[Intro: Jay-Z]
Uh
This beat is like you just walking in place like this
Let me try to get through this here...
[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Y'all wanna take my life, then come and get it
I'm so committed to street life, sometimes I don't sleep nights
If y'all ain't ready to die my advice would be to
Back up and live, cause the fact of this is
I keep .44s in the sky, mind on my money
n***a, I'm so for real, I hope you're not finding this funny, nah
Live everyday like my last, fast money
Fast cars, fast temper, draw down faster than y'all
I got to get my sh** off, I came from nothin'
But pop's dick, mom's egg, hungry like a hostage
With every step that I take I use my hood sense
Study my footprints, learn from my mistakes
I'm much braver than most, got the heart of ghost
I was born dead, baby, my life is all gravy
Reporting live from the ROC, I rep for my set
Till the date of my d**h, I will die for my block
[Hook: Jay-Z & Timbaland]
I gotta get my sh** off (get off, get off)
Get off my a** and get about that cash
I gotta get my sh** off (get off, get off)
Live everyday like my last, like d**h's approaching fast
Gotta get my sh** off (sh** off! get off, get off)
Get off my a** and get about my cash
Gotta get my sh** off (sh** off! sh** off! sh** off!)
Live everyday like my last...
[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
If there was heaven above us, I was living in hell
My neighborhood was the roughest, I never complained
I just adjusted my game, pushed 20s of 'caine
Bush and Reagen couldn't stop me from makin'
I wish I could dream about being a lawyer
But I had dealers in my hallway, d**h around the corner
Couldn't tell right from wrong, pimps will spoil you
Give you dollars for errands when nobody was carin'
I got to get my sh** off, it rang true every time
I heard it or every time somebody got murdered
We pour liquor on the curb until the cement stain
I cried enough tears from my eyes to equal 3-inch rain
Motherf**ers, I deserve it when I be in the Range
I copped them uncut stones that be freezing the chain
I done been through enough sh** to make you pee in your pants
Man, I'm sorry if we ain't seeing them same, I seen it rain
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
That's why I give you my up and downs, my pain, my pa**ion, my pleasure
My good and bad times, n***as, my whatever
My hopes and dreams, blood, tears and sweat
My version of R. Kelly, this is a n***a's threat
My life is an open book, n***a, I hope you took from it
Whatever works for you, I was put on this earth to move
Mountains, I think, I'm almost sure
But I've been smoking a lot lately, not counting my drinks
I got to get my sh** off, for that I'm certain
That's why it's less than 8 months, I am back to work
n***a, I'm clear, I done seen my cupboards bare
Heard money mentioned in my mother's prayer
Had nights my stomach filled up with nothing but air
Got 10 dollars to eat for 4 of us to share
That's why Hov act like that, quick to snap
Mac-11 ready, I ain't going back
[Hook]