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[ti:****man] |
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[ar:****man - Jay-Z] |
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[al:Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter] |
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****man -Jay-Z |
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Millenium flow |
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Serena Altschul's here live outside the criminal courthouse |
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in New York City for the first day in the trial of |
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the State vs. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z |
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Whatever the verdict in this trial may be |
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the effects will undoubtedly be felt worldwide |
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Aiyyo, stand forward, 'fore you take notice |
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or witness to me killin the track |
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Testify 'til me spillin the smack |
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Now they got me for traffickin, racketeerin, audio crack |
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They call me **** Man, **** Man |
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I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man |
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Ghetto spokes-man |
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A broke man, approachin the bench with intent |
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to bury me under the cell, fingered me as the toast man |
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Evidence stemmin from ninety-six |
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They say the world ain't recovered from his fix |
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While they was usin cut I was on some other *****t |
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Gave it to you raw and they just discovered it |
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Nowaday, the jury got they brow raised |
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Listenin to testimony about my foul ways |
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Exhibit A: "Reasonable Doubt" |
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They say this was the first thing that turned the peoples out |
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You can feel the tension building here |
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as an unprecedented number of people have turned out |
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for what may be the "Trial of the Century" |
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They call me **** Man, **** Man |
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I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man |
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Ghetto spokes-man |
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How come, you label your brand of **** |
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"Volume 1" and spread it through the slums? |
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Fed it to the young with total disregard |
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Your honor, the State seeks the maximum charge |
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And how could you, turn right around |
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and release a lethal dosage called "Volume 2" |
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And is true you operate the criminal enterprise |
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known as Roc-a-Fella in charge of his meteoric rise? |
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And do you deny you're responsible for the demise |
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of record execs, and do you object? |
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Your distribution's Polygram, and through your connects |
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Def Jam, you pushed over five million SoundScan |
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And not to mention, your co-horts and henchmen |
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Dame, Biggs, Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons |
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And we ain't gon' talk about Murder, Inc. |
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That just establishes a darker deeper criminal link |
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The State is seeking the maximum penalty |
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and with the overwhelming amount of evidence |
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the D.A.'s presented, things aren't looking good |
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They call me **** Man, **** Man |
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I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man |
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Ghetto spokes-man |
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Despite the grim outlook at this point |
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the rapper has been known to emerge triumphant |
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in the face of adversity |
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They call me **** Man, **** Man |
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I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man |
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Ghetto spokes-man |
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Jay-Z is taking the stand |
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Right hand on the Bible, left hand in the air |
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Before I spoke one word, made sure my throat was clear |
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A-hem, I'm a prisoner of circumstance |
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Frail *****, I couldn't much work with my hands |
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But my mind was strong, I grew where you hold your blacks up |
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Trap us, expect us not to pick gats up |
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Where you drop your cracks off by the Mack trucks |
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Destroy our dreams of lawyers and actors |
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Keep us spiralin, goin backwards |
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At age nine, saw my first hate crime |
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Blindfolded, expected to walk a straight line |
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Mind molded, taught to love you and hate mine |
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Climbed over it, at a early age, Jay *****ned |
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***** the system at Lady Justice I blaze nine |
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Your Honor, I no longer kill my people, I raise mine |
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The soul of Mumia in this modern day time |
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While the jury is inside deliberating |
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outside the crowd is frozen with anticipation |
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They call me **** Man, **** Man |
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I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man |
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Ghetto spokes-man |
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Well the verdict has just been announced: NOT GUILTY! |
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It is complete pandemonium out here! |
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They call me **** Man, **** Man |
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I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man |
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Ghetto spokes-man |
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Let's try and make our way over there, Jay-Z! Jay-Z! |
