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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
JAY-Z
Vocals
Pharrell Williams
Vocals
Andrew Coleman
Programming
Minnie Ripperton
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Pharrell Williams
Songwriter
Shawn Carter
Songwriter
Andrew Coleman
Arranger
Hart Gunther
Assistant Arranger
Jason Thomas Wilkie
Assistant Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andrew Coleman
Recording Engineer
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton
Recording Engineer
Fabian Marasciullo
Mixing Engineer
Ramon Rivas
Assistant Mixing Engineer
The Neptunes
Producer
Hart Gunther
Assistant Editing Engineer
Jason Thomas Wilkie
Assistant Editing Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
Blueprint shit
Three in the morning on the Westside highway
Top down, baby, fuck y'all
It's the Blueprint, baby
The motivation for me is them telling me what I could not be, oh well
[Intro]
Aye, aye
Uh, yeah
Oh, aye, aye
Aye, this is a special dedication, thank y'all
Aye, aye, y'all gotta hear this shit
I wanna thank you for the fuel, no, really, thank you
Aye, aye
[Verse 1]
I felt so inspired by what my teacher said
Said I'd either be dead or be a reefer head
Not sure if that's how adults should speak to kids
Especially when the only thing I did was speak in class, I'll teach his ass
Even better's what my uncle did
I pop my demo tape in and start to beat my head
Peeked out my eye, see if he was beating his
He might as well say beat it kid, he's on the list
It's like I'm searching for kicks, like a sneaker head
He goin' keep pushin' me until I reach the ledge
And when I reach the ledge, I'll tell them all to eat a dick
Take a leap of faith and let my eagle wings spread, spread, spread
[PreChorus]
The motivation for me
Word up, fuck y'all
Is them telling me what I could not be, oh well
[Chorus]
I'm so ambitious
Yeah
I might hit two sisters
Yeah
Hey, I'm on a mission
No matter what the conditions
You bet
Forget personal issues
That's right
When you've gone what I've been through
Yeah
Hey, if you believe it
Then be
Then you can conceive it
You see?
Yeah, yeah yeah
[Verse 2]
I had to lace up my boots even harder
Father is too far away to father
Further-more all the kids either
Smoke reefer or either move white
There's few writers in my cipher
So they made light of
My type of dreams seem dumb, they said wise up
How many guys-a you see making it from here?
The world don't like us, is that not clear? Alright, but
I'm different, I can't base what I'm gon' be off of what everybody isn't
They don't listen
Just whispering behind my back
No vision, lack of ambition, so whack
[PreChorus]
The motivation for me
Word up
Is them telling me what I could not be, oh well
Fuck all
[Chorus]
I'm so ambitious
Yeah
I might hit two sisters
Yeah
Hey, I'm on a mission
Yeah
No matter what the conditions
I mean, you get it?
Forget personal issues
Yeah
When you've gone what I've been through
Yeah
Hey, if you believe it
Then be
Then you can conceive it
You see
Yeah, yeah yeah
[Verse 3]
Had a couple of meetings, no offers yet
Maybe I ain't good enough for these offices
Back to the drawing board ducking officers
It's all good 'cause the streets is A&Rin' this
So with or without any of y'all involvement
We coming for all of this, respect my conglomerate
I went from pauper to the President
'Cause every deal I ever made set precedent
**** probably thought I'd fall without old buddy
Oh buddy, what I do is make more money
Dear teacher, you're probably somewhere near a speaker
I'm balling out of control, can you hear my sneakers? Fuck y'all
[PreChorus]
The motivation for me
Word up
Is them telling me what I could not be, oh well
[Chorus]
I'm so ambitious
Yeah
I might hit two sisters
Hey, I'm on a mission
No matter what the conditions
You get it?
Forget personal issues
When you've gone what I've been through
Hey, if you believe it
Then be
Then you can conceive it
You see?
[Outro]
The motivation for me is them telling me what I could not be
Written by: Pharrell Williams, Shawn Carter