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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
JAY-Z
Lead Vocals
Rhonda Robinson
Background Vocals
Tom Brock
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Shawn Carter
Songwriter
Aldrin Davis
Songwriter
Tom Brock
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Toomp
Producer
Derrick Royce Selby
Recording Engineer
Jordan Young
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro
Mixing Engineer
Keke and Amy
Studio Personnel
Diddy
Associate Producer
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton
Recording Engineer
Tony Dawsey
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Say hello to the bad guy
They say I'm a bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
They say I'm a bad guy
Say hi to the bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
[Verse 2]
I ain't playin', life's short, so I aim
I ain't waitin' for life to start betrayin' 'em
It's twice as hard to get a job that's payin' 'em
So I ain't payin' attention to what you're saying
Raindrops keep fallin' on my brain
'Cause I'm in the drop of flames
I'm so hot even if the weather change
Hell don't have no top, I'm insane
'Member dark-skinned Jermaine
Wore suede in the rain, we sorta kinda the same
Except I'm no lame and you gonna know my name
Before I go, the world gon' feel my pain
They sayin' I'ma bad guy, why's that?
'Cause when my back's against the wall, ****, I react
Secretly though, I know you admire that
You wish you had the balls to fire back
Say hello, uh uh hello, uh uh
You wish you had the balls to fire back
[Verse 3]
Say hello to the bad guy
They say I'm a bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
They say I'm a bad guy
Say hi to the bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
[Verse 4]
I ain't no ordinary ****
Look around, this ain't what ordinary gets ya
Extraordinary figures
I'm an extraordinary ****
Before my name became Jigga
Before I sang, I had that thang on slippers
Can't complain 'bout what they ain't gon' give ya
That ain't gon' get ya shit, might as well give up
Or get up, get out, and get something, ****
Get a job, my ****, or get to dumping
Only God can judge him, only He without sin
Tell me if my means justify my ends
'Till then, I'm just gon' fly in the Benz
Wire my friends through Western Union
Shh, supplies in
My system knockin', here comes the bad buy again
Say hello, uh uh hello, uh uh
Hello, uh, here comes the bad guy again
[Verse 5]
Say hello to the bad guy
They say I'm a bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
They say I'm a bad guy
Say hi to the bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
Let me tell you what I ain't
[Verse 6]
We ain't thugs for the sake of just bein' thugs
Nobody do that where we grew up, ****, duh
The poverty line, we not above
So out comes the mask and gloves
'Cause we ain't feelin' the love
We ain't doin' crimes for the sake of doin' crimes
We movin' dimes 'cause we ain't doin' fine
One out of three of us is locked up doin' time
You know what this type of shit can do to a **** mind
My mind on my money, money on my mind
If you owe me ten dollars, you ain't givin' me nine
Y'all ain't give me forty acres and a mule
So I got my Glock 40, now I'm coo
And if Al Sharpton is speakin' for me
Somebody give him the word and tell him I don't approve
Tell him I remove the curses
If you tell me our schools gon' be perfect
When Jena Six don't exist
Tell him that's when I'll stop saying bitch
BITCH
[Verse 7]
Say hello to the bad guy
They say I'm a bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
They say I'm a bad guy
Say hi to the bad guy
I come from the bottom
But now I'm mad fly
They say I'm a menace
That's the picture they paint
They say a lot about me
Let me tell you what I ain't
Written by: Aldrin Davis, Shawn Carter, Tom Brocker