[JAY-Z] Motherfuckers say that I´m foolish, I only talk about jewels Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?
See, I´m influenced by the ghetto you ruined The same dude you gave nothin´, I made somethin´ doin´ What I do, through and through and I give you the news with a twist, it´s just his ghetto point of view The renegade, you been afraid I penetrate pop culture Bring ´em a lot closer to the block where they pop toasters And they live with they moms, got dropped roadsters From botched robberies, niggas crouched over Mami´s knocked up ‘cause she wasn´t watched over Knocked down by some clown When child support knocked—"No, he´s not around."
Now, how that sound to ya? Jot it down I bring you through the ghetto without ridin´ round Hidin´ down, duckin´ strays From frustrated youths stuck in they ways Just read a magazine that fucked up my day How you rate music that thugs with nothin´ relate to it? I help them see they way through it—not you Can´t step in my pants, can´t walk in my shoes Bet everything you worth, you´ll lose your tie and your shirt
[Eminem] Since I´m in a position to talk to these kids and they listen I ain´t no politician, but I´ll kick it with ´em a minute
‘Cause see, they call me a menace And if the shoe fits I´ll wear it But if it don´t, then y´all will swallow the truth, grin and bear it Now who´s the king of these rude, ludicrous, lucrative lyrics? Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics Usin´ his music to steer it, sharin´ his views and his merits? But there´s a huge interference They´re sayin´ you shouldn´t hear it Maybe it´s hatred I spew, maybe it´s food for the spirit Maybe it´s beautiful music I made for you to just cherish But I´m debated, disputed, hated and viewed in America
As a motherfuckin´ drug addict, like you didn´t experiment? Nah, nah, that´s when you start to stare at who´s in the mirror And see yourself as a kid again, and you get embarrassed And I got nothin´ to do but make you look stupid as parents You fuckin´ do-gooders, too bad you couldn´t do good at marriage And do you have any clue what I had to do to get here? I don´t think you do, so stay tuned And keep your ears glued to the stereo ‘Cause, here we go; he´s Jigga-Jigga-Jih-Jigga And I´m the sinister, Mr. Kiss-My-Ass is just a—
[Eminem (& JAY-Z)] —renegade! Never been afraid to say What´s on my mind at any given time of day ‘Cause I´m a renegade! Never been afraid to talk about anything (Anything?) Anything! (Anything) Renegade! (Never been afraid to say) (What´s on my mind at any given time of day) (‘Cause I´m a) renegade! (Never been afraid to holler about anything) Anything? (Anything) Anything!
[JAY-Z] I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles Pockets filled with a lotta lint, not a cent Gotta vent, lotta innocent lives lost on the project bench
What you hollerin´? Gotta pay rent, bring dollars in By the bodega, iron under my coat Feelin´ braver, durag wrappin´ my waves up, pockets full of hope Do not step to me, I´m awkward, I box lefty An orphan my pops left me And often my momma wasn´t home Could not stress to me, I wasn´t grown ´Specially on nights I brought somethin´ home To quiet the stomach rumblings My demeanor, thirty years my senior My childhood didn´t mean much, only raisin´ green up Raisin´ my fingers to critics Raisin´ my head to the sky, Big, I did it, multi before I die No lie, just know I chose my own fate
I drove by the fork in the road and went straight
[Eminem] See, I´m a poet to some, a regular modern-day Shakespeare Jesus Christ, the king of these Latter-day Saints here To shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me as A monger of hate, satanist, scatter-brained atheist But that ain´t the case, see, it´s a matter of taste We as a people decide if Shady´s as bad as they say he is Or is he the latter, a gateway to escape? Media scapegoat who they can be mad at today See, it´s as easy as cake, simple as whistlin´ Dixie
While I´m wavin´ the pistol at sixty Christians against me Go to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholics In holy water, no wonder they tried to hold me under longer I´m a motherfuckin´ spiteful, delightful eyeful The new Ice Cube, motherfuckers hate to like you What did I do? I´m just a kid from the gutter Makin´ his butter off these bloodsuckers, ‘cause I´m a muh´fuckin´—
[Eminem (& JAY-Z)] —renegade! Never been afraid to say What´s on my mind at any given time of day ‘Cause I´m a renegade! Never been afraid to talk about anything (Anything?) Anything! (Anything)
Renegade! (Never been afraid to say) (What´s on my mind at any given time of day) (‘Cause I´m a) renegade! (Never been afraid to holler about anything) Anything? (Anything) Anything! Renegade! Never been afraid to say What´s on my mind at any given time of day ‘Cause I´m a renegade! Never been afraid to talk about anything (Anything?) Anything! (Anything) Renegade! (Never been afraid to say) (What´s on my mind at any given time of day) (‘Cause I´m a) renegade! (Never been afraid to holler about anything) Anything? (Anything) Anything!