JAY-Z — Tidal B-Sides Concert Freestyle

[Verse] So I'm the bad guy now I hear, because I don’t go with the flow Don’t ever go with the flow, be the flow And I don’t need no middle man to talk to my niggas I understand if you don’t understand, I figure I’m Jigga That’s where we differ I take what’s mine, you accept what they they give you, I get you I don’t take no checks I take my respect Pharrell even told me go with the safest bet Jimmy Iovine offered a safety net Google dangled around a crazy check I feel like YouTube is the biggest culprit Them niggas pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get You know niggas die for equal pay right? You know when I work I ain't your slave right? You know I ain't shucking and jiving and high fiving You know this ain't back in the days right? But I can't tell, like the way they killed Freddie Gray right Shot down Mike Brown how they did Tray right? Let them continue choking niggas We gonna turn style, I ain't your token nigga You know I came in this game independent right? Tidal, my own label, same difference Oh niggas is skeptical as their own shit You bought 9 iPhones and Steve Jobs is rich Phil Knight worth trillions you still bought those kicks Spotify is 9 billion they ain't say shit Lucy you got some 'splaining to do The only one they hating on look the same as you I know they trying to bamboozle you Spending millions on media trying to confuse you I had to talk to myself, Hov you used to it It's politics as usual