JAY-Z - I Did It My Way lyrics

Now, the end is near
(Can you believe this shit Guru?) so I face
(I'm from the hood man) the final curtain
(No the REAL hood the hood, not the RAP hood)
(The REAL hood, like three pair of pants)
My friends, I'll say it clear
(pair of sneakers)
(My moms is bustin' her ass) State my case
(Nigga I'm goin' to Japan
Tomorrow) Which I'm certain
(You understand what I'm sayin'?
Can you believe that?)
I lived a life that's full
(They have people, waitin'
At the airport like five days like
I'm a Beatle or somethin')
(That's really somethin') And
I traveled each, and every highway
(Seen the best of the best
The worst of the worst) and more
Much more than this
(still here) I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy
(Let's try this one, uhh, yeah)

Gangsta nigga
Put my hustle down, tore the game up, nigga
Took your high score down, put my name up
Nigga tore the doors down to the
Hall of Fame is Jigga i did it my way
(and more much more than this)
That's right, it's a beautiful thing man!
(I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy) I did
It my way - Hovi baby!

Momma's youngest and strongest
Survived summers like saunas
Mastered a corner like Deion in his uniform
Pop hurtin' assertive, flirted with death
Damn near murdered before my first
Album hit the shelf
Grandma's favorite, she could not understand
How there's people in the world who
Wouldn't want me as a neighbor
Had to explain to her
You think these folks want
Me in the penthouse
As a reminder that I make top paper?
Black entrepreneur, nobody did us no favors
Nobody gave us shit, we made us
The Rap Pack, I'm Sinatra, Dame's Sam Davis
Biggs the smart one on the
Low like Dean Martin we came in this game
Not beggin' niggas pardon
Demandin' y'all respect, hand over a check
And while y'all at it, hand over the jet
We the reason they ain't hand
Over Def Jam so quick they knew every year I
Was droppin' new product
I was raisin' the stock up
While buildin' the Roc up
But that's alright
'cause they knew they had to see us
When it was time for us to re-up
Make us multi-million-aires je-je-jeah!

And more, much more than this I
Did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy

Jeah! In my lifetime
I caught smaller cases, but I had capital
Hypocritical system let me right back at you
You better hope a rich
Rapper never attacks you
Not even that scratches you
'specially if you black dude
They don't give a shit unless the
Accused just happen to rap
And they can look good by
Paintin' him as bad news 'Cause in my past
I seen dudes get half of they views
Exposed to the curb and nobody said a word
So imagine how disturbed I was
When I seen how big they made
My fight scene at the club
Let me explain exactly how this shit was
This nigga Un yo I scratched him
He went home without an aspirin
But it’s cool 'cause we back friends
It happened and it's over
It's in the past and I'm glad
Now I'm back to bein' Hova
Maybach with the chauffeur, laid back
Helicopter seat, feet inclined
Shit feelin' like a sofa
Helicopter meet me, Teterboro take me over
Somewhere peaceful for the weekend now it's
Back to speakin' to vultures
So the next time that page six approaches us
Here's a quote from Jay
Nigga I did it my - way

And more, much more than this I
Did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy