[Intro: Mary J. Blige]
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Turn, turn me up a little bit, when that music comes in it gets loud
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[Jay-Z:] Swizzy!
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[Swizz Beatz (Jay-Z) {Mary J. Blige}:]
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YES! Hands up! Hands up! Hands up high!
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Hands up! Hands up! Hands up high! {La dee da da da! }
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(It be very different now, Swizzy)
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Hands up! Hands up! Hands up high! Hands up! Hands up! Hands up high!
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{Oh oh oh! }
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(I need everybody put your hands up, wave from side to side right quick for me)
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Slow down HOV your killin 'em
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z (Swizz Beatz)]
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Yeah! You would think I was on 'roids
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I been hittin so long and I'n a big headed boy
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Nah we ain't on HGH
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Though I might pick up some weight when I'm runnin through your state
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(Runnin through your state!) Nah nah nah we ain't on the clear
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We on the runway in back to back Lairs (In the air!)
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Yeah Yeah! It's Ms. No More Drama
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And Barack Obama rhymers feel honored (Talk to 'em HOV)
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I put my life on these tracks
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You act like y'all don't wanna p-pay me for the facts
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Luckily my therapy is to rap
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I just bare my soul I don't expect nothin back (Get it up!)
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Your all welcome long as you felt them
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I was 'gon get mine you know where the hell I'm from
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I'm from the bottom so I do this from the diapers (Stinky!)
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Quick fast turn the big apple into cider (Nasty!)
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I do this, I'm a writer and a rider
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Spew it cause I'm nicer but I do this for the lifers (Tell 'em again Hov!)
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I'm a writer and a rider
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Spew it cause I'm nicer but I do this for the lifers, your welcome
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[Chorus: Mary J. Blige - singing in tune of Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di"]
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To all of y'all, keepin y'all in health
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Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
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Your ahhhh-lll,.. your ahhhh-ll
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Your ahhhh-ll are welcome (Yeah! Now everybody get yo' hands up)
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[Swizz Beatz:]
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Hands up, hands up, hands up, high!
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Hands up, hands up, hands up, high!
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[Mary J. Blige (Swizz Beatz):]
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Your ahhhh-lll,.. your ahhhh-ll
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Your ahhhh-ll are welcome (Slow down HOV Your killin 'em!)
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z (Mary J. Blige) {Swizz Beatz}]
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Yeah yeah, you probably never see again
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(Uh-ah!) Somebody so deadly via the pen (No never no)
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Viva Hovito bandito muy bien
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Big up to Biggie and Pac, I do it for them
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Until I rich Kaleek, I do it for him
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Do it for those who can't do for self do to the pen
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May these bars reach through your bar
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And ma, when Mary sing it heals your heart {Hands up! }
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God so Lisa Stansfield you are
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Love Is A Battlefield we all get scarred {OH! }
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AH! I put my heart into this
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This is much more than marketed music
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The reason I got a market to do this
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As there's people goin through pain I'm just walkin 'em through this
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(I'm here for you) This ain't no marketed music
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People goin through pain I'm just talkin 'em through it, your welcome
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[Chorus: Mary J. Blige - singing in tune of Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di"]
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To all of y'all, keepin y'all in health
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Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
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Your ahhhh-lll,.. your ahhhh-ll
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Your ahhhh-ll are welcome (Yeah! Now everybody get yo' hands up)
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[Swizz Beatz:]
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Hands up, hands up, hands up, high!
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Hands up, hands up, hands up, high!
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[Mary J. Blige (Swizz Beatz):]
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Your ahhhh-lll,.. your ahhhh-ll
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Your ahhhh-ll are welcome (Slow down Mary your killin 'em!)
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[Verse 3: Mary J. Blige (Swizz Beatz)]
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If it wasn't for your love it would all be a dream
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And you made our dreams come true
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That's why y'all don't need to thank us
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Cause we do this all for you (Talk to 'em Mary!)
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We know what you were goin through
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Because we were goin through it too
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When no one seems to understand
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We were always there to hold your hand
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[Verse 4: Jay-Z (Swizz Beatz)]
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Sure I taught you 'bout watch brands and watch bands
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I also said watch the man hoppin out of vans (WOO!)
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I ain't only teach you about Efizel
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I told you how to fish and not let other n****s feed you, your welcome
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[Chorus: Mary J. Blige - singing in tune of Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di"]
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To all of y'all, keepin y'all in health
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Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
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Your all are welcome, your all are welcome, your all are welcome
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[Outro: Swizz Bea |