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Hovi Baby

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Hovi Baby

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Yes, yes YEP!

Welcome to the.. Jay-Z extravaganza

I'd like to introduce my band right now

Just Blaze and the Blazettes, hehe

Right now I want you to give the drummer some

No ma really, give the drummer some

Uhh

Touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable

Shake the unshakeable (it's Hovi baby)

Yeah, ch-chi-uh, uh-ch-ch-uh, un-breakable

Rock the unrockable (it's Hovi baby)

[Jay-Z]

Follow the flow, look

They say a midget standin on the giant's shoulder can see much

further than the giant.. (the giant..)

So I got the WHOLE rap world on my shoulder they tryin to see

further than I am.. (than I am..)

And I have been tryin to be patient with they preoccupation

with David and Goliath.. (Goliath..)

But sooner or later, that patience gonna run it's course

and I'm forced to be a tyrant.. (be a tyrant..)

But bein tyrant, comin through your environment

Iron mask, nigga iron gas, nigga I am back

With "The Team," no I in that

R.O.C., y'all not eyein that

Y'all don't see, clearly cause the reign ain't gone

"The Dynasty," no not Ming but Shawn's

Dame careems, nigga it's the gangsta team

Stop your run, one of the reasons that they call us gangrene

The other reason, we got a gang of green

If there's better at gettin cheddar that remains to be seen, nigga

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Jeah, jeah

[Chorus]

Can't touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable

Shake the unshakeable (it's Hovi baby)

Can't see the unseeable, reach the unreachable

Do the impossible (it's Hovi baby)

Can't move the unmoveable, stop the unstoppable..

[Jay-Z]

Jeah, look

I'm so far ahead of my time, I'm bout to start another life

Look behind you, I'm bout to pass you twice

Back to the future and gotta slow up for the present

I'm fast, niggaz can't get past my past

How they propose to deal with my perfect present?

When I unwrap "The Gift & the Curse" in one session

Ain't no livin person can test him

Only two restin in heaven can be mentioned in the same breath as him

Seven straight summers, critics might not admit it

But nobody in rap did it, quite like I did it

If you did it I done it before, you get I had it

Got mad at it and don't want it no more

And that goes for everything from flippin that raw

Flippin whores, flippin vocal chords, don't get it twisted

Get it right, did different, did it better, did it nice

Did the impossible then did it twice (get it right)

[Chorus]

[Jay-Z]

Yup! Hovi's home, the global phone

The world is back in order the number one rap recorder is back

You cats overfelt yourself

You couldn't help yourself, now witness the reel for reel

In my absence cats get, absent-minded

Now it's time to rewind and remind 'em

why I'm in the position that I am

changin the game, my game could nail Madonna

Well after I'm gone, they'll honor

history in the makin, Pistol Pete

leave competition shakin without missin the beat

Chasin the hi-hat all over the track

The snare is scared of the air in here, BOOM!

And plus I get paper dog, don't let me forget

The watch face so blue like it's holdin it's breath

Can't see me skill for skill or check for check

It's the bow tie flow dog, I bring it to your neck

Live and correct I will bring it to your set

I got now, I don't care who got next

Rapper slash exec, Kordell Stewart

Your flow all y'all usin is mine, you're all useless

You ain't a factor, who are you foolin?

You all are faggots, you takin it backwards (takin it backwards)

I'm tryin to progress with this rap shit

Nigga, nigga your whole career is a accident

Who was gassin 'em? (Fuck outta here!)

[Chorus]

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