You are tuned in to the greatest, Young H O V   Let's go get 'em again, Just, oh my God, c'mon      Pops sped off, left Mom with a bundle of   Joy, your boy smacked dab in the jungle   Took tunnel vision but he would soon become a mogul   But first he brought that crack back like a yo-yo      Don't play with my yo-yo, loco niggas in the hood   First niggas hatin' on me, it's all good   I'm buyin' things like my shit don't stink   Gucci links in Gucci goose's   Watchin' too many movies, bulletproof this      Had some nerve, like pullin' tooth'ses   When you're 16, comin' through roofless   Yeah, your boy 'Ruthless' like Ice Cube was   Turn the whole city on, I'm the new blood      So if this is your first time hearin' this   You're about to experience someone so cold   A journey seldom seen, the American Dream   From the bottom to the top of the globe, they call me Hov      They gunnin' for me, wanna see me fall   You know my story, I've been through it all   Nights I've felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin'   What didn't kill me, made me strong as iron   Iron, iron, oh my God, Hov      Now I'm knee deep in the concrete   Like the street's made of quicksand, it's beyond deep   I got a Chemical Romance, two left feet   So now I dance with the Devil, please G O D      Save me from the 'Black Parade', release me   My life like Grant Theft Auto, PSP   I'm in that Volvo, puffin' on that la-la   Duckin' from the po-po, every time I drive by      Say hi to the bad guy, all my momma friends was like   "Mmm, mmm, mmm, would you just look at him?   So sorry dear Momma for your embarrassment   But give me a couple years and pray I'll never sin again      Got all these rival dealers tryin' to do me in   And all these little rappers don't know   How prepared for them I am, I am   I'm feelin' like the world's against me, Lord   Call me crazy, but strangely, I love the odds      They gunnin' for me, wanna see me fall   You know my story, I've been through it all   Nights I've felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin'   What didn't kill me, made me strong as iron   Iron, iron, oh my God, Hov      Now these baby ballers, toy rappers   Callin' out my name to bring the boy backwards   Shootin' air balls at the basket   What you call money, I pay more in taxes      I got crowned king down in Africa   Out in Niger, do you have any idea?   Sold out shows out in Seoul, Korea   Jo'burg, Dublin, Tanzania      Lunch with Mandela, dinner with Cavalli   Still got time to give water out to everybody   Everybody, fall back   Y'all rappin', I'm re-enactin'      CNN, you see, it's accurate   ESPN, see me in action   Monday Nights, when the half ends   When you 10 years in, holla back then      They gunnin' for me, wanna see me fall   You know my story, I've been through it all   Nights I've felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin'   What didn't kill me, made me strong as iron   Iron, iron, oh my God, Hov      Good Lord, good Lord, good Lord   Good Lord, I said I feel like I'm dyin'