American Gangster Lyrics - Jay-z

I'm from the 80's, 

Home of the heroine, 

Error of the hustlers, uh 

The world is my custy 

New rich porter 

The way I flip quarters 

Front on all these other rap artists, but me 

Momma was a mink wearer, Papa ran numbers 

So it's plain to see, where my whole plan come from 

American dream, I'm living the life still 

The way I shine is like a zillion dollar light bill 

Still I'm grinding, army jacket lining 

40 below timbs on, getting my M's on 

My best friends gone, I seen bad days 

Still find songs that I hear him on 

Getting my Mary J. Blige Reminisce on 

I hear his voice in my mind, like, nigga live on 

So I get on that fly shit I been on 

Spin on corners in enzo with rims on 

But for info, puffin on Endo-Nesia 

Give me amnesia 

I ease up, that right, I'm high nigga 

I want the sky, 

The world when I'm done 

I'm give it to my sons 

Let 'em live it up, split it up, switch it up, 

Sixes kit it up, man I did it up, done 

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I came, if the sky should fall 

And it all goes tomorrow, and they foreclose on the house and auction off all my cars 

Don't cry for me Argentina, I mobbed the beamer 

Took trips abroad, got mobbed in Sardina 

In Ibiza I had pizza in the club 

Ladies know I'm that guy, they wanna piece of my love 

Now they wanna ya boy like Mike in his prime 

Billie Jean the goddamn boy ain't mine 

And the Roc break up, had the people losing hope 

Can't lie they had Muhammad Hovi on the ropes 

Now I'm back in the go mode, back in the go-go's 

Throwing the diamond up, repping the logo 

Rose gold rose flow, I'm okay though 

What Don't kill me makes stronger than before so 

Here we go and I'm not domino 

When it all falls down, I'm like Kanye's jaw 

I might break but I don't fold, till I hold the sky in my hand 

Yeah that's my goal 

And then I bid you Freddy Adu 

Prodigal Child, y'all not ready for the future 

Then I disappear in the Bermuda Triangle 

My name will be viewed such 

Here's to the man that refused to give up 

I want the sky nigga, Chuuuuuuch 

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