Yeah it's magic   Uhh, Jay-Z and Lenny Kravitz   And it's a Heavy D Production you bastards   Come on   Ha hey yo stop playin' man   This is real serious   Ha it's the rock yeah yo      Post postatono, Hov' hangin' with Bono   You too can live like Salvatore Ferragamo   And you too can cool out poolside after Delano   If you too flow like you was out of your mind yo   And who knew dude who loved apple pies from McDonalds   Would soon be the boss of the Big Apple, ya know   And who knew dude would play ball for the NBA   Would make a mistake on the who know it stayed still in the way      Who knew that would be his last shot, who drew up that play   They giveth and they taketh life is cool that way   But even a broken clock is right atleast two times a day   You could have turned guns into roses like two times today   Now there's something you gotta say two times to Jay   I got my shades on waiting for the sun to shine my way   Got my boom box, suntan lotion waiting for action   Its safe when you play with skills, good luck could happen   Let's go      C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   That's right      It got to hot so I jumped off in this rap shit   You got it criss-crossed ain't no turning me backwards   Too many district attorneys concerned with the actions   Of one individual he's criminally attached   I turned in all my rap chips I'm earning my bachelors   While dating all the models and actresses   I'm learning all the potholes in every single barrio   Trying not to mess up my axis kid      On the road to riches through trafficking   Through rappining whatever's happening   Roc-a-wear I'm the young black Ralph Lauren   Every time I get out they put me right back in   The Michael Corleone of the microphone   The Michelangelo of flow I paint pictures with poems   I gather no moss like a rolling stone   Case the Grim Reaper visits my home, nigga I'm gone c'mon      C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   C'mon that's right      Life is all about guns and roses   Bittersweet like friends and foes   Some get lucky and some get chosen   Just like life, guns and roses      Life is all about guns and roses   Bittersweet like friends and foes   Some get lucky and some get chosen   Just like life, guns and roses      More guns then roses, foes is   Visibly shook of the invisible book, let's go   Flowers need water to grow, it gotta rain   And in order to experience joy you need pain   Every time a baby is born, somebody slain   You know the saying, somebody's lost is another's gain   The sun comes out when the water goes down the drain      When the rainbow in the cloud comes out we do it again   Everything even's up, you just wait   Even a garbage can gets a steak   You ain't even a garbage can you have faith   But when it turns your way before it turns away   You've to turn that into something you gotta learn from Jay   You will get return in your investment if attention you pay let's go      C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   C'mon it's the rock   C'mon that's right      Life is all about guns and roses   Bittersweet like friends and foes   Some get lucky and some get chosen   Just like life, guns and roses      Life is all about guns and roses   Bittersweet like friends and foes   Some get lucky and some get chosen   Just like life, guns and roses      Life is all about guns and roses   Bittersweet like friends and foes   Some get lucky and some get chosen   Just like life, guns and roses      Life is all about guns and roses