Artist: Jay-Z Album: The Hits Collection Volume One Collector's Edition Box Set (2010) Title: Young Gifted And Black
Lyrics Young Gifted And Black[Intro] And out of the mercy of Allah and the lord written in our nature We call an individual into existence and when that individual comes I make no apologies for what I'm about to do<a class="footnote" href="#1">[1]</a> [Jay-Z] I'm America's worst nightmare I'm young black and holding my nuts like shh-yeah Y'all was in the pub having a light beer I was at the club having a fight there<a class="footnote" href="#2">[2]</a> Y'all can go home Husband and wife there My momma at work trying to buy me the right gear<a class="footnote" href="#3">[3]</a> Nine years old uncle lost his life there Grew up thinking life ain't fair How can I get a real job China white right there Right in front of my sight like here, yeah<a class="footnote" href="#4">[4]</a> There's your ticket out the ghetto Take flight right here Sell me, you go bye-bye here yeah<a class="footnote" href="#5">[5]</a> Damn there's a different set of rules we abide by here You need a gun n*ggas might drive by here You're having fun racing all your hot rods there Downloading all our music on your iPods there I'm Chuck D standing in the crosshairs here<a class="footnote" href="#6">[6]</a> Y'all straight, chicks got horsehair here<a class="footnote" href="#7">[7]</a> You ain't gotta be in fear of your bosses there Y'all lose your job, your pop's rich, y'all don't care<a class="footnote" href="#8">[8]</a> So I don't care, y'all acting like y'all don't hear Hear all the screams from the ghetto all the teens ducking metal here<a class="footnote" href="#9">[9]</a> Trying to take they mind to a whole different level here Yeah, we're real close to the devil here<a class="footnote" href="#10">[10]</a> There gotta be a better way. Somebody call the reverend here Yeah, y'all must really be in Heaven there Somebody tell God that we got a couple questions here My little cuz never got to see his seventh year<a class="footnote" href="#11">[11]</a> And I'm so used to pain that I ain't even shed a tear |