The Prelude chords and lyrics - JAY-Z

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[Verse 1]
[Em]"You know you got this
fantasy in your head
About getting out of the life
And setting the corporate
world on its ear
What the fuck you gonna do
Except [D]hustle[Em]
Be[Am]sides [D]pim[Em]ping
You [D]really ain't got the [Em]stom
ach for [Am]that"
[D]The game's

[Verse 2]
fucked up
Niggas beat[Em]s is banging
Nigga [D]ya hooks did it
Ya [Em]lyrics didn't
Ya gang[D]sta look did it
So [Em]I would write it if
y'all [D]could get it
[Em]Being intricate'll get [D]ya wood critics
On [Em]the internet
They like you [D]should spit it, I'm
like [Em]you should buy it
Nigga [D]that's good business
[Em]Forget this rap shit[D] I need
a new [Em]hustle
A little bit of everything,
[D]a new improved Russel[Em]l
I say that re[D]luctantly 'cause
I do [Em]struggle
As you see I can[D]'t leave
so I do love [Em]you
But I'm just [D]a hustler
disguised as a rapper
[Em]In fact you can't fit th[D]is hustle
inside of a [Em]wrapper
Back [D]when crack was what
these [Em]pills are
I was [D]a real star complete w[Em]ith real cars
No [D]video ones,
you can and come [Em]set up a camera
Let the [D]video run
In my [Em]real life complete with
[D]real [Em]ice
VVS boulders all in[D]visibly set
Head [Em]an d shoulders my
[D]in visible neck
[Em]You see Hova wasn't [D]digital yet
Before [Em]Steve Jobs made [D]the iPod
[Em]Was getting head jobs,
we call that [D]intimate
Back [Em]when rappers wouldn't
dare play lyric[D]al roulette
With [Em]an automatic weapon
I was [D]rapping with a Tek
[Em]Fresh like Manny be [D]chain
[Em]like antifreeze
Shoe box full of cash
[D]Dealer man hand me keys[Em]
Pantries full of Arm [D]& Hammer
Don't take [Em]Nancy
Drew to see what it [D]do
I'ma damn [Em]g
Just sent a [D]million dollars
through a hands [Em]free
That's big money [D]talk can
you answer [Em]me?
Before the [D]Answer was a three
[Em]I was down in Georgetown with a Ho[D]ya chick,
loyal chick
[Em]Sure he's rich now 'cause he saw this shit,
all this shit
That's why they call him Hov cause
he [D]came be[Em]fore [D]all this shit
[Em]Bought a six,
quarter seven [D]skipped on them quarter 8s
Bought a [Em]nine [D]for nonstop
glockwork all the [Em]time
[D]Guess

[Verse 3]
who's back
Since [Em]this is a New Era
got a [D]fresh new hat
[Em]Ten year veteran
[D]I been said I bee[Em]n through
with this [D]bullshit game
But I never can
[Em]I used to think rapping at
[D]thirty eight was ill
[Em]When last year alone I [D]grossed
about thirty eight mill
[Em]I know I ain't quite
[D]thirty eight but still
[Em]The flow so Special got [D]a .38 feel
The real [Em]is ba[D]ck

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