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[ar:****man - Jay-Z]
[al:Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter]
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[00:01.22]****man -Jay-Z
[00:09.32]Millenium flow
[00:10.45]Serena Altschul's here live outside the criminal courthouse
[00:13.07]in New York City for the first day in the trial of
[00:16.12]the State vs. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z
[00:19.42]Whatever the verdict in this trial may be
[00:20.86]the effects will undoubtedly be felt worldwide
[00:23.49]Aiyyo, stand forward, 'fore you take notice
[00:25.17]or witness to me killin the track
[00:26.88]Testify 'til me spillin the smack
[00:29.12]Now they got me for traffickin, racketeerin, audio crack
[00:33.11]They call me **** Man, **** Man
[00:34.87]I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man
[00:37.71]Ghetto spokes-man
[00:38.07]
[00:39.04]A broke man, approachin the bench with intent
[00:41.86]to bury me under the cell, fingered me as the toast man
[00:45.35]Evidence stemmin from ninety-six
[00:47.72]They say the world ain't recovered from his fix
[00:50.12]While they was usin cut I was on some other *****t
[00:52.76]Gave it to you raw and they just discovered it
[00:55.75]Nowaday, the jury got they brow raised
[00:58.50]Listenin to testimony about my foul ways
[01:01.06]Exhibit A: "Reasonable Doubt"
[01:03.59]They say this was the first thing that turned the peoples out
[01:06.31]You can feel the tension building here
[01:08.15]as an unprecedented number of people have turned out
[01:10.47]for what may be the "Trial of the Century"
[01:12.55]They call me **** Man, **** Man
[01:14.00]I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man
[01:16.27]Ghetto spokes-man
[01:17.39]How come, you label your brand of ****
[01:20.73]"Volume 1" and spread it through the slums?
[01:23.03]Fed it to the young with total disregard
[01:24.84]
[01:25.57]Your honor, the State seeks the maximum charge
[01:28.39]And how could you, turn right around
[01:31.15]and release a lethal dosage called "Volume 2"
[01:33.82]And is true you operate the criminal enterprise
[01:35.83]
[01:36.67]known as Roc-a-Fella in charge of his meteoric rise?
[01:39.70]And do you deny you're responsible for the demise
[01:42.27]of record execs, and do you object?
[01:44.91]Your distribution's Polygram, and through your connects
[01:47.78]Def Jam, you pushed over five million SoundScan
[01:50.88]And not to mention, your co-horts and henchmen
[01:53.57]Dame, Biggs, Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons
[01:56.16]And we ain't gon' talk about Murder, Inc.
[01:58.67]That just establishes a darker deeper criminal link
[02:01.52]The State is seeking the maximum penalty
[02:03.23]and with the overwhelming amount of evidence
[02:04.98]the D.A.'s presented, things aren't looking good
[02:07.14]They call me **** Man, **** Man
[02:08.75]I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man
[02:11.33]Ghetto spokes-man
[02:12.78]Despite the grim outlook at this point
[02:14.47]the rapper has been known to emerge triumphant
[02:16.60]in the face of adversity
[02:17.95]They call me **** Man, **** Man
[02:19.70]I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man
[02:22.30]Ghetto spokes-man
[02:23.60]Jay-Z is taking the stand
[02:24.49]Right hand on the Bible, left hand in the air
[02:26.43]Before I spoke one word, made sure my throat was clear
[02:29.06]A-hem, I'm a prisoner of circumstance
[02:31.60]Frail *****, I couldn't much work with my hands
[02:34.49]But my mind was strong, I grew where you hold your blacks up
[02:37.70]Trap us, expect us not to pick gats up
[02:40.11]Where you drop your cracks off by the Mack trucks
[02:42.85]Destroy our dreams of lawyers and actors
[02:45.87]Keep us spiralin, goin backwards
[02:48.58]At age nine, saw my first hate crime
[02:51.47]Blindfolded, expected to walk a straight line
[02:54.19]Mind molded, taught to love you and hate mine
[02:56.71]Climbed over it, at a early age, Jay *****ned
[02:59.67]***** the system at Lady Justice I blaze nine
[03:02.37]Your Honor, I no longer kill my people, I raise mine
[03:05.42]The soul of Mumia in this modern day time
[03:07.92]While the jury is inside deliberating
[03:10.15]outside the crowd is frozen with anticipation
[03:13.05]They call me **** Man, **** Man
[03:14.90]I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man
[03:17.16]Ghetto spokes-man
[03:18.66]Well the verdict has just been announced: NOT GUILTY!
[03:21.85]It is complete pandemonium out here!
[03:24.13]They call me **** Man, **** Man
[03:25.90]I try to tell em I'm where hope, floats man
[03:28.49]Ghetto spokes-man
[03:29.95]
[03:31.96]Let's try and make our way over there, Jay-Z! Jay-Z!