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- I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell/I am a hustler, baby, I'll sell water to a whale -'U Don't Know' "U Don't Know"
- We used to fight for building blocks/Now we fight for blocks with buildings that make a killin'/The closest of friends when we first started/But grew apart as the money grew and soon grew black-hearted.
- Momma ain’t raised no fool/Put me anywhere on God’s green earth, I’ll triple my worth. "U Don't Know"
- Financial freedom my only hope/Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke/I bought some artwork for one million/Two years later, that shit worth two million/Few years later, that shit worth eight million/I can't wait to give this shit to my children/Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine/But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99.
- “Public Service Announcement” ‘The Black Album’ (2003) "Allow me to re-introduce myself/My name is Hov, OH, H-to-the-O-V/I used to move snowflakes by the O-Z/I guess even back then you can call me/CEO of the R-O-C, Hov!/
- “Excuse Me Miss” ‘The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse’ (2002) “Only thing missin' is a missus/You ain't even gotta do the dishes, got two dishwashers/Got one chef, one maid, all I need is a partner/To play Spades with the cards up, all trust/Who else you gon' run with?
- “Most Kingz” ft. Chris Martin ‘Invasion Radio 2k10’ (2010) “See Martin, see Malcolm/See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome/See Jesus, see Judas/See Caesar, see Brutus/See success is like suicide/Suicide, it's a suicide/When you succeed, prepare to be crucified, uhh/Media meddles, n----- sue you, you settle/Every step you take, they remind you you ghetto/So it's tough being Bobby Brown/To be Bobby then, you gotta be Bobby now”
- “U Don’t Know” ‘The Blueprint’ (2001) “I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in h---/I am a hustler, baby, I'll sell water to a whale”
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- This ain’t no tall order, this is nothin’ to me / Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week / I do this in my sleep, I sold kilos of coke, I’m guessin’ I can sell CDs / I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man / Let me handle my business, damn.
- We used to fight for building blocks / Now we fight for blocks with buildings that make a killin’ / The closest of friends when we first started / But grew apart as the money grew and soon grew black-hearted.
- Look, if I shoot you, I’m brainless / But if you shoot me, then you’re famous / What’s a n***a to do? / When the, streets is watching, blocks keep clocking / Waiting for you to break, make your first mistake / Can’t ignore it, that’s the fastest way to get extorted / But my time is money, and 25, I can’t afford it.
- The paper trail is gorgeous / Cases we buried ‘em / Before Reasonable Doubt dropped, the jury hung / Bling bling / Every time I come around your city bling bling / My tenure took me through Virginia / Ask Teddy Riley ‘bout me / Ask the Federalis ‘bout me / Tried to build a cell around me / Snatched my n***a Emory up / Tried to get him to tell about me / He told 12, “Gimme 12” / He told them to go to hell about me.
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- "Where I'm From" (1997) Producer Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence was record-hunting in 1996 when he found soul singer Yvonne Fair’s “Let Your Hair Down” and tried, as he tells Rolling Stone, “giving it a sinister soundtrack feel.”
- "Dead Presidents II" (1996) Released in February 1996, the original “Dead Presidents” found Jay-Z twisting lyrics about fake thugs “scared to throw your toast,” and spouting claims about “representing infinity with presidencies,” all in a deftly loquacious style that bore the hallmarks of peak Mafioso rap.
- "Big Pimpin'" feat. UGK (2000) When the Mariah Carey-stamped single “Things That U Do” failed to pick up on the charts in its first two months as a single off Jay’s Vol.
- "99 Problems" (2004) Jay-Z paid Rick Rubin a visit to “recapture that feeling I had when I was a kid,” as he explained in documentary Fade to Black. What came out of that session did have vintage heavy metal riffery reminiscent of Rubin’s Eighties work with LL Cool J and Beastie Boys, but lyrically it was a blistering, modern-day critique, taking aim at those who demonize him as a black man and rapper.
- Empire State of Mind. Top 25 Best Jay-Z Songs Of All Time. On Jay’s first No. 1 song as a lead artist, he re-contextualized the push-pull dynamics of the bright lights, big city into a street-level hustler narrative.
- Izzo (H.O.V.A.) Top 25 Best Jay-Z Songs Of All Time. A proper mainstream debut for two legendary figures in hip hop; the sped-up soul-sampling Kanye and Jay-Z, the aspirational idol.
- Money, Cash, Hoes. Top 25 Best Jay-Z Songs Of All Time. As the story goes, at the onset of the nineties Jay-Z and DMX went at one another in a puff-your-chest rap battle in a Bronx pool hall.
- Encore. Top 25 Best Jay-Z Songs Of All Time. I will always love Kanye for including that interlude of fans begging Jay’s return to the stage for one more verse.
Oct 14, 2023 · From street anthems like "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" to reflective narratives such as "Regrets," we rank the top 50 best Jay-Z songs of all time.
Mar 20, 2018 · The 100 Best Jay-Z Songs. From crossover anthems like “Big Pimpin’” to ruthless diss tracks like “The Takeover,” Jay-Z has more great songs than he has problems.We sifted through every ...
