Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Prelude, artist - Jay-Z. Date of issue: 19.11.2006
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
The Prelude |
| You know, you’ve got this. Fantasy in your head about |
| Getting outta the life and, setting the corporate world on it’s ear |
| What the fuck you gonna do except hustle? |
| Besides pimpin… You really ain’t got the stomach for that |
| The game’s fucked up Nigga’s beats is banging, nigga your hooks did it Your lyrics didn’t and your gangster look did it So I would write it if y’all could get it Being intricate’ll get you wood, critic |
| On the Internet, they like you should spit it |
| I’m like you should buy it, nigga that’s good business |
| Hehe, forget this rap shit I need a new hustle |
| A little bit of everything, the new improved Russell |
| I say that reluctantly cause I do struggle |
| As you see I can’t leave so I do love you |
| But I’m just a hustler disguised as a rapper |
| In fact you can’t fit this hustle inside of a wrapper |
| Back when crack was |
| What these pills are, I was a real star |
| Complete with real, cars, no video ones |
| You can come and set up a camera, let the video run |
| And my real life, complete with real, ice |
| Vvs boulders oh they’re visibly set |
| Head and shoulders, my invisible neck |
| You see Hova, wasn’t digital yet |
| Befo' Steve Jobs, made the ipod |
| Was getting head, jobs, we call that intimate |
| Back when rappers wouldn’t dare play lyrical roulette |
| With a automatic weapon I was rapping with a tec |
| (Fresh) like (Mannie) be, chain like anti-freeze |
| Shoebox full of cash, dealer man hand me ki’s |
| Pantries full of Arm & Hammer, don’t take Nancy Drew to see |
| What it do, I’m a damn G Just sent a million dollars through a hands free |
| That’s big money talk, can you answer me? |
| Before the answer was a 3 |
| I was down in Georgetown with a Hoya chick, lawyer chick |
| Sure he’s rich now cause he saw the shit, all this shit |
| That’s why they call him Hov', cause he came before all this shit |
| Bought a 6, quarter seven, skipped on them quarter eights |
| Bought a 9 for non-stop glock work all the time |
| Woo! Guess who’s back? |
| Since this is a new era, got a fresh new hat |
| Ten year veteran, I’ve been set |
| I’ve been through with this bullshit game but I never quit |
| I used to think rapping at 38 was ill |
| But last year alone I grossed 38 mill' |
| I know I ain’t quite 38 but still |
| The flow so (Special) got a (38) feel |
| The real is back, hehehehe |