| (Jay-Z) |
| Since my date of birth |
| Bought you nothing but hurt |
| Play those video games |
| Stole change from ya purse |
| Sat on the cold court bench |
| Til I was arraigned in ya skirt |
| Saw the pain in ya face |
| Through you maintained a smirk |
| All you did was motivate me |
| Don't let 'em hold you back |
| What I do I turned around |
| And I sold you crack |
| I was a bastard for that |
| Still I'm drowning in shame |
| Just remember one thing now |
| You're not to blame |
| You was newly seperated |
| Tryin' to escape ya world |
| And through my thirst |
| I didn't help you |
| I just made things worse |
| I hated me and everybody |
| That created crack |
| Had me thinkin' |
| The newest kicks and the latest gat |
| Still haven't apologized |
| So please play this back |
| While I try to come to terms |
| With such a heinous act |
| You know in more than one way |
| Cocaine numbs the brain |
| All I did was think about |
| How the funds once came |
| Then I ran across this memory |
| And it stung the brain |
| How can you ever destroy the beauty |
| From which one came |
| That's a savage you're the reason |
| Why me and these beats make a marriage |
| Why I rhyme above average and |
| I ain't shit |
| Glad you got yourself together |
| No thanks to me |
| Strong and beautiful the way thangs should be |
| You must love me |
| (Jay-Z) |
| We used to fight every night |
| But I never would suffer |
| Just smile my big brother's |
| Tryna make me tougher |
| As we grew fussing and fighting continued |
| As I plundered through ya stuff |
| And snuck ya clothes to school |
| Got intense real intense |
| As we got older |
| Never believed it would lead |
| To be popped in one of ya shoulda |
| With my rings knew you had it |
| Cause you took too long |
| As Mickey, Andy, and the girl that bought it looked on |
| Huffin' and puffin' gun in my hand |
| Told you step outside |
| Hoping you said no but you hurt my pride |
| Made our way down the steps |
| Maybe you thought it was just a threat |
| Or maybe ya life was just that crazy |
| And you was beggin' for death |
| Try to justify this in my young mind |
| But the adrenaline it |
| And my ego hurt combined |
| Drove me berzerk |
| Saw the devil in your eyes |
| High off more than weed |
| Confused I just closed |
| My young eyes and squeezed |
| What a sound |
| Opened my eyes just in time |
| To see ya stumbling to the ground |
| Damn what the fuck I done now |
| Runnin' around in a circle |
| Thinking I'm assed out |
| Hot gun burnin' my waist |
| Ran straight to Jaz's house |
| Like a stranger damn I just shot my nigga |
| And ran off into the night as if it was not my nigga |
| Left the scene how could I go out that way |
| Still you asked to see me in the hospital the next day |
| You must love me |
| (Jay-Z) |
| Everything in my power and within my frame |
| To protect you from this life and |
| Keep you away from the game |
| But you was one of the few people |
| That I can trust |
| And the fact of the matter I slang |
| These pies for us |
| You put the pressure on me dearly |
| Rarely would you let it go |
| For the thousand and one time |
| I had to tell you no |
| When it was one of those days |
| When nobody was around |
| And I needed emergency trip |
| Out of town |
| Searched my mental rolodex |
| For all the numbers I know |
| As you stared in my face |
| Asking me could you go |
| I'm agreed said sender |
| Everything'll go smooth |
| Just tell her what to do |
| And everything'll go through |
| Strapped her body with them thangs |
| As you boarded the plane |
| Couldn't explain these strange feeling |
| That I caught and the vein |
| I'm thinkin' why would I send you |
| When I knew it ain't right |
| I'm thinkin' what would |
| Make you sacrifice ya life |
| You must love me |
| (Chorus - Kelly Price) |
| (You must love me) After everything that I've done wrong (You must love me) |
| I know inside you must love me (You must love me) |
| (You must love me) Yea, (You must love me) |
| I know that you love me (You must love me) |
| You showed me I know it (You must love me) |
| I know (You must love me) |
| Say that you love me (You must love me) |
| Say that you love me (You must love me) |
| I know you must love me (You must love me) |
| (You must love me) Oh yes you do (You must love me) |
| Inside I know it |
| You've always shown it (You must love me) |
| You love me yea yeah |
| Oh yeah (You must love me) |
| I know that you love me (You must love me) |
| (You must love me) |