Reasonable Doubt

Stress
Sunshine, geyeah

I sold it all from crack to o-pium, in third person
I don't wanna see em, so i'm rehearsin
With my peoples high to gm, from a remote lo-cation
In the bm, scopin the whole situation like, "dayamm!"
Metamorphic, as the dope turns to cre-am
But one of these buyers got eyes like a korean
It's difficult to read em, the windows to his soul
Are half closed, i put the key in
Pulled off slow, hopin my people flee-in
Chink tried to knock the only link that tied me in
Coppers was watchin us through nighttime binoculars
This time they got us on tape, exchangin dope for dollars
Make me wanna, holler back at the crib in the sauna
Prayin my people bailed out like time/warner
Awaitin call, from his kin not the coroner
Phone in my hand, nervous confined to a corner
Beads of sweat second thoughts on my mind
How can i ease the stress and learn to live with these regrets
This time... stress... givin this shit up... fuck

Chorus one:

This is the number one rule for your set
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
On the, rise to the top, many drop, don't forget
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
This is the number one rule for your set
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
And through our travels we get seperated, never forget
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets

As sure as this, earth is turning souls burning
In search of higher learning turning in every direction seeking direction
My moms cryin cause her insides are dyin
Her son tryin her patience, keep her heart racin
A million beats a minute, i know i push you to your limit
But it's this game love, i'm caught up all in it
They make it so you can't prevent it, never give it
You gotta take it, can't fake it i keep it authentic
My hand got this pistol shakin, cause i sense danger
Like camp crystal lake and
Don't wanna shoot him, but i got him, trapped
Within this infrared dot, bout to hot him and, hit rock bottom
No answers to these trick questions, no time shit stressin
My life found i got ta live for the right now
Time waits for no man, can't turn back the hands
Once it's too late, gotta learn to live with regrets

Chorus two:

You used to hold me, told me that i was the best
Anything in this world i want i could posess
All that made me want is all that i could get
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets... (when i was young)
(repeat 2x)

I found myself reminiscin, remember this one
When he was here he was crazy nice with his son
I miss him, long as i'm livin he's livin through memories
He's there to kill all my suicidal tendencies
In heaven lookin over me, or in hell, keepin it cozy
I'm comin life on these streets ain't what it's supposed to be
Remember newton, mutual friend well me and him feudin
On your life i tried to talk to him
But you know niggaz, think they guns can stop foe niggaz
Frontin like they're, big willie but really old niggaz
Hoe niggaz, this year i'm sho' niggaz think i'm slippin
I'm bought to send you a roommate, no bullshittin
For my hustle's goin too well to hit him
You was right niggaz want you to be miserable wit em
Anyway, i ain't tryin to hear it, i think i'm touched
This whole verse i been talkin to your spirit, a little too much

Chorus one: repeat 2x

Roc-a, roc-a, roc-a, roc-a-fella y'all

Chorus:

"presidents to represent me" --> nas "get money!"
"i'm out for presidents to represent me" "get money!"
"i'm out for presidents to represent me" "get money!"
"i'm out for dead *fuckin* presidents to represent me (whose...)"

Rock... on, roc-a-fella y'all
The saga continues

Ahh, who wanna bet us that we don't touch leathers
Stack cheddars forever, live treacherous all the et ceteras
To the death of us, me and my confidants, we shine
You feel the ambiance, y'all niggaz just rhyme
By the ounce dough accumulates like snow
We don't just shine, we illuminate the whole show; you feel me?
Factions from the other side would love to kill me
Spill three quarts of my blood into the street, let alone the heat
Fuck em, we hate a nigga lovin this life
In all possible ways, know the feds is buggin my life
Hospital days, reflectin when my man laid up
On the uptown high block he got his side sprayed up
I saw his life slippin, this is a minor set back
Yo, still in all we livin, just dream about the get back
That made him smile though his eyes said, "pray for me"
I'll do you one better and slay these niggaz faithfully
Murder is a tough thing to digest, it's a slow process
And i ain't got nothin but time
I had near brushes, not to mention three shots
Close range, never touched me, divine intervention
Can't stop i, from drinkin mai-tai's, with ta ta
Down in nevada, ha ha, poppa, word life
I dabbled in crazy weight without rap, i was crazy straight
Potnah, i'm still spendin money from eighty-eight... what?

Chorus

Geyeah, know what? i'll make..
You and your wack mans fold like bad hands
Roll like monopoly, ad-vance you copy me
Like white crystals, i gross the most
At the end of the fiscal year than these niggaz can wish to
The dead presidential, canidate
With the sprinkles and the presidental, ice that'll offend you
In due time when crime fleas my mind
All sneak thieves and playa haters can shine
But until then i keep the trillion cut diamonds shinin brilliant
I'll tell you half the story, the rest you fill it in
Long as the villian win
I spend japan yen, attend major events
Catch me in the joints, convinced my iguanas is bitin
J-a-y hyphen, controllin, manipulatin
I got a good life man, pounds and pence
Nuff dollars make sense, while you ride the bench
Catch me swinging for the fence
Dead presidents, ya know

Chorus

Uh-huh, yeah, uh-huh, so be it
The soviet, the unified steady flow
You already know, you light i'm heavy roll, heavy dough
Mic macheted your flow, your paper falls slow
Like confetti, mines a steady grow, bet he glow
Pay five dead it from blow, better believe i have
Eleven sixty to show, my doe flip like tae-kwon
Jay-Z the icon, baby, you like dom, maybe this cristal's
To change your life huh, roll with the winners
Heavy spenders like hit records: roc-a-fella
Don't get it corrected this shit is perfected
From chips to chicks just drivin a lexus
Make it without your gun, we takin everything you brung
We cake and you niggaz is fake and we gettin it done
Crime family, well connected Jay-Z
And you fake thugs is unplugged like mtv
I empty three, take your treasure, my pleasure
Dead presidentials, politics as usual
Bla-ouw!

"dead *fuckin* presidents to represent me (whose...)"
"dead *fuckin* presidents to represent me (whose...)"
"dead *fuckin* presidents to represent me (whose...)"
"dead *fuckin* presidents to represent me (whose...)"

Chorus 2x

[Jay-Z has a conversation with some cat]
Hah, hah, hah, hah, yeah, yeah
What it is player?
You player, it's all about you
How you gon' say that man
If i had your hand i'd turn mine in
Far as i'm concerned, if i had your hand, i cut mines off
Hah man, you know man, i'm just dealin that hoe money
You know hoe money is slow money but it's sho' money
Check this out man, when you run up on your bitch
This this is what you tell her
Stick they hands in they panties, grab that knot
Stick they arm in a car window, drop it like it's hot

[Jay-Z]
Uhh, i talk jewels and spit diamonds, all cherry
Like a hymen, when i'm rhymin with remarkable timin
Caviar and silk dreams, my voice is linen
Spittin venom up in the, minds of young women
Mink thoughts to think thoughts type similar
Might you remember, my shit is col-l-l-ld like december
Smoother than persian rugs, the cashmere
Chromosomes make a nigga jigga Jay-Z lethal drugs
Eighteen carat gold pen, when it hits the sheets
Words worth a million like i'm rappin em through platinum teeth
I got the grey poupon, you been warned
Cause all beef return well done filet mignon
The don, smell of dom on my breath as i
Yawn, (slow) when you hoes try to con a pro
As if you didn't know, jay's about gettin dough
Spittin flow like fine wines down your earlobe
I'm smooth but deadly like a pearl handled pistol
Honies hum in melody when i, rub it like crystal
The proper ettiquette, when i drop the subject verb
Then the predicate, with this rich nigga preterite
I'm solid gold, i rap like a mink stole
I stick pearl tongues your world'll never know
From new york, to paris, the vocal style vary
From nice to deadly like a bad bag of d, now
Notice, the child swift like a locust
Focus on the loc' i be the greatest nigga that wrote it
Return of the jedi, from rio degenero
Worn da red eye, yet i, still feel the need to be fly
I did die when i'm rappin then slide like satin
You know the black eye white china in the brain cabinet
I never cry if i did i'd cry ice
From my nigga sauce, i hit you with this advice
Life's short, so play hard and stick hard
And the only time you love em is when your dick hard

Whoooh! that's cashmere baby
Nah, you know, that's just laid back man
Man, shit, j to the a to the y to the z
Yeah baby
Motherfuckin pimp that's what he be
Cashmere baby
Don't get no hotter than that
Sho' you're right
Them niggaz know

Check it out, check it out
Ghettoes, errol flynn, hot like heroin
Young pimps is sterile when i pimp through your burough in
I gotta keep your tricks intact
Cause i walk like a p-iyimp, talk like a mack man
The star player, the golden bar layer
The sweet ms. fine thing puh-layah, sho' yo right
I'm game tight, so watch it it change to night
Go tell your peeps dawg i'm lethal til it ain't right
I pimp hard on a trick, look
Fuck if your leg broke bitch, hop up on your good foot