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The Times And Life of Shawn Carter Lyrics by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

2021

[Beyoncé]
In my lifetime, more than a million rhymes, no joking
[Common]
Ay, JAY... can I get open?
[DJ Khaled]
Beyond reasonable doubt the industry made me wait
[Diddy]
What's crazy is I'm still spending money from '88
[Regina King]
Can I live and surprise the game? Think harder
[Lenny Kravitz]
You know this brother
[DJ Premier]
JAY-Z
[John Legend]
Shawn Carter
[MC Lyte]
Brooklyn
[Rashida Jones]
Marcy
[Kevin Hart]
Where friends or foes can get it quick
[Lena Waithe]
So I suggest you all roll with the click, bitch, who you wit'?
[Halle Berry]
It's alright, just use your wits
[?uestlove]
To know the difference between a 4.0 and a 4.6
[Naomi Campbell]
Young Hov and you can feel every word like braille
[Aziz Ansari]
I'm a hustler, baby
[Jamie Foxx]
I can sell water to a whale
[Trevor Noah]
The Mike Jordan of recording
[Kerry Washington]
The truths in every word
[Chris Martin]
Yeah, it's a hard knock life
[Usher]
But it's a'ight, ya heard?
[Rick Ross]
When the Remy's in the system hear the track and take flight
[Rihanna]
"I'm a business, man!" He who writes check with a hand that don't write
[Pharrell Williams]
Okay! I'm reloaded
[Lupita N'yongo]
With too many classics
[Samuel L. Jackson]
It's the R.O.C. and we runnin' this rap shit
[Queen Latifah]
My flow is liable to go Michael; take your pick
[Jamie Foxx]
Jackson, Tyson, Jordan game 6
[Jurnee Smollett]
In the zone like 2-3 and made it look too easy
[MC Lyte]
Can't leave rap alone, the game needs me
[Jeymes Samuel]
I'm from the other side where other guys were quick to pull your card
[Ed Sheeran]
And argue about who's the best emcee
[Diddy]
Biggie
[DJ Clark Kent]
JAY-Z
[Chris Rock]
And Nas
[Trevor Noah]
Man, the average rap fan couldn't pick just one of the three
[Lin-Manuel Miranda]
It's cool, I'm out for dead presidents to represent me
[Tyler Perry]
The takeover, the break's over
[H.E.R.]
So you can get
[DJ Khaled]
That
[LeBron James]
Dirt off your shoulder
[Rick Ross]
Cuz if I hit you, I'm brainless
[Jermaine Dupri]
Now if you get me, you're famous; what's a brother to do?
[RZA]
Damn! It gets tedious
[Dave Letterman]
So I keep one eye open like CBS
[Usher]
I'm focused, man
[Tyler Perry]
This is a one of one
[Alicia Keys]
The hustler's poster child
[Lena Waithe]
I'll show you how to do this, son
[John Legend]
So you can see what was what
[SZA]
And who was who
[Ed Sheeran]
All the way from 4:44
[Queen Latifah]
To 40/40s
[Jurnee Smollett]
Down to 22 Twos
[Dr. Gloria Carter]
Told y'all, nobody wins when the family feuds
[Diddy]
My motto is simple: I will not lose
[Dave Letterman]
Allow me to re-introduce myself: my name is Hov, H to the O-V
[Kerry Washington]
Leader of the black gang, R.O.C., mane
[Chris Martin]
They say words are a weapon
[Lupita N'yongo]
So when I shoot, meet your death in less than eight seconds
[Lena Waithe]
I'm from a place where the news cameras never come
[Rihanna]
Where you can have 99 problems but a bitch ain't one
[SZA]
H to the Izzo
[H.E.R.]
V to the Izzay
[Lenny Kravitz]
Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn
[Alicia Keys]
Always see me reppin' BK
[Tracee Ellis-Ross]
Cuz you can't knock the hustle
[Jurnee Smollett]
So all we ask is trust
[Jonathan Majors]
That's why I'm overcharging 'em for what they did to the Cold Crush
[Idris Elba]
First off, I wanna thank my connect, dude
[Pharrell Williams]
Cuz what's better than one black billionaire?
[Beyoncé]
Twooooo
[Regina King]
They said I couldn't do it again so I did it again
[Lin-Manuel Miranda]
Only rapper to rewrite history with no pen
[John Legend]
Jiggaman, we did it, man, history made; you got to feel him
[Common]
No more Big Willie, my game is grown; prefer you call me William
[Kevin Hart]
And if you can't respect that then your perspective is wack
Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black
[LeBron James]
You're witnessing the blueprint of how to pitch with no mound
[Beyoncé]
So gather 'round, hustlers cuz it's... about... to go... down!
[Blue Ivy Carter]
Congrats, S. Carter: ghostwriter
You paid the right price so we just made yo' hits tighter... [laughs]

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