What We Talkin' About

[Produced by Kanye West and No I.D.]

[Intro: JAY-Z]

Blueprint, trois

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 1: JAY-Z]

What we talkin' 'bout? Real shit or we talkin' 'bout rhymes?

You talkin' 'bout millions or you talkin' 'bout mine?

What we talkin' 'bout? 'Cause I ain't got time

For what people be talkin' 'bout all the time

What we talkin' 'bout? Fiction or we talkin' 'bout fact?

You talkin' 'bout fiction? Hold up, pardon my back

I'm talkin' 'bout life (Life, life)

And all I hear is, "Oh yeah, he keeps talkin' 'bout crack"

I ain't talkin' 'bout profit, I'm talkin' 'bout pain

I'm talkin' 'bout despair, I'm talkin' 'bout shame

I ain't talkin' 'bout gossip, I ain't talkin' 'bout Game

I ain't talkin' 'bout Jimmy, I ain't talkin' 'bout Dame

I'm talkin' 'bout real shit, them people playin'

What is you talkin' 'bout? I don't know what y'all sayin'

People keep talkin' 'bout, "Hov, take it back!"

I'm doin' better than before, why would I do that?

Ain't nothin' cool 'bout carryin' a strap

'Bout worryin' your moms and buryin' your best cat

I'm talkin' 'bout revenge while carryin' his casket

All teary-eyed, 'bout to take it to a mattress

I'm talkin' 'bout music, I ain't talkin' 'bout rap

You talkin' 'bout who's hot, I ain't talkin' 'bout that

The conversation is changed, let's yap about that

I don't run rap no more, I run the map

[Chorus: Luke Steele & JAY-Z]

They talk, we live

We see what they say, they say, they say

I see what y'all talkin' about, ha ha

They talk, we did

Who cares what they say, they say, they say?

[Verse 2: JAY-Z]

Chyeah, still they can't focus on them, they be talkin' 'bout me

Talkin' 'bout what I wear, talkin' 'bout where I be

Yeah, check out my hair, these ain't curls, these is peas

Peasey head still get paid, I'm combin' through G's

Please, we ain't focused on naps

'Cause I don't run rap no more, I run the map

A small part of the reason the President is black

I told him I got him when he hit me on the jack

Talkin' 'bout progress, I ain't lookin' back

You know I run track, try not to get lapped

People keep talkin' 'bout Hov left 'em flat

Tryna rewrite history, let's talk about facts

Dame made millions, even Jaz made some scraps

He could've made more but he ain't sign his contract

As far as street guys, we was dealin' crack

That's just how the game goes, I don't owe nobody jack

Grown men, want me to sit 'em on my lap

But I don't have a beard and Santa Claus ain't black

I repeat, you can't sit on my lap

I don't have a beard, now get off my sack—scream at me!

[Chorus: Luke Steele & JAY-Z]

They talk, we live

We see what they say, they say, they say

They talk, we did

Who cares what they say, they say, they say?

Blueprint 3

[Verse 3: JAY-Z]

And now that that's that, let's talk about the future

We have just seen the dream as predicted by Martin Luther

Now you could choose to sit in front of your computer

Posin' with guns, shootin' YouTube up

Or you could come with me to the White House, get your suit up

You stuck on being hardcore, I chuck the deuce up

Peace out Medusa

Welcome to the Blue-ah-Print-ah tre-piece, Jay-Z your tutor

Tooter of my own horn, beep beep, moo ya

Rass clot when rude boy come through with the roof up

So I could see the sky

'Cause everybody talkin' Hov, I think we know why

[Chorus: Luke Steele]

They talk, we live

We see what they say, they say, they say

They talk, we did

Who cares what they say, they say, they say?

[Outro: Luke Steele]

They say

They say