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Artist/Band: Jay-Z
Lyrics for Song: Young Gifted And Black
Lyrics for Album: The Hits Collection Volume One Collector's Edition Box Set [2010]



[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


Album Lyrics: The Hits Collection Volume One Collector's Edition Box Set [2010]


Jay-Z
"The Hits Collection Volume One Collector's Edition Box Set [2010]"


1. 99 Problems
2. D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
3. Dirt Off Your Shoulder
4. Empire State of Mind
5. Encore
6. Go Hard (Remix)
7. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
8. I Just Wanna Love You
9. My President (Remix)
10. Public Service Announcement
11. Roc Boys (And The Winner Is...)
12. Run This Town
13. Show Me What You Got
14. This Life Forever
15. Young Gifted And Black