The Watcher 2

[Intro: Jay-Z] The Watcher! Gyeah, ugh Shit I do for a livin', nigga Shit I eat for a livin', nigga (The Watcher!) That's how I live for a livin', nigga I'm watching 'Kay, let's do this The Watcher! [Verse 1: Jay-Z] Things just ain't the same for gangstas But I'm a lil' too famous to shoot these pranksters All of these rap singers claiming they bangers Doing all sorts of twisted shit with they fingers Disrespectin' the game, no home training or manners I was doing this shit when you was shitting in Pampers I was moving them grams 'fore you knew what a hand-to-hand was Ducking the vans, radars, and scanners Before you knew what hard white or tan was I was hitting the turnpike, aight with the bammers I was nice with my hands, 'cause I'm hype with them hammers I was pricking my finger 'fore you knew what a fam' was I had it laid out 'fore you knew what a plan was Three hundred mil' later—now you understand us Y'all ain't see us coming through Vegas You ever seen so much cham' bust in one night? Grand, fucked up one fight I was on the Peter Pan bus You was putting Peter Pan up in your room Y'all fuckin' with whom? Allow me to retort You cowards is just now learnin' the shit that we taught You niggas ain't know about a Robb Report 'Bout a high-speed Porsche I.E., you niggas ain't know how to floss 'Til I came through the door like "Eric B. for Prez" Respect me in this bitch! You can't disrespect us 'cause you got a little check cut You was sucking 'em so long, fucking your lil' neck up Now you too big for your britches, you got a few little bitches You think you Hugh Hef', but you just ridiculous I blew breath for you midgets, I gave life to the game It's only right I got the right to be king Niggas that got life really like what I sing ‘Cause they know what it's really like, niggas feel my pain Know the shit I don't write Be the illest shit that's ever been recited in the game Word to the hyphen in my name! J-A-Y – Dash – Hoffa The past, present, nigga, the future, proper The Holy Trinity in Hip-Hop is us We give Dre his props, but that's where it stops It's the Roc! [Pre-Chorus: Truth Hurts] I know You got your eyes on me I feel you watching me But it ain't hard to see that you can't see me You try But what you think you saw Ain't what you thought you saw You better off not looking at all [Chorus: Terri] Everywhere that I go Ain't the same as before People I used to know Just don't know me no more But everywhere that I go I got people I know Who got people they know So I suggest you lay low [Verse 2: Dr. Dre] I'm still on top of the game Still droppin' flames, still cock and aim Still at the top, had to rock for the fame Over setbacks, there's been a lot since I came You seen it all – how I got, how I gained The momentum when it dropped, how I got through the pain When I roll and shock, they watched me reclaim The streets, they made a special spot for my name Dre – haters want a stop to my reign But the music lives in me, every drop in my veins The pride and the pain All the way back from the rise of my name See the world clear through the eyes of the man See the world cheer for the rhymes that I gave When the beat bangs, it'll drive 'em insane, the odds that I played The best to emerge in the game: it's The Watcher [Pre-Chorus: Truth Hurts] I know You got your eyes on me I feel you watching me But it ain't hard to see that you can't see me You try But what you think you saw Ain't what you thought you saw You better off not looking at all [Chorus: Terri] Everywhere that I go Ain't the same as before People I used to know Just don't know me no more But everywhere that I go I got people I know Who got people they know So I suggest you lay low [Verse 3: Rakim] I'm rated R, my brain contains graphic things It turn traumatic teens into addicts and fiends It's like watching a movie through a panoramic screen Which means I can see the whole planet in the scene Cash is the topic—the object? A fatter pocket Some take the crack and chop it, but those that haven't got it Take away to add a profit, it's catastrophic I take the gat and cock it, and I'll sit back and watch it These New York streets is ugly, I keep it gully The world is mine and can't nobody keep it from me Yo, my neighborhood is never sunny In the place where the number one cause of death is money You can try coping I seen enough shit to leave your frame of mind broken I'm still alive and scoping Be another hundred years 'til my skies close in And I'ma die with my eyes open—The Watcher [Pre-Chorus: Truth Hurts] I know You got your eyes on me I feel you watching me But it ain't hard to see that you can't see me You try But what you think you saw Ain't what you thought you saw You better off not looking at all [Chorus: Terri] Everywhere that I go Ain't the same as before People I used to know Just don't know me no more But everywhere that I go I got people I know Who got people they know So I suggest you lay low [Outro] The Watcher The Watcher I'm watching, The Watcher Bah, bah, The Watcher The Watcher