Kanye West, JAY-Z - Never Let Me Down lyrics

Oh baby turn the motherfuckin' music up

When it comes to being true
At least true to me
One thing I've found, one thing I found
Oh no, you'll never let me down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down

Yo, first I snatched the streets
Then I snatched the charts
First I had they ear, now I have they heart
Rappers came and went
I've been here from the start
I seen them put it together
Watched them take it apart
Seen the Rovers roll up with ribbons
I seen them re-po'd, re-sold, then re-driven
So when I reload
He holds number one position


When you hot, I'm hot
And when your feet cold, mines is sizzling
It's plain to see, niggas can't fuck with me
'Cause I'ma be that nigga for life
This is not an image, this is God-given
This is hard-livin'
Mixed with Cristal sippin'
It's the most consistent, Hov
Give you the most hit's you can
Fit inside a whole disc and
Nigga I'm home on these charts
Y'all niggas visitin'
It's Hov tradition, Jeff Gordon of rap
I'm back to claim pole position
Holla at ya boy

When it comes to being true
At least true to me
One thing I've found, one thing I found
Oh no, you'll never let me down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up

I get down for my grandfather
Who took my momma
Made her sit in that seat where white
Folks ain't want us to eat
At the tender age of 6
She was arrested for the sit-ins
And with that in my blood I
Was born to be different
Now niggas can't make it to
Ballots to choose leadership
But we can make it to
Jacob's or to the dealership
That's why I hear new music and
I just don't be feelin' it
Racism still alive
They just be concealin' it
But I know they don't want
Me in the damn club
They even made me show ID to
Get inside of Sam's Club
I done did dirt and went to
Church to get my hands scrubbed
Swear I've been baptized 'least
Three or four times
But in the land where niggas
Praise Yukons and getting paid
It's gon' take a lot more than
Coupons to get us saved
Like it take a lot more than
Durags to get you waves
Nothing sad as that day my
Girl father passed away
So I promised to Mr rainey
I'm gonna marry your daughter
And you know I gotta thank you for
The way that she was brought up
And I know that you were smiling when
You seen the car I bought her
And you sent tears from heaven when you
Seen my car get balled up
But I can't complain what the accident
Did to my left eye
'Cause look what an accident did to Left Eye
First Aaliyah now Romeo must die
I know I got angels watching
Me from the other side

When it comes to being true
At least true to me
One thing I've found, one thing I found
Oh no, you'll never let me down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down

We are all here for a
Reason on a particular path
You don't need a curriculum to know that
You a part of the math
Cats think I'm delirious but
I'm so damn serious
That's why I expose my soul to the globe
The world i'm trying to make it better for
These little boys and girls
I'm not just another individual
My spirit is a part of this
That's why I get spiritual
But I get my hymns from Him
So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical
I'm not a miracle
I'm a heaven-sent instrument
My rhythmatic regiment navigates
Melodic notes for your soul and your mental
That's why I'm instrumental
Vibrations is what I'm into
Yeah I need my loot by rent day
But that ain't what gives me
The heart of Kunta Kinte
I'm trying to get us "us free" like Cinque
I can't stop, that's why I'm hot
Determination, dedication, motivation
I'm talking to you of my many inspirations
When I say I can't let you or self down
If I were on the highest cliff
On the highest riff
And if you slipped off the side
And clinched on to your life
In my grip, I would never ever let you down
And when these words are found
Let it be known that God's penmanship has
Been signed with a language called love
That's why my breath is felt by the deaf
And while my words are heard and confined
To the ears of the blind
I too dream in color and in rhyme
So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house
'Cause whenever I open my heart
My soul or my mouth
A touch of God reigns out take 'em to church

When it comes to being true
At least true to me
One thing I found, one thing I found
Oh no, you'll never let me down
Get up, I get, get up, I get
Get up, I get, get up, I get
Get up, I get, get up, I get down

Who else you know been hot this long?
(Oh yeah, we ain't finished)
Started from nothing but he got this strong
(The Roc is in the building)
Built the Roc from a pebble
Peddled rock before I met you pedaled bikes
Got my nephews pedal bikes
Because they special (Wooooo)
Let you tell it, man, I'm falling
Well, somebody must have caught him
'Cause every fourth quarter
I like to Mike Jordan 'em number one albums
What I got? Like four of them
More of them on the way
The eighth wonder on the way
Clear the way, I'm here to stay
Y'all can save the chitter chat
This and that
This is Jay, dissing Jay will get you maced
When I start spitting them lyrics
Niggas get very religious
Six Hail Marys, 'Please Father forgive us'
Young, the archbishop
The Pope John Paul of y'all niggas
The way y'all all follow Jigga
Hov's a living legend and I'll tell you why
Everybody wanna be Hov and Hov's still alive