[Intro - Rihanna] Feel it comin' in the air And the screams from everywhere I'm addicted to the care It's a dangerous love affair Can't be scared when it goes down Got a problem, tell me now Only thing that's on my mind Is who's gonna run this town tonight... Is who's gonna run this town tonight... We gonna run this town [Verse 1 - Jay-Z] We are Yeah I said it We are This is Roc Nation Pledge your allegiance Get y'all black tees on All black everything Black cards, black cars All black everything And our girls are blackbirds Ridin' with they dillingers I'd get more in depth If you boys really real enough This is la familia I'll explain later But for now let me get back to this paper I'm a couple bands down and I'm tryin' to get back I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks Yeah I'm talkin' five comma Six zeros Dot zero Here it go... Back to runnin' circles 'round n***as Now we squared up Hold up [Chorus - Rihanna] Life's a game but it's not fair I break the rules so I don't care So I keep doin' my own thing Walkin' tall against the rain Victory's within the mile Almost there, don't give up now Only thing that's on my mind Is who's gonna run this town tonight Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy Hey-heyyy-hey-hey-heyy Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy (Is who's gonna run this town tonight) Hey-hey-hey-heyyy [Verse 2 - Jay-Z] We are Yeah I said it We are You can call me Cesar In a dark Czar Please follow the leader So Eric B. we are Microphone fiend It's the return of the god Peace god... (Auh! Auh!) And ain't nobody fresher I'm in Mason (Ah!) Martin Margiela On the tape we're screamin' f** the other side, they jealous We got a bankhead full of broads(?) They got a table full of fellas... (?) And they ain't spending no cake They should throw they hand in 'Cause they ain't got no spades... My whole team got dough So my bankhead is lookin' like millionaire's 'fro [Chorus - Rihanna] Life's a game but it's not fair I break the rules so I don't care So I keep doin' my own thing Walkin' tall against the rain Victory's within the mile Almost there, don't give up now Only thing that's on my mind Is who's gonna run this town tonight Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy Hey-heyyy-hey-hey-heyy Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy (Is who's gonna run this town tonight) Hey-hey-hey-heyyy [Verse 3 - Kanye West] It's crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow To everybody on your dick, no h*mo I bought my whole family whips, no Volvos Next time I'm in church, please no photos Police escorts Everybody pa**ports This the life that everybody ask for This a fast life We are on a crash course What you think I rap for To push a f**ing Rav-4? But I know that if I stay stun-ting All these girls only gonna want one thing I could spend my whole life good will hun-ting Only good gon' come is as good when I'm cumm-ing She got a a** that'll swallow up a g-string And up top, unh... Two bee stings And I'm beasting Off the riesling And my n***a just made it out the precinct We give a damn about the drama that you do bring I'm just tryin' to change the color on your mood wing Reebok Baby You need to drop some new things Have you ever had shoes without shoe strings? What's that 'Ye? Baby, these heels Is that a may? What?! Baby, these wheels You trippin' when you ain't sippin' Have a refill You feelin' like you runnin', huh? Now you know how we feel [Outro - Rihanna] We gonna run this town tonight! [Outro - Jay-Z] Wa**up!