A Week Ago Lyrics - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - Jay-z

[Jay-Z] Uh-huh 

[$hort] That's right 

[Jay-Z] Uh-huh-uh, it was all good just a week ago 

[$hort] Last week I had everything 

[Jay-Z] Uh, uh-huh-uh, had this all good just a week ago 

[$hort] I had the money... had the cars, the bitches 

[Jay-Z] Uh-huh, yeah, it was all good just a week ago 

[$hort] and the jewelry... and then my muthafuckin' niggas started snitchin' 

[Jay-Z] Uh-huh, uh uh, yo 

[$hort] Bitch! 

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Verse 1: Jay-Z 

Growin up in the hood just my dog and me 

We used to hustle in the hood for, all to see 

Problems, I called on him, he called on me 

We wasn't quite partners, I hit him off my P 

Met him unlocked doors, off my keys 

Yeah we spoke, much more than cordially 

Man he broke bread with me, my business spread swiftly 

The Feds came to get me, we both fled quickly 

Wasn't quick enough to jump over the hedges with me 

Got caught, and that's when our relationship strayed 

Used to call me from the joint til he ran out of change 

And when he called collect and I heard his name 

I quickly accepted, but when I reached the phone 

he's talkin reckless, I can sense deceit in his tone 

I said, "Damn dawg, what, nine weeks and you're home?" 

He said, "Main man, you think shit's sweet cause you're home." 

I just sat, spat no more speech in the phone 

The crackers up there bleachin' your dome, you're reachin' 

I said, "The world don't stop I've got to keep keep on." 

From there I sensed the beef was on 

I ran to the spot, store to add some more features to my phone 

To see if I had bugs and leeches on my phone 

Can't be too safe cause niggas is 2-faced 

And they show the other side when they catch a new case 

It's on 

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Chorus: Too $hort, Jay-Z 

It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke 

And you bought a new home where you could keep the folks 

I don't see how this side of you could be provoked 

Uh-huh, uh-huh, it was all good just a week ago 

Funny what, 7 days can change 

A stand up nigga, now you sit down to aim 

Used to have a firm grip now you droppin names 

Uh-huh, uh-huh It was all good just a week ago 

Verse 2: Jay-Z 

Like I put the toast to your head and made you sell 

We both came in this game, blind as hell 

I did a little better, had more clientele 

Told you put away some cheddar now you cryin' for bail 

Seventeen and I'm holdin' on to around a mill 

I could bail out and blow trial and come around on Appeal 

Had niggas thinkin' I was from Uptown for real 

I had so much hustle plus I was down to ill 

Like a Brooklyn nigga, straight out of Brownsville 

Down and dirty, down to fight the round 30 

Freezin on them corners still holdin' my crack 

Lookin up and down the block, the fuck is the dough at? 

Came from flat broke to lettin the dough stack 

You tell them feds I said I'm never goin back 

I'm from Marcy, and Marcy don't raise no rats 

You know the consequences of your acts, you can't be serious 

Chorus: 

It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke 

And you bought a new home where you could keep the folks 

I don't see how this side of you could be provoked 

Uh-huh, uh-huh, it was all good just a week ago 

Funny what, 7 days can change 

A stand up nigga, now you sit down to aim 

Used to have a firm grip now you droppin names 

Uh-huh, uh-huh It was all good just a week ago 

Verse 3: Jay-Z 

The lawyer I retained you said you leakin' some things 

All this after a week in the bang 

I'm mad at myself cause I didn't spot the weak and lame 

I woulda bet the house you wouldn't speak a thang 

Nigga this was the oath, to the top of broke 

Even pricked our finger, anything that got between us 

we sposed to cock the ninas, what happened to that? 

Instead you copped out to a misdemeanor 

Fuck it, the same thing make you laugh make you cry 

That's right, the same game that make you mad could make you die 

It's a dice game, and sometimes you crap 

Who woulda thought you'd get popped one time and rat? 

Now you know that's bad when your sister is mad 

and your son gotta grow up like, "This is my dad?" 

The labelling of a snitch is a lifetime scar 

You'll always be in jail nigga, just minus the bars 

Chorus: 

It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke 

And you bought a new home where you could keep the folks 

I don't see how this side of you could be provoked 

Uh-huh, uh-huh, it was all good just a week ago 

Funny what, 7 days can change 

A stand up nigga, now you sit down to aim 

Used to have a firm grip now you droppin names 

Uh-huh, uh-huh It was all good just a week ago 

[Too $hort] 

Shit is crazy man 

All these niggas out here snitchin' 

We was one step away from takin' this crack money 

and recyclin' it through the ghetto's 

and buildin' back up our own hoods 

Now all you niggas start snitchin on each other 

I got partners doin 15-20 

Wouldn't of been doin' shit if you didn't snitch! 

Bitch! 

It's about time y'all check that shit out man 

It ain't all good 

Shut your mouth 

Just watch the game 

And don't snitch 

It sure will do a lot for you 

Believe that baby 

Jay-Z, Short Dawg's in the house main 

You know I got it 

Got it goin on 

We got the money 

Ain't got nuthin to do with crime baby 

But I'm recognizing 

[Jay-Z] 

You rat bastard!