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Bam (feat. Damian Marley)

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Bam (feat. Damian Marley)

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[Damian Marley and Jay Z]

Now greetings to the world

Gangsta no live in a tenement yard

Rude boy no live in a tenement yard

Too much watchy, watchy, watchy

Too much su, su, su, su, su

Them chatty, chatty, chatty

Them su, su, su, su, su

Fuck all this pretty Shawn Carter shit nigga, HOV

[Jay Z]

Shawn was on that gospel shit

I was on the total fuckin' opposite

Shit, stuff a million dollars in the sock drawer

That's a war chest in case you need your chest knocked off

Y'all be talkin' crazy under them IG pictures

So when you get to Hell you tell 'em blanco sent you

I can't take no threats, I got a set of twins

Those were just the words you'll never hear again

For the final time you don't believe these fools

I've never seen a worker rock so many jewels

I've never seen the runner with so many cars

Y'all couldn't stop me, you're not as tough as you say you are

My advice is just don't be too nice to niggas

Just set the price so niggas'll live your live, my nigga

Once upon a time in the projects

Shawn was in flight mode, I bought a Pyrex

I was in fight mode and now it's "fuck me, mijo"

I was movin' them kilos, help you move your peoples

Sometimes you need your ego, gotta remind these fools

Who they effin' with, and we got FN's too

Before we had A&R's, we had AR's too

We the only ones really movin' like y'all say y'all do

We still movin' like y'all niggas say y'all did

Emory passed you niggas and he did a bid

Ty Ty jumped over niggas and he's like 5'6"

Got the heart of a giant, don't you ever forget

Don't you never forget, Jigga got this shit poppin'

I pulled out the pot when we was outta options

[Damian Marley and Jay Z]

Gangsta no live in a tenement yard

Rude boy no live in a tenement yard

Too much watchy, watchy, watchy

Too much su, su, su, su, su

Them chatty, chatty, chatty

Them su, su, su, su, su

Fuck all this pretty Shawn Carter shit nigga, HOV

[Jay Z]

Put that drum in your ear, don't get Srem'd

I'll Bobby Shmurda anybody you heard of

Niggas could not be further, I fathered your style

Birth of a Nation, Nat Turner style

Uh, y'all make me turn up all this talkin' down

Uh, niggas is skippin' leg day just to run they mouth

I be skippin' leg day, I still run the world

I pressed ahead of your team with one finger curled

I'll line you all up with one finger wave

Make niggas weave, niggas is out here fake

Laced front to the back, don't front

Y'all gonna make me wig, I'ma give y'all what you want

[Damian Marley and Jay Z]

Gangsta no live in a tenement yard

Dreadlocks no live in a tenement yard

Too much watchy, watchy, watchy

Too much su, su, su, su, su

Them chatty, chatty, chatty

Them su, su, su, su, su

Fuck all this pretty Shawn Carter shit nigga, HOV

[Damian Marley]

Can't you see it's my ambition

I'll come to nice up the whole nation

What a bam bam yeah, loud

I miss a what a bam bam (Do it, Jay!)

Can't you see it's my ambition

I'll come to nice up the whole nation

What a bam bam

What a bam bam

I don't give a God damn

I don't give a God damn

When mi come a dance and mi spliff and Guinness

Yow, crowd of people–go and mind yuh business

This a hunting season

Mek I tell you hunting season

Well, I tell ya something season

Yow this a hunting season

Cake and dumpling season

Spinners and dumpling season

Don't play by the king

Love is all I and I bring you know

Voice of the one pon gully banking

Top ranking, keep it skanking

Ooh wee, huh

Hear me now

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