Jay-Z explores what being successful means to black people in a world of archetypes and wasteful spending. | dG1fUk03bHcwT3Z6cTA
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00:30It's black, my skin is black My life is yellow
00:45Light n***a, dark n***a, faux n***a, real n***a
00:48Rich n***a, pole n***a, house n***a, feel n***a
00:51Still n***a, still n***a Light n***a, dark n***a, faux n***a, real
01:04n***a Rich n***a, pole n***a, house n***a, feel
01:07n***a Still n***a, still n***a
01:13O.J. like, I'm not black, I'm O.J.
01:20House n***a, don't fuck with me I'm a feel n***a, with Sean Cutlery
01:25Go play the corners, with a butler's beat I'ma play the corners, with a hustler's beat
01:30I told him, please don't die over the neighborhood That your momma rentin'
01:37Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood That's how you rinse it
01:43I bought a VV12 engine Wish I could take it back to the beginning
01:49I could've bought a place in Dumbo before it was Dumbo
01:51For like two million That same building today is worth 25 million
01:57Guess how I'm feelin', Dumbo
02:00Light n***a, dark n***a, faux n***a, real n***a
02:03Rich n***a, pole n***a, house n***a, feel n***a
02:06Still n***a, still n***a
02:17Light n***a, dark n***a, faux n***a, real n***a
02:20Rich n***a, pole n***a, house n***a, feel n***a
02:24Still n***a, still n***a
02:29You wanna know what's more important than throwing away money at a strip club?
02:33Credit
02:35You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America?
02:39This how they did it
02:41Financial freedom my only hope Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke
02:47I bought some artwork for one million Two years later that shit worth two million
02:52Few years later that shit worth eight million I can't wait to give this shit to my children
02:58Y'all think it's bougie I'm like it's fine
03:00But I'm tryna give you a million dollars worth of game for 9.99
03:03I turn a 2 to a 4, 4 to a 8 I turn my life into a nice first week release date
03:10Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh?
03:13Me and my n****s takin' real chances, uh
03:15Y'all on the gram, holdin' money to your ear There's a disconnect, we don't pour that money over here, yeah
03:21Light n***a, dark n***a, faux n***a, real n***a
03:24Rich n***a, pole n***a, house n***a, feel n***a
03:27Still n***a, still n***a
03:38Light n***a, dark n***a, faux n***a, real n***a
03:41Rich n***a, pole n***a, house n***a, feel n***a
03:45Still n***a, still n***a