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Only A Customer (Streets Is Watching/Soundtrack Version)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
JAY-Z
JAY-Z
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JAY-Z
JAY-Z
Composer
Irv Gotti
Irv Gotti
Composer
J. Johnson
J. Johnson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Irv Gotti
Irv Gotti
Producer
Joe Quinde
Joe Quinde
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's the eventual triple platinum **** with the solid gold fade
All that nickel and dime shit don't hold no weight
Fortune 5, top 5 in the Forbes, you'll see
As you thumb through The Source, I read the Robb Report
Class C, cold me down with the plastic
That's all I ask of you like Raphael Saadiq
At the Hotel Nikko, Robert Duvall suite
My people's eyes through the peep hole
I'm lovin' you down, freak, as I
Shoot through the city like a rumor
Not soon enough to stop 'em from spreadin'
The newspaper heading reads, "JAY-Z breathes, 80 degrees
Only thing to cool him off is a Malibu Bay Breeze"
Can't stop for the Feds, say cheese
You know they wanna take a **** picture
Pray for the day to get ya, but I'ma parlay, stay richer for now
Jigga hasn't done dirt in a while
You know my stomach's gettin' weak from livin' on these streets
For real, I'm tryna oversee it from suites, orderin' eats
At the top where the real criminal minds meet
That's where the cream is, right?
That's where your dream is, well ain't it?
[Verse 2]
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
Biatch, Roc-A-Fella, y'all
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
Roc-A-Fella
[Verse 3]
Yeah, ayo, my youth had a **** too aggressive, ha
I used to speed excessive, both eyes closed
No thought infested
Hittin' pot holes, cop-os'll snatch you away
What you deem most precious
Had to rethink things, is pinky rings worth
Life on the run and time served in Sing Sing?
I don't know to tell the truth if I'm pressed for dough
Gotta consult Irv Gotti, y'all, heads got to roll
I was raised to live, Lord, I pray you forgive
If not, I just handle it like Jason Kidd
What you're facin' is official (It's official)
In most cases, when I'm blazin', won't miss you (Won't miss you)
Case and point made bullshit an issue, I see it to the end
My writing so personal, my heart bleedin' through the pen
Make no mistake about me
It's only one **** livin', I got half a cake about me
I got love, I can kill a friend over fam, not drugs
And very few people understand that love
To make a **** die, bleedin', is nothing
You make a muthafucka die breathin'
Then you say something, biatch
[Verse 4]
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
Roc-A-Fella
[Verse 5]
More flavor than y'all can imagine havin'
Graphic like Sega Saturn, traffic like the Bodega
It just so happens, you caught me at the tail end of my dirt
Brain ain't right from inhalin' the work all my life
Fuck it, greasy I had the whole D.C. high
Pissy off Cristal, 3G high
Seasoned Bugatti, VVSs
Blesses my body, we be fresh at the party
Play yourself, go head, if you don't know the ledge
It's like spittin' to God
Get it in the face, fuckin' with **** over your head
Take your time with me, shifty
Used to make the coke stretch like a sample in a 950
Shit with that, while I'm on a Kawasaki bike
At the light doin' a pike with a bitch on the back
Take flight, my life like it was directed by Hype
In 35-slow-mo, with the Roc-A-Fella logo
Acapulco to Aruba, Bay Breezes and caviar beluga
Very little loot eludes us
In the grayish, blueish L-E-X coupe
It's the root of evil in these people
[Verse 6]
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
You're only a customer
Walkin' in the presence of hustlers
We spend money all night
(All night long)
Roc-A-Fella
Futuristic shit
Written by: Irv Gotti, J. Johnson, JAY-Z
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