[00:00.48]Now the end is near can you believe this shit guru
[00:05.44]So I face I'm from the hood man the final curtain
[00:09.08]No the real hood the hood not the rap hood
[00:11.39]The real hood
[00:12.49]My friends ill say it clear pair of sneakers
[00:16.00]My Moms is busting her ass state my case
[00:18.63]Nigga I'm going to Japan tomorrow which I'm certaing
[00:20.79]You understand what I'm saying can you believe that
[00:23.75]I lived a life that's full
[00:26.37]Five days like I'm a beatle or something
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[00:28.75]That's really something
[00:29.74]And I travelled each and every highway
[00:32.60]Seen the best of the best
[00:33.50]The worst of the worst and more
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[00:36.20]Much more than this I did it my way
[00:43.10]Let's try this one
[00:44.39]Uhh yeah gangsta nigga
[00:48.30]Put my hustle down tore the game up nigga
[00:50.97]Took your high score down put my name up nigga
[00:53.62]Tore the doors down till the hall of fame is jigga
[00:56.41]I did it my way
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[00:58.88]Much more than this
[01:00.28]That's right its a beautiful thing man
[01:02.70]I did it my I did it my way hovi baby
[01:08.79]Mommas youngest and strongest
[01:10.11]Survived summers like saunas
[01:11.33]Mastered a corner like deion in his uniform
[01:14.47]Pop hurting assertive flirted with death
[01:16.70]Damn near murdered before my first album hit the shelf
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[01:20.13]Grandmas favorite she could not understand
[01:22.30]How theres people in the world
[01:23.66]Who wouldn't want me as a neighbor
[01:25.66]Has to explaing to her you think these
[01:27.32]Folks want me in the penthouse
[01:28.66]As a reminder that I make top paper
[01:31.60]Black entrepeneur nobody did us no favors
[01:34.17]Nobody gave us shit we made us
[01:37.04]The rap pack I'm sinatra dames sam davis
[01:39.95]Bigs the smart one on the low like dean martin
[01:42.78]We came in this game not begging niggaz pardon
[01:45.35]Demanding yall respect hand over a check
[01:48.39]And while yall at it hand over the jet
[01:50.95]We the reason they ain't hand over def jam so quick
[01:54.14]They new every year I was dropping new product
[01:56.71]I was raising the stock up while building the roc up
[01:59.78]But that's alright cause they knew they had to see us
[02:02.10]When it was time for us
[02:02.96]To re-up make us multi-million-ires
[02:04.87]Je-je-jeah
[02:05.09]And more much more than this I did it my way
[02:12.60]Jeah
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[02:15.69]In my lifetime
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[02:16.89]I caught smaller cases but I had capital
[02:19.59]Hypocritic system let me right back at you
[02:22.56]You better hope a rich rapper never attacks you
[02:25.17]Not even that scratches you specially if you black dude
[02:28.24]They don't give a shit
[02:28.87]Unless the accused just happen to rap
[02:31.17]And they can look good by painting him as bad news
[02:34.08]Cause in my past I seen dudes get half of they views
[02:36.62]Exposed to the curb and nobody said a word
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[02:39.80]So imagine how disturbed I was
[02:42.08]When I seen how big
[02:42.89]They made my fight scene at the club
[02:45.30]Let me explaing exactly how this shit was
[02:47.62]This nigga un yo I scratched him
[02:49.10]He went home without an aspirin
[02:50.51]But its cool cause hes back friends
[02:52.09]And half-inning is over
[02:53.37]Its in the past and I'm glad now
[02:55.19]I'm back to being hova
[02:56.34]Me back with the chaffeur laid back
[02:58.64]Helicopter seat feat inclined shit feeling like a sofa
[03:02.22]Helicopter meet me teta vero take me over
[03:04.63]Somewhere peaceful for the weekend now
[03:06.31]Its back to speaking of vultures
[03:08.15]So the next time that page six approaches us
[03:10.76]Heres a quote from jay nigga I did it my way
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[03:15.66]Much more than this I did it my way
[03:22.61]My way my way my way