JAY-Z — Tidal Freestyle Stream Of Consciousness

[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 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, how the way they killed Freddie Gray right Shot down Mike Brown how they did Tray right? Let them continue choking niggas We gon' 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 when it's their own shit You bought nine iPhones and Steve Jobs is rich Phil Knight worth trillions you still bought those kicks Spotify is nine billion they ain't say shit Lucy you got some 'splaining to do The only one they hating on look the same as you That's cool, 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