[ti:Jay-Z Blue]
[ar:Jay-Z]
[al:Magna Carta... Holy Grail]
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[00:00.36]Jay-z Blue - Jay-Z
[00:01.05]I work and work 'till I'm half-dead.
[00:02.48]And I hear people saying, "She's getting old."
[00:05.60]And what do I get? A daughter.
[00:09.92]
[00:12.03]Who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her.
[00:16.02]
[00:17.15]As she cares about me.
[00:19.15]
[00:21.08]Let's do this for these babies
[00:22.45]Mercedes truck, fuck
[00:25.51]Houses on acres
[00:26.38]
[00:27.63]Blatantly ballin' on HD
[00:29.81]Y'all need to step up y'all AV
[00:32.19]
[00:33.69]Life changed again I was already taking off
[00:35.87]
[00:36.50]My flight changed again
[00:37.99]Slight change of winds
[00:38.93]
[00:40.99]It's barely 12 noon
[00:42.17]And my wife changed again
[00:43.30]
[00:43.93]Baby needs Pampers
[00:45.05]Daddy needs at least three weeks in the Hamptons
[00:49.42]Please don't judge me, only hugged the block
[00:53.41]I thought my daddy didn't love me
[00:54.97]My baby getting chubby
[00:56.40]Cue that Stevie Wonder music, aww isn't she lovely
[00:59.65]Now I'm staring at praying that things don't get ugly
[01:03.40]And I'm stuck in that old cycle
[01:04.70]Like wife leaves hubby
[01:05.63]Fuck joint custody
[01:07.57]I need a joint right now
[01:10.57]Just the thought alone fucks with me
[01:12.25]High on life
[01:13.12]I could die from the fall
[01:15.93]Imagine if I hit the floor
[01:17.37]Apologies in order
[01:18.37]To Blue Ivy my daughter
[01:19.68]If it was up to me
[01:21.55]You would be with me
[01:22.73]Sort of like daddy dearest
[01:23.61]
[01:30.54]Don't fuck with me fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.
[01:37.91]I dream filthy (my mom and pops) mixed me with Jamaican
[01:43.15](Rum and whiskey) what a set off (What a set off)
[01:46.02]And I know I'm not perfect baby
[01:47.95]I been through so much trauma
[01:50.01]It gonna be hard to reverse it
[01:51.45]With some doctors and some nurses maybe
[01:54.19]Teach me on how to treat a lady
[01:55.75]Open doors on the 'Cedes
[01:56.73]This relationship shit is complicated
[01:59.04]
[02:00.04]All I know is we ain't speaking everyday
[02:01.72]I fucking hate it
[02:02.72]I don't wanna duplicate it
[02:04.21]
[02:05.34]I seen my mom and pop drive each other motherfuckin' crazy
[02:08.34]And I got that nigga blood in me
[02:10.39]
[02:11.15]I got his ego and his temper
[02:12.70]All is missing is the drugs in me
[02:14.33]High on life
[02:15.14]
[02:16.89]I could die from the fall
[02:18.26]Imagine if I hit the floor
[02:19.63]Apologies in order
[02:20.63]To Blue Ivy my daughter
[02:21.94]If it was up to me
[02:23.56]You would be with me
[02:25.12]Sort of like daddy dearest
[02:25.91]
[02:48.56]Father never taught me how to be a father
[02:50.81]Treated mother I don't wanna have to just repeat another leave another
[02:53.06]Baby with no daddy want no mama drama I just wanna
[02:56.49]Take her back to a time when
[02:58.11]Everything was calmer
[02:58.62]Out in Paris on a terrace
[03:00.54]Watching the Eiffel Tower
[03:01.42]And a Ferris wheel yet and still
[03:03.10]Nothing could prepare us
[03:04.60]For the beauty that you be Blue be
[03:06.60]Looking in your eyes is like a mirror
[03:09.15]Have to face my fears
[03:10.84]Cheer up
[03:12.21]Why could you just be happy
[03:13.59]Without these back and forth thoughts
[03:14.59]You too much like your daddy
[03:16.64]Badly I just wanna spent more time with him
[03:18.89]Sadly life wouldn't let me get around with him
[03:21.32]Now I got my own daughter
[03:23.01]Taught her how to take her first steps
[03:24.69]Cut the cord watch her take her first breath
[03:26.88]And I'm trying and I'm lying if I said I wasn't scared
[03:29.90]
[03:30.53]But in life and death
[03:31.41]If I isn't there
[03:32.10]High on life
[03:33.90]Apologies in order
[03:34.84]To Blue Ivy my daughter
[03:35.96]If it was up to me
[03:37.33]You would be with me
[03:38.58]Sort of like daddy dearest