Ladies and gentlemen, put our hands together for the astonishing...
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[girls singing]
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H to the izz-O...V to the izz-A...
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Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world
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The flow o' the century...oh it's timeless...HOVE!
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Thanks for comin' out tonight
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You coulda been anywhere in the world, but you're here with me
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I appreciate that...uuunnnh...
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA
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Was herbin' em in the home of the Terrapins
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Got it dirt cheap for them
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Plus if they was short wit' cheese I would work wit' them
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Boy and we...got rid of that dirt for them
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Wasn't born hustlers I was burpin' em
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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Fo' sheezy my neezy keep my arms so freezy
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Can't leave rap alone the game needs me
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Haters want me clapped and chromed it ain't easy
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Cops wanna knock me, D.A. wanna box me in
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But somehow, I beat them charges like Rocky
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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Not guilty, he who does not feel me is not real to me
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Therefore he doesn't exist
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So poof...vamoose son of a bitch
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[CHORUS]
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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Not guilty ya'll got-ta feel me
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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That's the anthem get'cha damn hands UP!
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Holla at me...
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I do this for my culture
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To let 'em know what a nigga look like...when a nigga in a roaster
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Show 'em how to move in a room full 'o vultures
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Industry shady it need to be taken over
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Label owners hate me I'm raisin' the status quo up
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I'm overchargin' niggaz for what they did to the Cold Crush
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Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hold us
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We can talk, but money talks so talk mo' bucks
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[CHORUS]
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Yeah...
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Hove is back, life stories told through rap
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Niggaz actin' like I sold you crack
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Like I told you sell drugs...no...
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Hove did that so hopefully you won't have to go through that
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I was raised in the pro-jects, roaches and rats
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Smokers out back, sellin' they mama's sofa
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Lookouts on the corner, focused on the ave
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Ladies in the window, focused on the kinfolk
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Me under a lamp post, why I got my hand closed?
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Cracks in my palm, watchin' the long arm o' the law
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So you know I seen it all before
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I seen hoop dreams deflate like a true fiend's weight
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To try and to fail, the two things I hate
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Succeed in this rap game, the two things is great
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
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What else can I say about dude, I gets bizzay
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[CHORUS]
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[girls singing]
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H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A... [4x to fade out]
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H To The Izzo
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| Jay-Z |
