Dope Man: accordi di
Jay-z
Jay-z

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(Feat. Serena Altschul)
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{*Sound of
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a camera taking a
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[Jay] Millenium flow
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[MTV] Serena Altschul's here live outside
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the criminal courthouse
[Jay] This is {bullshit} y'all
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[MTV] in New York City for the first
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day in the trial of
[Jay] I'm gone {*car speeds
off*}
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[MTV] the State vs. Shawn Carter,
a.k.a. Jay- Z
[Jay] Uhh, uh- huh- uh, uhh, uh- huh-
uh, uhh
[MTV] Whatever the verdict
in this trial may be
The effects will undoubtedly
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be felt worldwide
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[Jay- Z]
Aiyyo, stand forward,
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'fore you take notice
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Or witness to me killin the track
Testify 'til me spillin the smack
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Now they got me for traffickin, racketeerin, audio
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crack
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{Hook:} They call me Dope Man,
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Dope Man
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I try to tell em I'm where hope,
floats man
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Ghetto spokes- man
A broke man,
approachin the bench with intent
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To bury me under the cell,
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fingered me as the toast man
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Evidence stemmin from ninety- six
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They say the world ain't re
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covered from his fix
While they was usin cut I was
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on some other shit
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Gave it to you raw and they just
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discovered it
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Nowaday, the jury got they brow raised
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Listenin to testimony
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about my foul ways
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Exhibit A: "Reasonable Doubt"
They say this was the first thing that turned
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the peoples out
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[MTV] You can feel the
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tension building here
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As an unprecedented number
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of people have turned out
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For what may be the "Trial of the
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Century"
{Hook}
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[Jay- Z] How come, you label
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your
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brand of dope
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"Volume 1" and spread it
through the slums?
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Fed it to the young with
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total disregard
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Your honor, the State seeks the
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maxim um charge
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And how could you, turn right around
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And release a lethal dosage
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called "Volume 2"
And is true you operate
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the criminal enterprise
Known as Roc- a- Fella in charge
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of his meteoric rise?
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And do you deny you're respons
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ible for the demise
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Of record execs, and do you object?
Your distribution's Polygram, and
through your connects
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Def Jam, you pushed over five
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million SoundScan
And not to mention,
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your co- horts and henchmen
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Dame, Biggs,
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Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons
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And we ain't gon' talk
about Murder, Inc.
That just establishes a darker
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deeper criminal link
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[MTV] The State is seeking
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the maximum penalty
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And with the overwhelming
amount of evidence
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The D.A.'s presented,
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things aren't looking good
{Hook}
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[MTV] Despite the grim
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outlook at this point
The rapper has been known
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to emerge triumphant
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In the face of adversity
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[MTV] Jay- Z is
taking the stand
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[Jay- Z] Right hand
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on the Bible,
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left hand in the air
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Before I spoke one word,
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made sure my throat was clear
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A- hem, I'm a prisoner of circumstance
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Frail nigga,
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I couldn't much work with my hands
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But my mind was strong,
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I grew where you hold your blacks up
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Trap us, expect us not
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to pick gats up
Where you drop your cracks
off by the Mack trucks
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Destroy our dreams of law
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yers and actors
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Keep us spiralin, goin backwards
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At age nine, saw my first hate crime
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Blindfolded,
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expected to walk a straight line
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Mind molded, taught to love
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you and hate mine
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Climbed over it, at a early age, Jay shined
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Fuck the system at Lady
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Justice I blaze nine
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Your Honor, I no longer kill my people,
I raise mine
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The soul of Mumia in this
modern day time
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[MTV] While the
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jury is
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inside deliberating
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Outside the crowd is frozen with
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anticipation
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{Hook}
[MTV] Well the verdict has just
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been announced: NOT GUILTY!
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It is complete pandemonium out here!
{Hook; Serena keeps speaking}
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People are cheering and
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hugging - there he is
Jay- Z is exiting the
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courtroom right now
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There is a swarm of cameras surrounding
him {*pop bulbs flashing*}
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And people are just rushing up to him
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Let's try and make our way over there,
Jay- Z! Jay- Z!
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{*sounds of cameras keep flashing*, *music fades*}
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