Think there's been a murder   Oh yeah, I think there's been a   I think there's been a   Think there's been a murder   Oh yeah, think there's been a   I think there's been a      I hustle from, night to mornin', dawn to dusk   Kidnap and robberies like you goin' with us   I held round table meetings so we could go on and discuss   Not only money but all the emotions goin' through us   Why we don't cry when niggaz die? That's how the street raised him   Look in the air, say a prayer hopin' God forgave him   Cop liquor, twist it, tap it twice, pour it to the pavement   We live dangerous, often findin' ourself in the eyes of strangers      My dream is big and in it my team is rich   As seen through the eyes of a nigga who ain't seen shit   Back to live action, I'm packin', I'm still in the mix   Like new hits, I think I'm goin' over your head a lil' bit   But I let you know I changed names when I roam through town   Stay free and be who I'm professional known as now   Jay motherfuckin' Z, and with that said   Back to Shawn Carter the hustler, Jay-Z is dead      Think there's been a murder   Oh yeah, I think there's been a   I think there's been a   Think there's been a murder   Oh yeah, think there's been a   I think there's been a      My infatuation with autos led to autos gettin' sprayed   Houses gettin' broken in, quarters gettin' trayed   Bricks gettin' chopped, mom's pots gettin' used   One thrown in that water, try the soda in there too   Expensive shoes worn, Louis Vuitton seat, roof gone   Coke cheap, my face is like a coupon   I gotta do Shawn, 'cause even when Jay-Z was lukewarm   I was gettin' my loot on, nigga I'm too strong      Eat 'til the food's gone, they placed me on this earth   The twin brother of rich poor though, separated at birth   I got the soul of a hustler, quiet noise like a muffler   Fuck with us, walk through the ghetto, see the place that corrupted us   Learn why we buck at the guys that come up with us   Ain't enough bucks for us to split in this shit   Plus ain't nobody lovin' us and with that said   Back to Shawn Carter the hustler, Jay-Z is dead, and      Think there's been a murder   Oh yeah, I think there's been a   I think there's been a   Think there's been a murder   Oh yeah, think there's been a   I think there's been a      See my life is like a see-saw   And until I move this weight it's gon' keep me to the floor   Travel with me through my deep thoughts   Y'all can't learn Jigga by the shit y'all be readin' in The Source   It's deeper of course, follow the life of this reckless minor   At 16 in the 600, unlicensed driver   Playin', cops and robbers, like shots can't stop us   Flippin' a bird to the choppers, buck thirty on the turns      Reckless abandon, when I'm standin on this pedal   Hand on my metal, minus all this time they tryin' to give me   Lord help me, all I ever wanted to be was wealthy or   Somebody to tell me that they felt me   I tried to play the hand you dealt me   But you gave me five funnies an' shit   I was hungry I need menage money   Nothin less than a 520, and with that said   Back to Shawn Carter the hustler, Jay-Z is      I think there's been a murder