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Self-portrait as Jay-Z
Sleepy as a motherfucker
Tall as burning bush Man I’m high
enough to shoot
with no hands change my name
after revolution knock down
he who does not feel me
make that shit look easy
If we all hustlers
in love with the same thing,
why are my people strung
up on clothing lines
why means necessary
Have you heard
I come from the streets
I hustle harder but look better from behind
I’ll fucking murder you, pig!!!!! For something
to do with my mouth (then everyone laughs,
their shoulders bob up
and down in tweed blazers)