Karaoké Izzo (H.O.V.A.) Jay-Z

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the eigth wonder of the world

The flow of the century

Always timeless

Hov

Thanks for comin' out tonight

You could've been anywhere in the world but you're here with me

I appreciate that

Uh

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

For shizzle my nizzle

Used to dribble down in VA

Was herbin' 'em in the home of the Terrapins

Got it dirt cheap for them

Plus if they was short with cheese

I would work with them

Brought in weed

Got rid of that dirt for them

Wasn't-born hustlers

I was birthin' 'em

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

For sheezy my neezy keep my arms so breezy

Can't leave rap alone

The game needs me

Haters want me clapped in chrome, it ain't easy

Cops wanna knock me

D.A. wanna box me in

But somehow

I beat them charges like Rocky

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

Not guilty

He who does not feel me

Is not real to me therefore he doesn't exist

So poof

Vamoose son of a bitch

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

For shizzle my nizzle

Used to dribble down in VA

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

That's the anthem

Get your damn hands up

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

Not guilty

Y'all got to feel me

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

That's the anthem

Get your damn hands up

I do this for my culture

To let them know what a nigga look like when a nigga in a roaster

Show 'em how to move in a room full of vultures

Industry is shady

It needs to be taken over

Label owners hate me

I'm raisin' the status quo up

I'm overchargin' niggas for what they did to the Cold Crush

Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hoed us

We can talk but money talks so talk mo' bucks

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

For shizzle my nizzle

Used to dribble down in VA

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

That's the anthem

Get your damn hands up

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

Not guilty

Y'all got to feel me

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

That's the anthem

Get your damn hands up

Hov is back

Life stories told through rap

Niggas actin' like

I sold you crack

Like I told you Sell drugs

No Hov did that so hopefully you won't have to go through that

I was raised in the projects

Roaches and rats

Smokers out back sellin' their mama's sofa

Lookouts on the corner focused on the ave

Ladies in the window focused on the kinfolk

Me under a lamppost

Why I got my hand closed

Crack's in my palm

Watchin' the long arm of the law

So you know I seen it all before

I've seen Hoop Dreams deflate like a true fiend's weight

To try and to fail

The two things I hate

Succeed and this rap game

The two things that's great

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

What else can I say about dude

I gets busy

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

For shizzle my nizzle

Used to dribble down in VA

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

That's the anthem

Get your damn hands up

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

Not guilty

Y'all got to feel me

H to the Izz-O

V to the Izz-A

That's the anthem

Get your damn hands up

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