[bad word]  J. Cole (Jay-Z)]
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 

[Verse One: Jay-Z] 
I seen Mase do it, I seen 'Ye do it 
X came through, caught lighter fluid 
Still I came through it, clap for 'em
But I'm the blueprint, I'm like the map for 'em 
I dropped another classic, made Puff pass it, 
Nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it 
Wayne scorchin, I'll applaud him 
If he keep goin, pass the torch to him
50 came through, like hurricanes do 
I thought I finished his [bad word] at Summerjam Two 
I had the Illmatic, on bootleg 
The [bad word] was so ahead, thought we was all dead 
Wayne did a milli, 50 did a milli
'Ye too but what did was silly 
The white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him 
His flow on "Renegade," [bad word] awesome, applaud him 

 [bad word]  J. Cole (Jay-Z)]
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 

[Verse Two: Jay-Z]
Hey, Snoop Dogg did, Nelly came down
Facemob kept the ghetto for the H-Town
Luda moved digits after he moved [bad word] 
Drake's up next, see what he do wit it [bad word] had [bad word]  couple movie parts
T.I. literally wanted to shoot up the charts
Waddup Jeezy? What it do
Ya remind me of us in early '92
OutKast landed, 3 Thou' was ill
Like a male version, of Lauryn Hill
Mobb Deep (Shook) it, but Prodigy took it
a lil' too far, can't [bad word] wit Brooklyn
Wu-Tang gangbanged it, Meth ate
Rae took on the date with the Purp' Tape
Passed on to Ason and then Ghostface
They had a [bad word] of [bad word]  standing ova- aaaaaaaay!

 [bad word]  J. Cole (Jay-Z)]
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 

[Verse Three: Jay-Z]
And I am one, of one
Can't you see just how long [bad word] 
My rain knew {?} sun-shine
Been a star since I was back in one, time
One time give it up for him
December 4th, a star was born
Clap for him, he went from movin that corner
to, this corner office, so enormous
Heeeeeeeey! Pres Carter
Watchin her get her Monica on all day
Heeeeeeeey!
...Got so many different Monicas, but only one Jay
 [bad word]  they go
Some real, some faux
Some friends, some hoes
But no I, goes nowhere, it's Hov

 [bad word]  J. Cole (Jay-Z)]
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 
Everyday a star is born!!!! 
(Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, HEY!!!!) 

[Verse Four: J. Cole]
And could I be a star? 
Does fame in this game have to change who you are? 
Or could I be the same one who came from a far away life
Just to make it in this broadway lights 
Now I'm shinin in the broad, day-light - go figure 
slow transition from a lil' broke [bad word] from the 'Ville 
Got a deal, a real life saver 
Dreams of being behind the wheel like, Jada 
I chill now, cop a lil' ice later 
Cole, you got a glow like a lil' Lightsaber 
So, clap for him, then applaud Hov 
He gave 'em a platform 
Flow so sick thought he wrote the rap for him - no sir 
The flow cold as a shoulder of a gold diggin hoes 
When