Key: G# minor•
Verse 1
G#m
(Feat. Serena Altschul)
Verse 2
G#m
F#
{*Sound of a camera taking a
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picture*}
Verse 3
D#m
[Jay] Millenium flow
G#m
[MTV] Serena Altschul's here live outside
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the criminal courthouse
[Jay] This is {bullshit} y'all
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[MTV] in New York City for the
first day in the trial of
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[Jay] I'm gone {*car speeds
off*}
G#m
[MTV] the State vs. Shawn Carter,
a.k.a. Jay- Z
[Jay] Uhh, uh- huh- uh, uhh, uh- huh-
uh, uhh
[MTV] Whatever the verdict
in this trial may be
The effects will undoubtedly
be felt worldwide
[Jay- Z] Aiyyo, stand forward,
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'fore
Verse 4
you take notice
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D#m
Or witness to me killin the track
Testify 'til me spillin the smack
Now they got me for traffickin, racketeerin, au
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dio crack
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{Hook:} They call me Dope Man,
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Dope Man
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I try to tell em I'm where hope,
floats man
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Ghetto spokes- man
A broke man,
approachin the bench with intent
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D#m
To bury me under the cell,
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fingered me as the toast man
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Evidence stemmin from ninety- six
C#m
They say the world ain't re
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covered from his fix
While they was usin cut I was
on some other shit
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Gave it to you raw and they just
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discovered it
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Nowaday, the jury got they brow raised
C#m
Listenin to testimony
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about my foul ways
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Exhibit A: "Reasonable Doubt"
They say this was the first thing that turned
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the peoples out
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[MTV] You can feel the
Verse 5
tension building here
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As an unprecedented number
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of people have turned out
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For what may be the "Trial of the
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G#m
D#m
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Century"
{Hook}
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[Jay- Z] How come, you label
Verse 6
your
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brand of dope
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"Volume 1" and spread
it through the slums?
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Fed it to the young
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with total disregard
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Your honor, the State seeks the
D#m
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maxim um charge
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And how could you, turn right around
C#m
And release a lethal dosage
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called "Volume 2"
And is true you operate the
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criminal enterprise
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Known as Roc- a- Fella in charge
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of his meteoric rise?
G#m
And do you deny you're re
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sponsible for the demise
C#m
Of record execs,
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and do you object?
Your distribution's Polygram, and
through your connects
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D#m
Def Jam, you pushed over five
G#m
million SoundScan
And not to mention,
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your co- horts and henchmen
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Dame, Biggs,
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Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons
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And we ain't gon' talk
about Murder, Inc.
That just establishes a darker
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deep er criminal link
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[MTV] The State is seeking
Verse 7
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the maximum penalty
And with the overwhelming
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amount of evidence
The D.A.'s presented,
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things aren't looking good
D#m
{Hook}
G#m
[MTV] Despite the grim
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outlook at this point
The rapper has been known
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to emerge triumphant
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G#m
In the face of adversity
{Hook}
D#m
[MTV] Jay- Z is
taking the stand
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[Jay- Z] Right hand
Verse 8
on the Bible,
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left hand in the air
C#m
Before I spoke one word,
D#m
made sure my throat was clear
A- hem, I'm a prisoner of circumstance
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Frail nigga,
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G#m
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I couldn't much work with my hands
G#m
But my mind was strong,
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I grew where you hold your blacks up
C#m
Trap us, expect us not
D#m
to pick gats up
Where you drop your cracks off
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by the Mack trucks
Destroy our dreams of law
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yers and actors
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Keep us spiralin, goin backwards
C#m
At age nine,
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saw my first hate crime
Blindfolded,
expected to walk a straight line
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Mind molded, taught to love
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you and hate mine
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Climbed over it, at a early age,
Jay shined
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Fuck the system at Lady
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Justice I blaze nine
G#m
Your Honor, I no longer kill my people,
D#m
G#m
I raise mine
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The soul of Mumia in this modern
day time
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[MTV] While the
Verse 9
jury is
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inside deliberating
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D#m
Outside the crowd is frozen with anticipation
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{Hook}
F#
[MTV] Well the verdict has just been
announced: NOT GUILTY!
C#m
D#m
It is complete pandemonium out here!
{Hook; Serena keeps speaking}
People are cheering and
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hugging - there he is
Jay- Z is exiting the courtroom
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right now
G#m
There is a swarm of cameras surrounding
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him {*pop bulbs flashing*}
And people are just rushing up to him
C#m
D#m
Let's try and make our way over there,
Jay- Z! Jay- Z!
G#m
F#
{*sounds of cameras keep flashing*, *music fades*}
Outro 1
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