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Lyrics for Dope Man by Jay-Z:
| | | Artist: | Jay-Z |
| | Album: | Life And Times Of S.Carter | | Track: | Dope Man | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 163 | | | | Lyrics: | sound of a camera taking a picture*}
[Jay] Millenium flow
[MTV] Serena Altschul's
here live outside the criminal courthouse
[Jay] This is {bullshit} y'all
[MTV] in New York
City for the first day in the trial of
[Jay] I'm gone {*car speeds off*}
[MTV] the State
vs. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z
[Jay] Uhh, uh-huh-uh, uhh, uh-huh-uh, uhh
[MTV] Whatever
the verdict in this trial may be
the effects will undoubtedly be felt
worldwide
[Jay-Z]
Aiyyo, stand forward, 'fore you take notice
or witness to me
killin the track
Testify 'til me spillin the smack
Now they got me for traffickin,
racketeerin, audio crack
{Hook:} They call me Dope Man, Dope Man
I try to tell em I'm
where hope, floats man
Ghetto spokes-man
A broke man, approachin the bench with
intent
to bury me under the cell, fingered me as the toast man
Evidence stemmin from
ninety-six
They say the world ain't recovered from his fix
While they was usin cut I was
on some other shit
Gave it to you raw and they just discovered it
Nowaday, the jury got
they brow raised
Listenin to testimony about my foul ways
Exhibit A: "Reasonable
Doubt"
They say this was the first thing that turned the peoples out
[MTV] You can
feel the tension building here
as an unprecedented number of people have turned out
for
what may be the "Trial of the Century"
{Hook}
[Jay-Z]
How come, you label your
brand of dope
"Volume 1" and spread it through the slums?
Fed it to the young with total
disregard
Your honor, the State seeks the maximum charge
And how could you, turn right
around
and release a lethal dosage called "Volume 2"
And is true you operate the criminal
enterprise
known as Roc-a-Fella in charge of his meteoric rise?
And do you deny you're
responsible for the demise
of record execs, and do you object?
Your distribution's
Polygram, and through your connects
Def Jam, you pushed over five million SoundScan
And
not to mention, your co-horts and henchmen
Dame, Biggs, Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons
And
we ain't gon' talk about Murder, Inc.
That just establishes a darker deeper criminal
link
[MTV] The State is seeking the maximum penalty
and with the overwhelming amount
of evidence
the D.A.'s presented, things aren't looking good
{Hook}
[MTV] Despite the
grim outlook at this point
the rapper has been known to emerge triumphant
in the face of
adversity
{Hook}
[MTV] Jay-Z is taking the stand
[Jay-Z]
Right hand on the
Bible, left hand in the air
Before I spoke one word, made sure my throat was clear
A-hem,
I'm a prisoner of circumstance
Frail nigga, I couldn't much work with my hands
But my mind
was strong, I grew where you hold your blacks up
Trap us, expect us not to pick gats
up
Where you drop your cracks off by the Mack trucks
Destroy our dreams of lawyers and
actors
Keep us spiralin, goin backwards
At age nine, saw my first hate
crime
Blindfolded, expected to walk a straight line
Mind molded, taught to love you and
hate mine
Climbed over it, at a early age, Jay shined
Fuck the system at Lady Justice I
blaze nine
Your Honor, I no longer kill my people, I raise mine
The soul of Mumia in this
modern day time
[MTV] While the jury is inside deliberating
outside the crowd is
frozen with anticipation
{Hook}
[MTV] Well the verdict has just been announced: NOT
GUILTY!
It is complete pandemonium out here! {Hook; Serena keeps speaking}
People are
cheering and hugging - there he is
Jay-Z is exiting the courtroom right now
There is a
swarm of cameras surrounding him {*pop bulbs flashing*}
and people are just rushing up to
him
Let's try and make our way over there, Jay-Z! Jay-Z!
{*sounds of cameras keep
flashing*, *music fades | | | |
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