Jay-z - Say Hello lyrics

[Hook: Jay-Z] Say hello, to the bad guy They say I'm a bad guy I come from the bottom but now I'm mad fly They say I'm a menace That's the picture they paint They say a lot about me Let me tell you what I ain't They say I'm a bad guy Say hi to the bad guy I come from the bottom but now I'm mad fly They say I'm a menace That's the picture they paint They say a lot about me Let me tell you what I ain't Ay, ay, ay, ay They say a lot about me Let me tell you what I ain't [Verse 1: Jay-Z] I ain't playing, life's short so I aim I ain't waiting for life start betraying em It's twice as hard to get a job that's paying em So I ain't paying attention to what you're saying Raindrops keep falling on my brain Cause in the drop on flames I'm so hot even if the weather change I don't have no top, I'm insane 'Member dark-skinned Jermaine Wore suede in the rain, we sorta kinda the same 'Cept I'm no lame and you gonna know my name Before I go the world gon' feel my pain They saying I'm a bad guy, why's that Cause when my back's against the wall, n***a I react Secretly though, I know you admire that You wish you had the balls to fire back, brrrap Say hello, uhh uh, hello, uhh uh You wish you had the balls to fire back, brrap [Hook] [Verse 2: Jay-Z] I ain't no ordinary n***a Look around, this ain't what ordinary gets you Extraordinary figures I'm an extraordinary n***a Before my name became Jigga Before I sang I had that thang on slippers Can't complain bout what they ain't gon' give ya That ain't gon' get ya sh**, might as well give up Or get up, get out and get something n***a Get a job my n***a, or get to dumping Only God can judge him, only he without sin Tell me if my means, justify my ends Til then, I'm just gon' fly in the Benz Wire my friends through Western Union Shhhhh, supplies in My system knocking, here comes the bad guy again Say hello, uhh uh, hello, uhh uh Hello, uhh here comes the bad guy again [Hook] [Verse 3: Jay-Z] ... let me tell you what I ain't We ain't thugs for the sake of just bein thugs Nobody do that where we grew at, n***a duh The poverty line we not above So out comes the mask and gloves cause we ain't feeling the love We ain't doin crime for the sake of doing crimes We movin dimes cause we ain't doin fine One out of three of us is locked up doing time You know what this type of sh** can do to a n***a mind My mind on my money, money on my mind If you owe me ten dollars you ain't giving me nine Y'all ain't give me forty acres and a mule So I got my Glock 40 now I'm cool And if Al Sharpton is speaking for me Somebody give him the word and tell him I don't approve Tell him I remove the curses If you tell me our schools gon' be perfect When Jena Six don't exist Tell him that's when I'll stop saying b**h [Hook]