Guns & Roses

[Intro: Heavy D & Jay-Z]

Yeah, it's magic

Huh? Jay-Z and Lenny Kravitz

And it's a Heavy D production, you bastards

Come on

Hah, hey yo, stop playing man

This is real serious, huh? (It's the Roc)

Yeah (Yo) yo, let's go

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]

Post Positano, Hov' hanging with Bono

U2 can live like Salvatore Ferragamo

And you too can cool out poolside at the Delano

If you too flow like you was out of your mind yo

'Cause who knew dude that loved apple pies from McDonald's

Would soon be the boss of the Big Apple? Ya know

And who knew dude that played ball for the NBA

Would make a mistake on the who knew estates? Throw it away

Who knew that would be his last shot, who drew up that play?

They giveth and they taketh, life is cruel that way

But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day

You could have turned guns into roses like two times today

Now here'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

They say when you play with skills, good luck could happen

Let's go

[Bridge: Lenny Kravitz & Jay-Z]

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (Let's rock)

C'mon!

[Verse 2: Jay-Z]

Things got too 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

By 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 the riches through trafficking

Through rapping and whatever's happening

Rocawear, I'm the young black Ralph Lauren

Every time I get out, they pull 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

[Bridge: Lenny Kravitz & Jay-Z]

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (Let's rock)

C'mon!

[Chorus: Lenny Kravitz]

Life is all about guns and roses

Bittersweet like friends and foes is

Some get left behind, some get chosen

Just like life, guns and roses

Life is all about guns and roses

Bittersweet like friends and foes is

Some get left behind, some get chosen

Just like life, guns and roses

[Verse 3: Jay-Z]

Tote more guns than roses, foes is

Visibly shook of the invisible bully (Let's go)

Flowers need water to grow, it gotta rain

In order to experience joy, you need pain

Every time a baby is born, somebody's slain

You know the saying, somebody's loss is another's gain

The sun comes out when the water goes down the drain

A rainbow then the clouds come out, we do it again

Everything evens 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

Gotta turn that into something, you gotta learn from Jay

You'll get return on your investment if attention you pay

Let's go

[Bridge: Lenny Kravitz & Jay-Z]

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (It's the Roc)

C'mon (Let's rock)

C'mon!

[Chorus: Lenny Kravitz]

Life is all about guns and roses

Bittersweet like friends and foes is

Some get left behind, some get chosen

Just like life, guns and roses

Life is all about guns and roses

Bittersweet like friends and foes is

Some get left behind, some get chosen

Just like life, guns and roses (Yeah!)

Life is all about guns and roses

Bittersweet like friends and foes is

Some get left behind, some get chosen

Just like life, guns and roses (I say yeah!)

[Outro: Lenny Kravitz]

Life is all about guns and roses