[ti:Moment Of Clarity]
[ar:Jay-Z]
[00:06.74](Woooooo)
[00:10.59](Yeah)
[00:13.18](Turn the music up turn the lights down i’m in my zone)
[00:16.74]Thank God for grantin me this moment of clarity
[00:20.00]This moment of honesty
[00:21.37]The world’ll feel my truths
[00:22.96]Through my Hard Knock Life time My Gift and The Curse
[00:25.23]I gave you volume after volume of my work So you can feel my truths
[00:29.06]I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
[00:31.61]Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Yall can’t fill my shoes)
[00:34.77]From my Blueprint beginnings To that Black Album endin Listen close you hear what i’m about
[00:39.09]Nigga feel my truths Pop died Didn’t cry
[00:41.34]Didn’t know him that well
[00:43.43]Between him doin heroin And me doin crack sales
[00:46.21]With that in the egg shell Standin at the tabernacle
[00:49.16]Rather the church Pratendin to be hurt
[00:51.81]Wouldn’t work So a smirk was all on my face
[00:54.62]Like damn that mans face was just like my face
[00:57.61]So pop i forgive you For all the shit that i live through
[01:00.64]It wasn’t all your fault Homie you got caught
[01:03.39]And to the same game i fault That Uncle Ray lost
[01:06.73]My big brothers and so many others i saw
[01:09.24]I’m just glad we got to see each other
[01:11.22]Talk and re-meet each other Save a place in Heaven Til the next time we meet forever
[01:15.60]Thank God for grantin me this moment of clarity
[01:18.08]This moment of honesty
[01:19.84]The world’ll feel my truths
[01:21.44]Through my Hard Knock Life time My Gift and The Curse
[01:23.76]I gave you volume after volume of my work So you can feel my truths
[01:27.45]I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
[01:30.50]Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Yall can’t fill my shoes)
[01:33.23]From my Blueprint beginnings To that Black Album endin
[01:36.65]Listen close you hear what i’m about Nigga feel my truths
[01:39.26]The music business hate me Cause the industry ain’t make me
[01:41.56]Hustlers and boosters embrace me And the music i be makin
[01:44.53]I dumb down for my audience And double my dollars
[01:47.40]They criticize me for it Yet they all yell "Holla"
[01:50.36]If skills sold Truth be told I’d probably be
[01:53.83]Lyricly Talib Kweli
[01:55.92]Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
[01:58.98](But i did five Mil) I ain’t been rhymin like Common since
[02:01.87]When your sense got that much in common And you been hustlin since
[02:05.42]Your inception Fuck perception Go with what makes sense
[02:08.32]Since I know what i’m up against
[02:10.63]We as rappers must decide what’s most impor-tant
[02:13.58]And i can’t help the poor if i’m one of them
[02:16.71]So i got rich and gave back To me that’s the win, win
[02:19.41]The next time you see the homie and his rims spin Just know my mind is workin just like them
[02:24.58](The rims that is) Thank God for grantin me this moment of clarity
[02:28.40]This moment of honesty
[02:30.57]The world’ll feel my truths Through my Hard Knock Life time My Gift and The Curse
[02:34.04]I gave you volume after volume of my work
[02:36.54]So you can feel my truths I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
[02:40.67]Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Yall can’t fill my shoes)
[02:43.44]From my Blueprint beginnings To that Black Album endin
[02:46.75]Listen close you hear what i’m about Nigga feel my truths
[02:49.39]My homie Sigel’s on a tier Where no tears should fall
[02:51.62]Cause he was on the block where no squares get off
[02:54.87]See in my inner circle all we do is ball Til we all got triangles on our wall
[03:00.32]He ain’t just rappin for the platinum Yall record
[03:03.23]I recall Cause i really been there before
[03:06.28]Four scores and seven years ago Prepared to flow Prepare for war
[03:09.59]I shall fear no man You don’t hear me though
[03:12.65]These words ain’t just paired to go In one ear out the other ear
[03:16.94]NO YO My balls and my word is alls i have
[03:20.88]What you gonna do to me? Nigga scars’ll scab
[03:23.98]What you gonna box me homie? I can dodge and jab
[03:26.88]Three shots couldn’t touch me Thank God for that
[03:29.56]I’m strong enough to carry Biggie Smalls on my back
[03:32.70]And the whole BK nigga holla back
[03:36.23]Thank God for grantin me this moment of clarity
[03:38.79]This moment of honesty
[03:40.61]The world’ll feel my truths Through my Hard Knock Life time
[03:43.09]My Gift and The Curse
[03:44.55]I gave you volume after volume of my work
[03:46.59]So you can feel my truths
[03:47.99]I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
[03:50.32]Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Yall can’t fill my shoes)
[03:54.06]From my Blueprint beginnings To that Black Album endin Listen close you hear what i’m about
[03:58.19]Nigga feel my truths