What We Talkin' About

Album: The Blueprint 3 (2009)
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  • Blueprint, trois
    Yeah, yeah

    What we talkin' 'bout real shit
    Or we talkin' 'bout ryhmes?
    You talkin' 'bout millions or you talking' '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 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 dem 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 nothing cool 'bout carryin' a strap
    'Bout worryin' your moms And buryin' your best cat
    Talkin' 'bout revenge while carryin' his casket
    All teary-eyed 'bout to take it to a matress
    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 Lets yap about that
    I don't run rap no more I run the map

    They talk, we live, we see what they say
    They say, they say
    (We seein' what y'all talkin' 'bout, ha)
    They talk, we did, who cares what they say
    They say, they say, yeah

    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
    Try to re-write history Lets talk about facts
    Dame made millions Even Jaz made some scraps
    He could've made more But he didn'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

    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)

    And now that that's that, let's talk about the future
    We have just seen the dream as predicted by Martin Luther
    And 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 duece up
    Peace out Medusa
    Welcome to the Blue-ah-Print-ah tres piece, Jay-Z your tutor
    Toota of my own horn Beep beep move-ya
    Rasclaat when rude boy come through with the roof up
    So I could see the sky
    'Cause everybody talkin' Hov I think we know why

    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

    (They say, they say) Writer/s: Ernest Wilson, Frederic Mercier, Kanye West, Kevin Randolph, Shawn Carter
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Robert from Bronx, NyThis song is Real, one of my 2 favorites in the album.
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