Took it where few went, made a few cents
Don't call me Hov' no more, call me The Blueprint
It's seldom that I smoke, but it helps my thinker
Makes me a mathematician about my math
Get celebrity ass, I'm a statistician, rap with precision
Nigga, your hoe chose Hov', that's rapid division
The labeling of a snitch is a lifetime scar
You'll always be in jail, nigga, just minus the bars
Used to sell snowflake by the O-Z
Even back then I guess you could call me
CEO of the ROC (unintelligible adlib)
I lost 30 mill so I spent another 30
Cause unlike Hammer 30 million can't hurt me
Look, I'm on my grind, cousin, ain't got time for frontin'
Sensitive thugs, y'all all need hugs
Damn, little mans, I'm just tryin' do me If the record's two mil I'm just tryin' move three
'Cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice
It just means you don't understand all the bullshit that he write
They put me on lists with these niggas inexplicably
I put your mansion on my wall, are you s***tin' me?
I dont give a f*** about cars and chrome rims.
I got apartments i could put your home in
blood diamonds drippin' with guilt, I still ain't trippin'
That's life, winners and losers
D*** dealers and abusers, America like me ruthless
What the hell have y'all done?
To even have an opinion on what I've been doin'
What the hell have y'all won?
Only thing you can identify with is losing
Ten number one albums in a row, who better than me?
Only The Beatles, nobody ahead of me
I crush Elvis and his Blue Suede Shoes
Made the Rolling Stones seem sweet as Kool-Aid too
'96, '97, '98, '99
2000, 2001 and beyond
'02, '03, '04, '05
'06 and 7, '08, '09
Back-to-back, double plat', I did what you won't
Men lie, women lie, numbers don't
Ain't nothin' changed for, me 'cept the year it is
I think I have to send you a reminder, here it us
I'm out here ballin', I know y'all hear my sneaks
Jesus was a carpenter, Yeezy, laid beats
Hova flow the Holy Ghost, get the hell up out your seats, preach
Remember being 14 and Googling for threads like these and winding up on the most backwater forums nobody has ever heard of
Marcy me
Streets is my artery, the vein of my existence
I'm the Gotham City heartbeat
I, started in lobbies, now parley with Saudis
I'ma, Sufi to goofies, I could prolly speak Farsi
Trapped in, claustrophobic the only way out was rapping
America don't understand it, the demographics I tapped in
I'm the truest nigga to do this nigga and anything else is foolish
Like those who stay high, under God's grey skies
My lyrics is like Bible, made to save lives
In the midst of all your misery nigga, stay fly
Groupies I leave 'em all f***ed; niggas, awe struck
Your single was 99 cents, mines was 4 bucks
Last year, when niggas thought it was all up
But this year I've done it again, Jigga! What the f***?
Nigga stop whining, Jigga, still shining
Niggas kept complaining so I copped more diamonds
Rock more Versace, ain't nothing sweet
I still throw t'ree in your body, fleeing the party
Y'all can't go with me, nope, flow with me
Bet 50, not dollars either I brought some dough with me
I flow like the 5 Series, in various areas
And blow holes in your weak niggas theories
It's funny how one verse can f*** up the game
You bought a 4.0 you better get your change
Ain't no platinum in those Cartiers, switch your frames
Ain't no manicures on board, then switch your plane
Groupies I leave 'em all f***ed; niggas, awe struck
Your single was 99 cents, mines was 4 bucks
Last year, when niggas thought it was all up
But this year I've done it again, Jigga! What the f***?
Nigga stop whining, Jigga, still shining
Niggas kept complaining so I copped more diamonds
Rock more Versace, ain't nothing sweet
I still throw t'ree in your body, fleeing the party
Y'all can't go with me, nope, flow with me
Bet 50, not dollars either I brought some dough with me
I flow like the 5 Series, in various areas
And blow holes in your weak niggas theories
It's funny how one verse can f*** up the game
You bought a 4.0 you better get your change
Ain't no platinum in those Cartiers, switch your frames
Ain't no manicures on board, then switch your plane
man Hov is so good at the braggadocio bars