JAY-Z - Nickels and Dimes lyrics

Nickels and dimes sticks to my mind
I want more than you have my friends

Got a thing for nickel plated
Nines and pretty dimes
MAC-11, I squeeze like lemon limes
Squirt obey your thirst, fashion lines
'tween beauty and beast, I walk the line
Johnny Cash, I'm a real G
I cut myself today to see if I still bleed
Success is so sublime
Gotta do that time to time so
I don't lose my mind
Something 'bout the struggle so divine
This sort of love is hard to define
When you scratching for every nickel and dime
Got me itching to do this shit for my mom
Do this shit for my town
Leave the door open hoping they kick it down
The purest form of giving
Is anonymous to anonymous
We gon' make it there, I promise this

Nickels and dimes sticks to my mind
I want more than you have my friends

Sometimes I feel survivor's guilt
I gave some money to this guy
He got high as hell
Now I'm part of the problem
Far as I could tell
Did I do it for him or do it for myself
Can't lie to myself
I love my niggas more than my own blood
I die for my niggas and I love my cub
Hope that's not fucked up
I got a problem with the handouts
I took the man route
I'll give an opportunity though
That's the plan now no guilt in giving clear
A nigga conscience out
No guilt in receiving
Every thing within reason
Can't see it taking food out
My little monster's mouth
That'll drive me gaga
Run up in your momma's house, two nickels
One dime manslaughter charges, the lawyer
Knocked it down
I'm just trying to find common ground
'fore Mr belafonte come and chop a nigga down
Mr day O, major fail
Respect these youngins boy, it's my time now
Hublot homie, two door homie
You don't know all the shit
I do for the homies

Nickels and dimes sticks to my mind
I want more than you have my friends

It all depends how the story is
Nickels and dimes tickle my mind

Pardon my hubris, Stanley Kubrick
With eyes wide shut
I could cook up two bricks
Turn nickels to dime, turn dimes to quarters
Turn wives from daughters, oh
I'm clear as water
And just for clarity, my presence is charity
My flow is a gift, philanthropist
Everybody 'round me rich, or will be
Baby boy I promise you this, or kill me
And when a nigga go as the old adage go
You die rich and you die disgraced
So just let me grow
Watch me cook, throw no looks
Like Magic in his prime
When Kareem sky hooked, yeah
Y'all not worthy, sometimes I feel like
Y'all don't deserve me, my flow unearthly
The greatest form of giving
Is anonymous to anonymous
So here y'all go, I promise this

Nickels and dimes sticks to my mind
I want more than you have my friends