This is final   Ladies and gentlemen   Put our hands together for the astonishing      Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the eighth wonder of the world   The flow of the century, always timeless, hove   Thank you for comin' out tonight   You coulda been anywhere in the world   But you're here with us, we appreciate that      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA   Was herbin' 'em in the home of the Terrapins   Got it dirt cheap for them   Plus if they was short wit' cheese I would work wit' them      Boy and we got rid of that dirt for them   Wasn't born hustlers I was burpin' 'em   H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   Fo' sheezy my neezy keep my arms so breezy      Can't leave rap alone, the game needs me   Haters want me clapped and chromed it ain't easy   Cops wanna knock me, D.A. wanna box me in   But somehow, I beat them charges like Rocky      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   Not guilty, he who does not feel me is not real to me   Therefore he doesn't exist   So poof, vamoose son of a bitch      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA   H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   Not guilty, y'all got-ta feel me   H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A      Yo, it starts with, one thing, I don't know why   It doesn't even matter how hard you try   Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme   To explain in due time      All I know, time is a valuable thing   Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings   Watch it count down to the end of the day   The clock ticks life away      It's so unreal, I didn't look out below   I watch the time go right out the window   Trying to hold on and didn't even know   I wasted it all just to watch you go      I kept everything inside   And even though I tried, it all fell apart   What it meant to me will eventually   Be a memory of a time when I tried, so      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   LP, Jay-Z, help me out   Oh, they havin' a good o' time out there   It starts with      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   LP, Jay-Z, help me out   Oh, they havin' a good o' time out there   It starts with      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A   LP, Jay-Z, help me out   Ladies and gentlemen   It starts with      H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A