Hear me now? Good

(Blueprint 2, baby)
The best times, it was the worst times
It`s `The Gift & the Curse`

R O C, yeah, number one, click here
If you represent us, throw them diamonds up, yeah
Now let`s be clear, I ain`t goin` no where
Now that you know, holla at your boy
Hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`

Standin` in my B boy stance
Free, Beans, Memphis where you at ni**a?
Right here, snatch Cam and it`s a rap
This here, rap belong to us, nobody strong as us, it`s a fact
Hold up, I`m just warmin` up, gimme a second to get it back

Young Chris, Neek, what? Oschino and Sparks
Next summer`s yo` summer, tear this motherf**ker up
Young is eternal, my young`uns`ll burn you
"The Blueprint" birthed, ni**a, I earthed you, you can`t be serious

Young `cause I`m thirty-two, dressed like I`m twenty-two
Flow like a eighteen, do what I wanna do
Goin` on my eighth ring, got Phil Jackson`s and
Flow is black magic, I`m at it again

Rose Bowl with black karats, `Horse & Carriage` to spend
Like Mason Betha, chasin` this cheddar, to the end
Of the road because the end I`m told, is nearer than we know
What can I say but live for today, hov`

R O C, yeah, number one, click here
If you represent us, throw them diamonds up, yeah
Now let`s be clear, I ain`t goin` no where
Now that you know, holla at your boy
Hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`

Yeah, `The Blueprint 2` homey, follow the moves
You put on two tube socks, you couldn`t walk in my shoes
I was dealt a bad hand, f**k, what else could I do
But keep somethin` up my sleeve, that`ll help me through

But can you believe, everywhere I`m at, models come through
Cat fightin`, cat walkin`, it happens often
It`s true, how society don`t want me to move
Into the penthouse building with spectacular views

They`re like uhh, "He`s a menace he could never be a tenant"
I`m like ooh, what`s a young ni**a to do?
I bring the brothers to the building, give a feeling that I don`t
Give a f**k, we just chillin`, watchin` chandelier ceilings high as f**k

Old lady, don`t blow my high
`Specially if you don`t know my life, don`t make me bring
Sharpton in it `cause I`m dark skinneded or
Dude, with the `fro and the Rainbow Coalition, I`ma

Victim of a single parent household, born in a mouse hole
Mousetrap, ni**az wanna know
How so, how Jay get up out that, here, yeah
I snatched purses I persevered, yeah

I had work, fiends purchased, it was clear
I was out there sellin` hope for despair, but stop there
I swear, I only make good from my mouth to God`s ears
Had to get out the hood

And I can`t justify genocide
But I was born in the city where the skinny ni**az die
Born in the city, where the skinny ni**az ride
And as a skinny ni**a, I had beef with high size

R O C, yeah, number one, click here
If you represent us, throw them diamonds up, yeah
Now let`s be clear, I ain`t goin` no where
Now that you know, holla at your boy
Hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`, hov`