JAY-Z - I Did It My Way

[00:00.49] Now, the end is near (Can you believe this shit Guru?) [00:05.44] So I face (I'm from the hood man) the final curtain [00:09.12] (No the REAL hood the hood, not the RAP hood) [00:11.79] (The REAL hood, like three pair of pants) [00:13.25] My friends, I'll say it clear (pair of sneakers) [00:16.02] (My moms is bustin her ass) State my case [00:18.82] (Nigga I'm going to Japan tomorrow!) Which I'm certain [00:21.14] (You understand what I'm saying? Can you believe that?) [00:23.98] I lived a life that's full (They have people, waiting) [00:26.24] (At the airport like five days like I'm a Beatle or something) [00:29.28] (That's really something!) And I traveled each, and every highway [00:32.94] (Seen the best of the best, the worst of the worst) and more [00:34.95] Much more than this (still here) I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy [00:43.39] Let's try this one [00:44.59] Uhh, yeah! [00:46.85] Gangsta nigga [00:48.34] Put my hustle down, tore the game up nigga [00:50.91] Took your high score down, put my name up nigga [00:53.63] Tore the doors down to the Hall of Fame is Jigga [00:56.66] I did it my way (and more. much more than this) [01:00.65] That's right, it's a beautiful thing man! [01:02.55] (I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy) I did it my way -- Hovi baby! [01:08.00] Momma's youngest and strongest, survived summers like saunas [01:11.36] Mastered a corner like Deion in his uniform [01:14.10] Pop hurtin assertive, flirted with death [01:16.69] Damn near murdered before my first album hit the shelf [01:19.66] Grandma's favorite, she could not understand [01:22.08] How there's people in the world who wouldn't want me as a neighbor [01:25.87] Has to explain to her, you think these folks want me in the penthouse [01:28.72] As a reminder that I make top paper? [01:31.72] Black entrepreneur, nobody did us no favors [01:34.07] Nobody gave us shit, we made us [01:37.16] The Rap Pack, I'm Sinatra, Dame's Sam Davis [01:39.74] Biggs the smart one on the low like Dean Martin [01:42.56] We came in this game, not beggin niggas pardon [01:45.01] Demandin y'all respect, hand over a check [01:47.86] And while y'all at it, hand over the jet [01:50.68] We the reason they ain't hand over Def Jam so quick [01:53.96] They knew every year I was droppin new product [01:56.55] I was raisin the stock up, while buildin the Roc up [02:00.03] But that's alright, cause they knew they had to see us [02:02.04] When it was time for us to re-up, make us multi-million-ires [02:05.20] Je-je-jeah! [02:06.48] (And more, much more than this; I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy) [02:13.74] Jeah! "In My Lifetime" [02:17.19] I caught smaller cases, but I had capital [02:19.44] Hypocritic system let me right back at you [02:22.38] You better hope a rich rapper never attacks you [02:25.11] Not even that scratches you, 'specially if you black dude [02:28.26] They don't give a shit unless the accused just happen to rap [02:31.05] And they can look good by paintin him as bad news [02:34.06] Cause in my past, I seen dudes get half of they views [02:36.52] Exposed to the curb and nobody said a word [02:39.85] So imagine how disturbed I was [02:41.83] When I seen how big they made my fight scene at the club [02:44.92] Let me explain exactly how this shit was [02:47.44] This nigga Un yo I scratched him, he went home without an aspirin [02:50.80] But it's cool cause we back friends, it happened and it's over [02:53.40] It's in the past and I'm glad, now I'm back to bein Hova [02:56.21] Maybach with the chaffeur, laid back [02:58.82] Helicopter seat, feet inclined, shit feelin like a sofa [03:01.83] Helicopter meet me, Teterboro take me over [03:04.59] Somewhere peaceful for the weekend [03:05.98] Now it's back to speakin to vultures [03:08.67] So the next time that page six approaches us [03:10.65] Here's a quote from Jay, nigga I did it my - way [03:13.90] (And more, much more than this; I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy) [03:26.13]