Alicia Keys - The Times And Life Of Shawn Carter Lyrics

[Beyoncé]
In my lifetime, more than a million rhymes, no joking

[Common]
Ay, JAY... can I get open?

[DJ Khaled]
Beyond reasonable doubt the industry made me wait

[Diddy]
What's crazy is I'm still spending money from '88

[Regina King]
Can I live and surprise the game? Think harder

[Lenny Kravitz]
You know this brother

[DJ Premier]
JAY-Z

[John Legend]
Shawn Carter

[MC Lyte]
Brooklyn
[Rashida Jones]
Marcy

[Kevin Hart]
Where friends or foes can get it quick

[Lena Waithe]
So I suggest you all roll with the click, bitch, who you wit'?

[Halle Berry]
It's alright, just use your wits

[?uestlove]
To know the difference between a 4.0 and a 4.6

[Naomi Campbell]
Young Hov and you can feel every word like braille

[Aziz Ansari]
I'm a hustler, baby

[Jamie Foxx]
I can sell water to a whale

[Trevor Noah]
The Mike Jordan of recording
[Kerry Washington]
The truths in every word

[Chris Martin]
Yeah, it's a hard knock life

[Usher]
But it's a'ight, ya heard?

[Rick Ross]
When the Remy's in the system hear the track and take flight

[Rihanna]
"I'm a business, man!" He who writes check with a hand that don't write

[Pharrell Williams]
Okay! I'm reloaded

[Lupita N'yongo]
With too many classics

[Samuel L. Jackson]
It's the R.O.C. and we runnin' this rap shit

[Queen Latifah]
My flow is liable to go Michael; take your pick
[Jamie Foxx]
Jackson, Tyson, Jordan game 6

[Jurnee Smollett]
In the zone like 2-3 and made it look too easy

[MC Lyte]
Can't leave rap alone, the game needs me

[Jeymes Samuel]
I'm from the other side where other guys were quick to pull your card

[Ed Sheeran]
And argue about who's the best emcee

[Diddy]
Biggie

[DJ Clark Kent]
JAY-Z

[Chris Rock]
And Nas

[Trevor Noah]
Man, the average rap fan couldn't pick just one of the three

[Lin-Manuel Miranda]
It's cool, I'm out for dead presidents to represent me

[Tyler Perry]
The takeover, the break's over

[H.E.R.]
So you can get

[DJ Khaled]
That

[LeBron James]
Dirt off your shoulder

[Rick Ross]
Cuz if I hit you, I'm brainless

[Jermaine Dupri]
Now if you get me, you're famous; what's a brother to do?

[RZA]
Damn! It gets tedious

[Dave Letterman]
So I keep one eye open like CBS

[Usher]
I'm focused, man

[Tyler Perry]
This is a one of one

[Alicia Keys]
The hustler's poster child

[Lena Waithe]
I'll show you how to do this, son

[John Legend]
So you can see what was what

[SZA]
And who was who

[Ed Sheeran]
All the way from 4:44

[Queen Latifah]
To 40/40s

[Jurnee Smollett]
Down to 22 Twos

[Dr. Gloria Carter]
Told y'all, nobody wins when the family feuds

[Diddy]
My motto is simple: I will not lose

[Dave Letterman]
Allow me to re-introduce myself: my name is Hov, H to the O-V

[Kerry Washington]
Leader of the black gang, R.O.C., mane

[Chris Martin]
They say words are a weapon

[Lupita N'yongo]
So when I shoot, meet your death in less than eight seconds

[Lena Waithe]
I'm from a place where the news cameras never come

[Rihanna]
Where you can have 99 problems but a bitch ain't one

[SZA]
H to the Izzo

[H.E.R.]
V to the Izzay

[Lenny Kravitz]
Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn

[Alicia Keys]
Always see me reppin' BK

[Tracee Ellis-Ross]
Cuz you can't knock the hustle

[Jurnee Smollett]
So all we ask is trust

[Jonathan Majors]
That's why I'm overcharging 'em for what they did to the Cold Crush

[Idris Elba]
First off, I wanna thank my connect, dude

[Pharrell Williams]
Cuz what's better than one black billionaire?

[Beyoncé]
Twooooo

[Regina King]
They said I couldn't do it again so I did it again

[Lin-Manuel Miranda]
Only rapper to rewrite history with no pen

[John Legend]
Jiggaman, we did it, man, history made; you got to feel him

[Common]
No more Big Willie, my game is grown; prefer you call me William

[Kevin Hart]
And if you can't respect that then your perspective is wack
Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black

[LeBron James]
You're witnessing the blueprint of how to pitch with no mound

[Beyoncé]
So gather 'round, hustlers cuz it's... about... to go... down!

[Blue Ivy Carter]
Congrats, S. Carter: ghostwriter
You paid the right price so we just made yo' hits tighter... [laughs]