JAY-Z ~ 4:44 (Discussion Thread)

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I bought some artwork for 1 million...
2 years later that shyt worth 2 million...
Few years later that shyt worth 8 million...
I can't wait to give this shyt to my children
Yal think it's bourgeois, I'm like it's fine
I'm trying to give a million dollars worth of game for 9.99

:whew: :whew: :whew: :whew: :whew:
 

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SMILE...

Slammin' Bentley doors like we invented doors
20 years ago we drove Bentley Azures

We drinkin' Cristal in, yeah
Kept the trey on me like Chris Paulin'
Drinkin' Ace of Spade like it's codeine now
Tryna put a million on the whole team now
Push through the pain so we can see new life
So all the ladies havin' babies, see a sacrifice

Mama had four kids, but she's a lesbian
Had to pretend so long that she's a thespian

Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate
Society shame and the pain was too much to take
Cried tears of joy when you fell in love
Don't matter to me if it's a him or her
I just wanna see you smile through all the hate
Marie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake


Hov mom is gay :wtf:

Far as draft picks, my name did not get called
Bet before I go I put a billion on the board

Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen
Y'all knew that was comin', I had to remind y'all again, huh?
Flyin' paper planes through the projects
Now the whole projects on my jet
Now you see the real in the front row
In every one of y'all televised shows
Super facts
Mixed with side, traded pride, we don't do all that
A loss ain't a loss, it's a lesson
Appreciate the pain as a blessin'

I mastered my aesthetics
I know you often heard me wax poetic 'bout bein' back in the Lexus
But trust me, that was nothin'
A nikka up in the hundreds of millions
I have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin', I'm that boy
Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy"
Slappin' out of the toy, the separation is clear
In my rearview mirror, objects is further than they appear
Oh yeah, eyes, born with a pair
Playin' for high stakes
Norman Cake, he lookin' out of the Lear
How nikkas can't relate
fukk a slice of the apple pie, want my own cake
Chargin' my own fate

Respect Jimmy Lovine
But he gotta respect the Elohim as a whole new regime

And nikkas playin' for power, huh
Say our music is ours
nikkas only own houses
Ours was, "fukk you, pay me"
Now it's, "fukk payin' me, I pay you
Put the rest away for Blue"

That blood money, I giggle at it
Can even support my miss' habit
Jewelry shoppin' in Paris
All y'all jewelers should be embarrassed, huh
Blood diamonds drippin', we cute
I still ain't trippin', that's life, winners and losers
Drug dealers and abusers, America like me ruthless
My therapist said I relapsed
I said, "Prehaps I Freudian slipped in European whips"
God sent me to break the chain
I'm the true and livin'
God in the flesh, the rest of these nikkas is vain
A stain on the white suit, inferior IQ
nikkas'll rip your shyt off TIDAL just to spite you
Ahhhh what did I do?
'Cept try to free you
nikkas'll love you but hate you 'cause they can't be you

Dump 'em all in the bayou, uh
Everybody wave bye to the guy you thought you could lie to
This was meant to be a haiku, huh
But my story's too wide to fit inside the line
And too old, these that drugs
Heroin flow, I spaz on the stove
This is Hov, no flex zone, nikka, who lied to you?
Look, you a pedestrian
Don't ever question the security I provided you
Oh y'all thought I was washed?
I'm at the cleaners
Launderin' dirty money like the teamsters, huh
Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church
When I heard you got booked, that shyt hurt
Fear for you bro, we know the system don't work
Take a young nikka freedom over some dirt
Yet it's legal in Colorado
Yeah we deny
Black entrepreneurs, free enterprise
That's why it's a black market, that's why it's called the trap
That's why it's called the project 'cause it's exactly that
All these people was gon' kill me, heh
'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me
Welcome back Carter, smile
 

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JAY-Z Explains '4:44' Song Meanings | iHeartRadio Album World Premiere
Need to listen to this
 

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Hov ty!! 444 you couldn't have done it or said it no better! The truth is back!!! Stop giving these young nikkas the crown Hov best Rapper alive :blessed:ps talk that shot Hov!!!
 

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"Don't big bro me, no big homie,
I've seen pure aberration become rivals,
I've been to Paris at least two times,
I've seen a Eifel, I've seen a eyeful"


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I was trying to figure out what this shyt meant for a good ass minute first spin. I gotta go to sleep on that one :hhh: This man Hov dropping top tier bars at 50, aint no other way around it rap game. Y'all lost :yeshrug:
 

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Nobody wins when the family feuds
But my stash can't fit into Steve Harvey's suit
I'm clear why I'm here, how about you?
Ain't no such thing as an ugly billionaire, I'm cute
Mmmmm
Pretty much
If anybody gettin' handsome checks, it should be us
fukk rap, crack cocaine
Nah we did that, Black-owned things
Hundred percent, Black-owned champagne
And we merrily merrily eatin' off these streams
Y'all still drinkin' Perrier-Jouët, huh
But we ain't get through to you yet, uh

What's better than one billionaire? Two (two)
'Specially if they're from the same hue as you

Y'all stop me when I stop tellin' the truth

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Hov talking that sh*t on Family Feud...
 
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Yo if Nas doesn't drop Illmatic level 2, Hov won


its that simple. I understand the level of quality Nas been fukking with his entire career supercedes Hov, and that Nas even did a great grown man rap album before Jay. BUT. It's gametime. We need at least another Life is Good. Same level of music is all Im asking for
:mjlol: Just enjoy the album. Jay lost the battle during that beef. Get over it.
 

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Hov was struggling to find his pocket on Smile, but the bars make up for it.

Sonically and flow wise, Smile is the weakest song for me... but damn, I've already spun this twice and going on the 3rd spin right now
:wow:

I literally am sitting here rewinding shyt back and playing it back. I haven't done this like this in years
 
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