Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
JAY-Z
Vocals
Beanie Sigel
Vocals
Chauncey Mahan
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Justin Smith
Composer
Dwight Equan Grant
Lyrics
Sean C. Carter
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Just Blaze
Producer
Chauncey Mahan
Recording Engineer
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro
Mixing Engineer
Shane "Bermuda" Woodley
Assistant Recording Engineer
Young Guru
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Is he a Blood, is he Crip?
Is he that, is he this?
Did he do it? Y'know, ehh
Look
[Verse 2]
If I shoot you, I'm brainless
Different toilet, same shit and I'm sick of explaining this
I'm waiting on arraignment, my **** is the plaintiff
Yeah, I know what you thinking, fucked up ain't it?
I should known better and I planned to
But dog, they be taking me out of my zone like a **** with a handle
I sat back and watched it, put the gats back in the closet
They tried to tie my hands like an Iraqi hostage
Let **** take shots at me, no response
I just flip and pop my collar like the Fonz
You give a **** a foot he'll take you one step beyond
He'll try to play you twice, the third time is the charm
You wanna conversate with the writer of the Quran?
Or Old Testament, don't test the men
I know what y'all thinking, dick pause
Your future's my past, I've been here before
I know when you're scheming, I feel when you plotting
I got mental vision, intuition
I know where you going, I read your mind's navigational system
Everybody whispering, pst pst pst ss perspirin
[Verse 3]
When the streets is talking, **** is gossiping
Bitches all in your shit, what's the cause of it?
I need to know, geah geah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 4]
You see me with a bodyguard that means police is watching
And I only use his
Waist to keep my Glock in
But when shit goes down you know who's doing the popping
And if you don't know, guess who's doing the dropping
S dot again, y'all got me in a bad mood
Bad move, that's bad news
How many times have I got to prove?
How many loved ones have you got to lose?
Before you realize that it's probably true?
Whatever Jigga say, Jigga probably do
Shit I paid my dues, I made the news
I came in the door for dolo, blazed the crews
And the streets say Jigga can't go back home
You know when I heard that? when I was back home
I'm comfortable, dog, Brooklyn to Rome
Of any Martin Luther, don't part with your future
Don't ever question if I got the heart to shoot ya
The answer is simply too dark for the user
And as a snot-nose, they said that he got flows
But will he be able to drop those before the cops close in
'Fore the shots froze him and he's dead and gone
From what the block has spoken, my God
Everybody stressing, who's his baby's moms?
Who he got pregnant, let me tell you, ahh
[Verse 5]
When the streets is talking, **** is gossiping
Bitches all in your shit, what's the cause of it?
I need to know
When the streets is talking, **** is gossiping
Bitches all in your shit, what's the cause of it?
I need to know
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 6]
I seen my first murder in the hall, if you must know
I lost my Pops when I was eleven, twelve years old
He's probably somewhere where the liquor is taking it's toll
But I ain't mad at you dad, holla at your lad
I grew up pushing snowflake to **** that was pro-base
The stress'll take a young ****, give him a old face
All I did was smoke joke, think and drink
Copped 'caine and complained, front row watch game
I seen **** before me, with a chance to write they own script
Slip up and change the story
I seen young **** go out in a blaze of glory
Before reaching puberty, scared a **** truthfully
I took trips whit so much shit in the whip
That if the cops pulled us over the dog'd get sick, sniff
Smell me, ****? the real me ****, minus the rumors
Holla if you feel me, ****
[Verse 7]
The streets is not only watching, but they talking now?
**** they got me circling the block before I'm parking now
Don't get it twisted, I ain't bitching, I'm just cautious now
Sub, under the parka, extra cartridge now
Hit a slick C up, you fell at it you're dense
I get word to the street like Bell Atlantic and Spring
I feel the vibes and I hear the rumors
But fuck it, I'm still alive and I'm still in Ju'maa, I know 'staf Allah
**** wanna press me, put my back to the wall
But pressure bus' pipes I know, I spat it to y'all
To know me is to love me, you see me, can't be me, hate this
Fuck you I got guns like Neo in Matrix
Cross the family, think Mac's sweet like Karo
Or soft like Play-Doh, get knocked off like Fredo Corleone
They find you with a hole in your dome
I roll with **** that'll follow you and go to your home
Thought you ball, but **** you fall to my defense
Catch you while you reaching, clip you then I cross you then I'm leaving
Apply full court pressure
Like .44 Taurus get you out of here, pull pressure
To the trigger, bullets fly in threes
You forever rest under bullshit, dirt lies and leaves
I do bullshit, dirt, tell lies then leave
Look in my eyes, realize it's beans
**** wanna despise the team, till I play head coach
And straight up, divide they team
Trade they man for some pies and a couple of things
Till the bullet, ah, motherfuckers
Written by: Dwight Grant, JAY-Z, Just Blaze