[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
While others spit that Wonderama sh**, me and my conglomerate
Shall remain anonymous, caught up in the finest sh**
Live out my dreams until my heart give out
Involved with cream, you know exactly what this sh**'s about
f** y'all mean? Handling since a teen, I dish out
Like the point guard off your favorite team, without doubt
My life ain't rosy but I roll with it
My mind was fine 'til the dough hit it and told me that the Mo' did it
And now it's kosher, sh** is so Hasidic
I blow a digit on a diamond in a minute but no b**hes
Watch how I'm walking cause even the thoroughest n***as be narkin'
Tryin' to strike a bargain hoping that they might get pardoned
sh** I'm involved with got me pins and needles
And my cerebral breeds the wickedest evil thoughts that this sport'll feed you
Peep facts, in the game so deep fiends could catch ya
Freeze off my knee cap, can y'all believe that?
Got the city drinking Cristals, re-up the fee
Rappers going broke, tryin' to keep up with me
My rise to riches surprised the b**hes: think harder
You know this n***a, Jay-Z, Shawn Carter
G.S. the f** up, dress the f** up
Watch me shine like a Breitling, begets the f** up
All rhymers forget it like Alzheimer's
Small timers, I said it, I'm addressing all dramas
Talk to me
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
So take me as I am, (take me as I am)
Or have nothing at all (nothing at all)
Just take me, as I am
Or have nothing at all
[Verse 2: Nas]
I sip the Dom P, watching Gandhi til I'm charged
Then writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin
To hold the mic I'm throbbin', mechanical movement
Understandable smooth sh** that murderers move with
The thief's theme - play me at night, they won't act right
The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe
The mind activation, react like I'm facing
Time like Pappy Mason, with pens I'm embracing
Wipe the sweat off my dome, spit the phlegm on the streets
And the Nikes on my feet makes my cipher complete
Whether cruising in a Six cab or Montero Jeep
I can't call it; the beats make me falling asleep
I keep falling, but never falling six feet deep
I'm out for presidents to represent me
I'm out for presidents to represent me
I'm out for dead f**ing presidents to represent me
[Extended Hook: Mary J. Blige]
So take me as I am, (take me as I am)
Or have nothing at all (nothing at all)
I can only be me, yeah
I can only be me, yeah
So, take me
Take me as I am
Or have nothing at all (nothing at all)
Take me
Said it's all or nothing at all
Said it's all or nothing at all