[bad word] – Mr Hudson:]
oooooh
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
Fu*k you squares, the circle got smaller
The castle got bigger, The walls got taller
And [bad word] be told after all that said
Ni**as still got love for you
 [bad word] – Mr Hudson:]
I love you so
But why I love you
I'll never know [x4]

[Jay-Z, Kanye West:]
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 sh*t leaves a mess don't it
Sh*t 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?
(Maybe too much of a good thing, huh?)
Didn't I spoil you? Me or the money, what you loyal to?
(Huh, I gave you my loyalty)
Made you Royalty and royalties
(Took care of these niggas lawyer fees)
And this is how ni**as rewardin me
 [bad word] 
 [bad word] – Mr Hudson:]
I love you so
But why I love you
I'll never know [x4]

[Jay-Z, Kanye West:]
Bussin' at me, b-b-b-bussin' at me
But I'm bullet proof, b**ch you can't get nothin' past me
Got body armor (ni**a gotta watch the throne)
And I'm bussin' back,
So ni**as in a glass house should not throw stones
What do you do when the love turns the hate?
(Gotta separate from these f**kin fakes)
Caesar didn't see it so he ceased to exist
So the ni**a that killed him had keys to his sh*t
I my brother's keeper?
(Only if that ni**a don't creep up)
Got a pistol under my pillow
(I've never been a deep sleeper)
P-p-p-paranoia
(Cause the [bad word] that said he'll...) blast for ya
(Is now...) blastin for ya,
That's an assassin for ya
(These niggas got a shot they'll shoot)
Please lord forgive them
For these ni**as not know what they do

[Припев – Mr Hudson:]
О-о-о...
Я так люблю вас,
Но за что я люблю вас –
Я не знаю [x4]

[Jay-Z:]
Вообразите себе, если хотите, горящий трон.
Рим горел, а я сидел в углу совершенно один.
Почему всегда все так заканчивается?
Это вопрос, на который мы не найдем ответа.
Те люди, за которых я боролся,
За которых я продолжаю бороться и угрожаю остальным,
Ради которых я живу и ради которых я бы умер,
Я был причиной, по которой они еще были живы,
А теперь они хотят моей смерти.
Извините, но умирать ради вас я не буду,
Зато могу сказать всем, чтобы они подняли руки вверх в вашу честь.
Мы ждем фейерверка, как на 4-е июля.
Будь выше этого, будь круче, зачем хныкать, парень?
Когда закончатся страдания, тогда же и вражда,
Я воскресну после Пасхи.
Я учил моих учеников быть королями,
А они хотели лишь быть солдатами.
Мы не познаем любви, пока не прольется кровь.
Теперь мы с вами носим разную форму,
Так что пошли вы, узколобые! Наши круги поредели,
Места в замке стало больше, а стены стали еще выше.
Но, по правде, и после всего, что было сказано,
Я все еще люблю вас.

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