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  3. Kingdom Come
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TRACK

JAŸ-Z

30 Something

Release date: 9th January 2007

From Kingdom Come
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About This Track

Jay-Z marks a shift in perspective here, trading the hunger of his twenties for the measured confidence of his thirties. The track opens with a boast about maturity: he's young enough to know which car to buy, old enough not to modify it with unnecessary chrome. There's a sharpness to the self-assessment, a refusal of the clichés that trap rappers in arrested adolescence. He's moved from the block to the boardroom, from flash to substance, from playing poor to actually building wealth. The song's real argument sits in the chorus, where he catalogs the shift from recklessness to restraint. He used to let his trousers sag and cruise used car lots; now he has black cards and good credit. It's not a boast dressed as wisdom so much as wisdom dressed as a boast. The production sits back and lets him talk, which is the right call. Jay-Z's always been most effective when the music gets out of the way.

"30 Something" is a track by JAŸ-Z, from the album Kingdom Come, released 9th January 2007. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about JAŸ-Z.

About the Artist

JAŸ-Z

JAŸ-Z

Lyrics

30 Something

[Intro]

You ain't got enough stamps in ya passport to fuck with Young H-O, heheheh

International

Uhh

Show young boys how to do this thing

The maturation of Jay-Zeezy, heh

Check me out

[Verse 1]

30's the new 20, nigga – I'm so hot still (Uhh)

Better broad, better automobile (Uhh)

Bet a yard (Naw!), bet a hundred mil

That by the song's end, I'll probably start another trend

I know everything you wan' do

I did all that by the age of 21

By 22, I had that brand new Ac' coupe

I guess you could say that my Legend just begun

I'm–young enough to know the right car to buy

Yet grown enough not to put rims on it

I got that six-deuce with curtains, so you can't see me

And I didn't even have to put tints on it

I don't got the bright watch, I got the right watch

I don't buy out the bar, I bought the nightspot

I got the right stock

I– got– stockbrokers that's movin' it like white-tops

I know you're like, "Fuck! This is child abuse, call DYFS!"

I must just be getting nicer

You young boys ain't ready, for real

30's the new 20, nigga – I'm so hot still

[Chorus]

I used to let my pants sag, not givin' a fuck

Baby boy, now I'm all grown up

I used to cruise the used car lot, put chrome on the truck

Baby boy, now I'm all grown up

I used to play the block like that (Like that)

I used to carry knots like that (Like that)

Now I got Black Cards, good credit and such

Baby boy, 'cause I'm all grown up – taha!

[Verse 2]

30's the new 20, nigga – I'm on fire still

These young boys is like fire drills (Uhh)

False alarms (Uhh), the next don (Naw)

He ain't got it (Uhh), on to the next one (Young)

I'm still here (Yeah), still here like Mike

Gotta stop playin' with these children (Chea)

I'm a bully with the bucks (Boots)

Don't let the patent leather shoes fool you, youngin'

I got the fully in the tux

That was my past, now I'm so grown up

I don't got one gun on me, got a sum on me

To hire a gun army, get ya spun like laundry

And I'll be somewhere under palm trees, calmly listenin' to R&B

When we get the call, "He's– no longer with us"

Fire ya babysitters, you little fucks – fall back, for real

30's the new 20, nigga – I'm so hot still

[Chorus]

I used to let my pants sag, not givin' a fuck

Baby boy, now I'm all grown up

I used to cruise the used car lot, put chrome on the truck

Baby boy, now I'm all grown up

I used to wear my hoodie like that (Like that)

Five deep in a hooptie like that (Like that)

Now I got Black Cards, good credit and such

Baby boy, 'cause I'm all grown up – hahaha

[Verse 3]

Y'all roll blunts, I smoke Cubans all day

Y'all youngins chase, I'm Patrónin' it straight

I like South Beach, but I'm in St. Tropez

Y'all drink Dom, but not Rosé (Hey)

Ya chick shop at the mall

My chick burnin' down Bergdorf's

Comin' back with Birkin bags

Ya chick is like, "What type of purse is that?"

I'm from the era where niggas don't snitch

You from the era where snitchin' is the shit

I'm afraid of the future (Why?)

Y'all respect the one who got shot, I respect the shooter

Y'all go to parties to ice grill

I go to parties to party with nice girls

Young boys gotta chill

30's the new 20, nigga – I'm so hot still

[Chorus]

I used to let my pants sag, not givin' a fuck

Baby boy, now I'm all grown up

I used to cruise the used car lot, put chrome on the truck

Baby boy, now I'm all grown up

Ya, we used to ball like that (Like that)

Now we own the ball team, holla back (Holla back)

Now I got Black Cards, good credit and such

Baby boy, 'cause I'm all grown up – taha!

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Track details

From Kingdom Come

2007
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Album
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come
JAŸ-Z
Release year
2007
  1. —The Prelude
  2. —I Made It
  3. —Beach Chair
  4. —30 Something
  5. —Anything (2006)
  6. —Lost One
  7. —Trouble
  8. —Do U Wanna Ride
  9. —Oh My God
  10. —Dig a Hole
  11. —44 Four's
  12. —Minority Report
  13. —Hollywood

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Albums & EPs

The Lost Tapes
2015
Live At Coachella
2013
At Studio One
2010
The (Unofficial) Black Album Remix
2004
The Brown Album
2004
Unplugged
2001

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  2. Anthem
  3. DEAD PRESIDENTS (INSTRUMENTAL)
  4. Friend Or Foe (Mixed)
  5. Honor and Respect
  6. Imaginary Players (Mixed)
  7. Jay-z OTHER last song
  8. Jay-z's last song
  9. Lift Off (Demo)
  10. MAZAFAKA

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Dawaun Parker, Dr. Dre, JAŸ-Z, Mark Batson
Producer
Dr. Dre
Bass
Sean Cruse
Guitar
Sean Cruse
Keyboards
Dawaun Parker, Mark Batson
Assistant Engineer
Jacob Gabriel, Jason Agel, Robert Reyes
Engineered At
Avex Honolulu Studios, Record One, Sony Music Studios (New York)
Mixing Engineer
Dr. Dre, Mauricio Iragorri
Recording Engineer
Mauricio Iragorri, Young Guru
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