go-go's Throwing the diamond up, repping the logo Rose gold, Rosé flow, I'm okay though What don't kill me makes stronger than before so Here we go and I'm not Domino When it all falls down, I'm like Kanye's jaw I might break but I don't fold, 'til I hold the sky in my hand Yeah, that's my goal And then I bid you Freddy Adu Prodigal Child, y'all not ready for the fu-ture, ture Then I disappear in the Bermuda Triangle My name will be viewed as such Here's to the man who refused to give up I want the sky nigga, chuuurch [Outro] I want the sky baby I want the sky baby