{rihanna (and jay-z) on the chorus}
Feel it coming in the air (yeah)
Hear the screams from everywhere (yeah)
I'm addicted to the thrill (i'm ready)
It's a dangerous love affair (what's up? come on.)
Can't be staring ni**as down
Got a problem, tell me now (what's up?)
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight (what's up?)
Who's gonna run this town tonight? (what's up?)
We gonna run this town
*cueue and wanju laugh and joke in the background*
{cueue, verse 1}
No one. yeah i said it. no one
When them evil folks come, we ain't gonna go run
Go ahead, ni**a. show guns. you'll see that it's no fun
Playing wack-a-mole, son, when just mo' and mo' come. blow one
Ha. and i ain't talking 'bout piff
But what comes out of my pants after you hear a zip
Every rappеr's either hard or he's rich. makе me sick
You ain't worth sh*t if all you could do is make a swish
They blind and i'm tryna make 'em see
What they seeing all the time, it is really make-belief
They too caught up in a grind to notice that they are sheep
This is migraining my mind, but i'm not gon take aleve, capeesh?
{rihanna (and cueue) on the chorus}
Life's a game, but it's not fair (i know)
I break the rules, so i don't care (yup)
So i keep doing my own thing
Walking tall against the rain (agreed)
Victory's within the mile (i see it)
Almost there. don't give up now (yeah)
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight (que pasa? que onda?)
Heeey, hey, hey
Heeey, who's gonna run this town tonight?
{cueue, verse 2}
No one. yeah i said it. no one
We will overthrow them, then burn up the throne, son
Everyone's his own one. nobody's a clone, dumb
Or defined by doe, guns, or where he arose from. listen
Because you say you understood it, but you didn't
You still say i'm tripping for not believing in this fiction
They chilling in their office. got you b*tching in a kitchen
And they working 'round the clock to keep the revolution hidden
Damn. and they ain't got no face
So you look to the side as a home for yo hate
But i say no way, we should go make
Them introduce themselves. let's plan a probate
{chorus}
{cueue, verse 3}
It's crazy how you could preach about one thing
Then turn around and teach us all the dumb things
And i'm 'posed to play my part as a youngling
But i may crack up if i don't say something
That's my purpose when i walk up to the microphone
But y'all programmed to diss, cause i ain't like the clones
Please don't let them teach you right and wrong
Cause you could find another mind. ya know, like your own
Don't let it get steered wrong by the companies
Or posers swearing up and down that they run the streets
A bunch of wannabes. that's not where i wanna be
Why you think i run these beats? to make a lot of money? please
Even though that is up on the hopes list
It ain't and never will be the main focus
Right now i'm showing something you may not notice
Without flinching from whatever approaches
What a dream this is. time to blink twice
And not follow none left if you think right
Speak up. don't accept what the cons do
So i'm working on constructing these lines to
Pop the killers of the rebellion in the mouth
Time for it to stay instead of going in and out
This to let you know that you can win it when in doubt
No offense, but that's what this song shoulda been about. what's up?
{rihanna and jay-z "hey" and "what's up?" us until the song is done}