[Hook]
 I love you so
 But why I love you, I'll never know (x4)

 [Jay-Z]
 Picture if you will
That the throne was burning
Rome was burning
 And I’m sitting in the corner all alone burning
 Why does it always end up like this?
Something that we don’t determine
 Same people that I fought for
 That I fight for, that I ride for
 That I live for, that I die for
 Be the reason that these niggas is alive for and they want me dead
 But I’m so sorry but I just can’t die for you
 But I can make em put their hands in the sky for you
 We waiting for the fireworks like July 4th
 Get fly more, get high more, cry boy, why for?
 When the grief is over
 Beef is over
 I’ll be fly when Easter’s over
I tried to teach niggas how to be kings
 And all they ever wanted to be was soldiers
 So the love is gone
 Til blood is drawn
 So we no longer wear the same uniform
 [bad word] you squares
 The circle got smaller
 The castle got bigger
 The walls got taller
And [bad word] be told after all that said
 Niggas still got love for you

 [Hook]

 [Jay-Z]
 Showed love to you niggas
 You ripped out my heart and you stepped on it
 I picked up the pieces
 Before you swept on it
 God [bad word] this [bad word] leaves a mess don’t it
 [bad word] feelin’ like death don’t it
 Charge it to the game
 Whatever’s left on it
 I spent about a minute
 Maybe less on it
 Fly pelican fly
 Turn the jets on it
 But first I shall digress on it
 Wasn’t I a good king?

 [Kanye West]
 Maybe too much of a good thing, huh?

 [Jay-Z]
 Didn’t I spoil you?
 Me or the money, what you loyal to?

 [Kanye West]
 Huh, I gave you my loyalty

 [Jay-Z]
 Made you Royalty and royalties

 [Kanye West]
Took care of these niggas lawyer fees

 [Jay-Z]
 And this is how niggas rewardin' me

 [Kanye West & Jay-Z]
 [bad word] 
 [Hook]

 [Jay-Z]
 Bussin’ at me, b-b-b-bussin’ at me
 But I’m bullet proof, [bad word] you can’t get nothin’ past me
 Got body armor
 [Kanye West]
 [bad word] gotta watch the throne

 [Jay-Z]
 And I’m bussin’ back
So niggas in a glass house should not throw stones
 What do you do when the love turns the hate?

 [Kanye West]
 Gotta separate from these [bad word] fakes

 [Jay-Z]
 Caesar didn’t see it so he ceased to exist
 So the [bad word] that killed him had keys to his [bad word]  I my brother’s keeper?

 [Kanye West]
 Only if that [bad word] don’t creep up

[Jay-Z]
 Got a pistol under my pillow

 [Kanye West]
 I’ve never been a deep sleeper

 [Jay-Z]
 P-p-p-paranoia

 [Kanye West]
 Cause the [bad word] that said he’ll...

 [Jay-Z]
 Blast for ya

 [Kanye West]
 Is now...

 [Jay-Z]
 Blastin for ya
 That’s an assassin for ya

 [Kanye West]
 These niggas got a shot they’ll shoot

[Jay-Z]
 Please lord

 [Kanye West]
 Forgive him

 [Jay-Z]
 For these niggas

 [Kanye West]
 Not know

 [Jay-Z]
 What they

 [Kanye West & Jay-Z]
 Do (Ooh)