[Intro: Ye & Hass]
What are some of the things you wanna hear me rap about on this shit?
And also, Hassan, what else you thinking?
Come close and tell me what your ideas are
Yeah, was on eBay earlier
Might just cop a, cop a Roc-A-Fella chain
For the, for the nostalgia, you know?
[Verse 1: Hass]
Big Brother talk, it's the family tree
Saint Laurent denim, guess it's in my genes
DNA of rap gods is what it seems
Woven in couture rock tees
Roc-A-Fella chain, all the thanks to Dame (where you at?)
Following The Blueprint of what they laid
Lineage now from the same place
I look up to Yе, I looked up to Jay
And now I got this pressure building еveryday
But ''pressure makes diamonds'' is what they say
Diamonds are forever, I don't see how
No friends in the end, just PayPals
This album took my whole life, man, it wasn't easy
Yeezys on when I played it for Yeezy
His eyes lit up, "you could finally see me"
If it wasn't on film, I wouldn't believe me
But this wasn't a dream, this was God-sent
Anointed prophet making profit
Sunday Service made a way for me
I talked to Ye, he said he'd pray for me
And that's just how the good Lord works
Then got cold as ice when I displayed my works
Lost old-school friends, guess that's how that works
But shout out GLC, you believed in me first
No matter what the story is before me
In the studio with Really Doe I did it for the glory
I'm on another level, but that's another story
"More money, More problems" poor me
And I'm free-free, you can't hold me back
Mac full of beats in this backpack
Monopoly like John when I move past
Collect more than two hundred, yeah, I'm free at last
[Bridge: Hass]
Yeah, yeah I'm free at last
Yeah, I'm free at last, yeah
Yeah
[Verse 2: Hass]
I'm a fan of the music, a fan of the movement
You really made me feel like, damn, I could do this
But early on, I ain't understand as a student
All I wanna do is have success in the game
Throwing up the diamond, the weight of Roc Chain
Imagine getting caught with bricks when the cops came
Why you moving work out the Ramada down in Cambridge?
I just wanna learn to make beats and become famous
But I was too young had no I.D
Then later on in life I met No I.D
It changed my attitude, I said, "why not me?"
Now I'm in them Hollywood Hills the stars aligning
I'm just chasing my dreams, fulfilling God's assignment
In the beginning, so they had reasonable doubt
So I studied blueprints, got myself up off the couch
Cutting class, just to work on my craft
Inspired by a college dropout, knew I would pass
They used to joke and say UPS is hiring
But I'm a boss, Joe Pesci in The Irishman
I'm just watching the throne, where part two at?
Yeah, I said it, Mr. West and Mr. Carter
Diamonds are forever, push the legacy farther
And I'm speaking as a fan, being honest
This is my letter, two legends, paying homage:
[Hook: Hass]
My big brother, was B.I.G.'s brother
Used to be Jay and Biggs' brother
Still Ye's brother, who said "Hass play that again"
Watch The Throne 2, let the story begin (Begin)
[Interlude: Dame Dash & Hass]
The last artist I could say that I signed, was like a Kanye (Yeah)
I could understand how he likes to stand out like him and be different and shake shit up like him
[Outro: Hass]
88 was actually with me, when Ye had texted me and was like
"Yo, absolutely, let's do it", about me being a Yeezy artist
And then Ye texted after that and was like "Yo come to Japan with us today"
And they literally about to catch the flight in like an hour, and he's like "Yo come to Japan with us today"
And, uh, I remember showing 88-Keys the text message, and, uh, he was like "Oh shit"
Fast-forward, uh, Hassan coming out to Spain
But there was one night, him and Bianca was getting ready to go out
And uh, they had walked into the room and I was like "Yo Ye, can I uh, can I uh, can I play you my music video real quick?"
He was like "Yeah"
So I'm like "Okay, cool"
So I got my laptop in my hand, I'm holding the hard drive, I'm like it's so crazy
He's like "Come in here, let's go in the kitchen and watch it"
So we walk into the kitchen
By the way we in this like super fly ass like Spain fucking estate
So I play it on my laptop, and about a minute in, he uh
He goes "Man, stop this is amazing, let's go— let's go out there and play it on the big screen for everybody"
Like I said it just was like this was like a superhero to me
This was like actually somebody that was
"This person continues my life"