Izzo (H.O.V.A.) (исполнитель: Jay-Z)
[Intro] [bad word] ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world The flow of the century, oh it's timeless, HOV! Thanks [bad word] out tonight You could've been anywhere in the world, but you're here with me I appreciate that [Verse 1] to the izz-O, V to the izz-For shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA Was servin' em in the home of the Terrapins, got it dirt cheap for them Plus if they was short with cheese I would work with them Brought in weed, got rid of that dirt for them Wasn't born hustler, I was birthing em to the izz-O, V to the izz-For sheezy my neezy keep my arms so freezy Can't leave rap alone, the game needs me Haters want me clapped in chrome, it ain't easy Cops want to knock me, D.A. wants to box me in But somehow I beat them charges like Rocky to the izz-O, V to the izz-Not guilty, he who does not feel me Is not real to me, therefore he doesn't exist So poof! -- vamoose, son of a [bad word] [Hook] to the izz-O, V to the izz-For shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA to the izz-O, V to the izz-That's the anthem, get your [bad word] hands up! to the izz-O, V to the izz-Not guilty y'all got to feel me to the izz-O, V to the izz-That's the anthem, get your [bad word] hands up! [Verse 2] I do this for my culture To let them know what a [bad word] look like when a [bad word] in a Roadster Show them how to move in a room full of vultures Industry is shady, it needs to be taken over Label owners hate me, I'm raising the status quo up I'm overcharging niggas for what they did to the Cold [bad word] Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hoed us We can talk, but money talks, so talk more bucks [Hook] [Verse 3] Hov' is back, life stories told through rap Niggas acting like I sold you crack Like I told you sell [bad word] no, Hov' did that So hopefully you won't have to go through that I was raised in the projects, roaches and rats Smokers out back selling their mama's sofa Lookouts on the corner focused on the ave Ladies in the window, focused on the kinfolk Me under a lamp post, why I got my hand closed? Crack's in my palm, watching the long arm of the law So you know I seen it all before I've seen Hoop Dreams deflate like a [bad word] fiend's weight To try and to fail: the 2 things I hate Succeed, and this rap game: the 2 things that's great to the izz-O, V to the izz-What else can I say about dude? I gets bu-sy