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December 4th Lyrics
Sean Carter was born December 4th
Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces
He was the last of my 4 children
The only one who didn't give me any pain when i gave birth to him
And that's how i knew that he was a special child
They say they never really miss you till you dead or you gone
So on that note i'm leaving after the song
So you ain't gotta feel no way about Jay so long
Atleast let me tell you why i'm this way, Hold on
I was conceived by Gloria Carter and Adaness Reeves
Who made love under the Siccamore tree
Which makes me
A more sicker M.C. my momma would claim
At 10 pounds when i was born i didn't give her no pain
Although through the years i gave her her fair share
I gave her her first real scare
I made it from birth and i got here
She knows my purpose wasn't purpose
i ain't perfect i care
but i feel worthless cause my shirts wasn't matchin my gear
now i'm just scratchin the surface cause what's burried under there
was a kid torn apart once his pop disappeared
i went to school got good grades could behave when i wanted
but i had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted
hold on
shawn was a very shy child growing up
he was into sports
and a funny story is
at 4 he taught hisself how to ride a bike
a two wheeler at that
isn't that special?
but, i noticed a change in him when me and my husband broke up
now all the teachers couldn't reach me
and my momma couldn't beat me
hard enough to match the pain of my pops not seeing me, SO
with that distain in my membrain
got on my pimp game
fuck the world my defense came
then Dahaven introuced me to the game
Spanish Jose introduced me to cane
I'm a hustler now
My gear is in and i'm in the in crowd
And all the wavy light skinned girls is lovin me now
My self esteem went through the roof man i got my swag
Got a volvo from this girl when her man got bagged
Plus i hit my momma with cash from a show that i had
Supposedly knowin nobody paid Jaz wack ass
I'm getting ahead of myself, by the way, i could rap
That came second to me movin this crack
Gimme a second i swear
I will say about my rap career
Till 96 came niggas i'm here
Good-bye
Shawn use to be in the kitchen
Beating on the table and rapping
And um, until the wee hours of the morning
And then i bought him a boom box
And his sisters and brothers said that he would drive them nuts
But that was my way to keep him close to me and out of trouble
Goodbye to the game all the spoils, the adreneline rush
Your blood boils you in a spot knowing cops could rush
And you in a drop your so easy to touch
No two days are alike
Except the first and fifteenth pretty much
And "trust" is a word you seldom hear from us
Hustlers we don't sleep we rest one eye up
And the drought to find a man when the well dries up
You learn to work the water without workin thirst til die, yup
And niggas get tied up for product
And little brothers ring fingers get cut up
To show mothers they really got em
And this was the stress i live with til i decided
To try this rap shit for a livin
I Pray i'm forgiven
For every bad decision i made
Every sister i played
Cause i'm still paranoid to this day
And it's nobody fault i made the decisions i made
This is the life i chose or rather the life that chose me
If you can't respect that your whole perspective is wack
Maybe you'll love me when i fade to black
Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces
He was the last of my 4 children
The only one who didn't give me any pain when i gave birth to him
And that's how i knew that he was a special child
So on that note i'm leaving after the song
So you ain't gotta feel no way about Jay so long
Atleast let me tell you why i'm this way, Hold on
I was conceived by Gloria Carter and Adaness Reeves
Who made love under the Siccamore tree
Which makes me
A more sicker M.C. my momma would claim
At 10 pounds when i was born i didn't give her no pain
Although through the years i gave her her fair share
I gave her her first real scare
I made it from birth and i got here
She knows my purpose wasn't purpose
i ain't perfect i care
but i feel worthless cause my shirts wasn't matchin my gear
now i'm just scratchin the surface cause what's burried under there
was a kid torn apart once his pop disappeared
i went to school got good grades could behave when i wanted
but i had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted
hold on
he was into sports
and a funny story is
at 4 he taught hisself how to ride a bike
a two wheeler at that
isn't that special?
but, i noticed a change in him when me and my husband broke up
and my momma couldn't beat me
hard enough to match the pain of my pops not seeing me, SO
with that distain in my membrain
got on my pimp game
fuck the world my defense came
then Dahaven introuced me to the game
Spanish Jose introduced me to cane
I'm a hustler now
My gear is in and i'm in the in crowd
And all the wavy light skinned girls is lovin me now
My self esteem went through the roof man i got my swag
Got a volvo from this girl when her man got bagged
Plus i hit my momma with cash from a show that i had
Supposedly knowin nobody paid Jaz wack ass
I'm getting ahead of myself, by the way, i could rap
That came second to me movin this crack
Gimme a second i swear
I will say about my rap career
Till 96 came niggas i'm here
Good-bye
Beating on the table and rapping
And um, until the wee hours of the morning
And then i bought him a boom box
And his sisters and brothers said that he would drive them nuts
But that was my way to keep him close to me and out of trouble
Your blood boils you in a spot knowing cops could rush
And you in a drop your so easy to touch
No two days are alike
Except the first and fifteenth pretty much
And "trust" is a word you seldom hear from us
Hustlers we don't sleep we rest one eye up
And the drought to find a man when the well dries up
You learn to work the water without workin thirst til die, yup
And niggas get tied up for product
And little brothers ring fingers get cut up
To show mothers they really got em
And this was the stress i live with til i decided
To try this rap shit for a livin
I Pray i'm forgiven
For every bad decision i made
Every sister i played
Cause i'm still paranoid to this day
And it's nobody fault i made the decisions i made
This is the life i chose or rather the life that chose me
Maybe you'll love me when i fade to black
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DECEMBER 4 is Jays b-day
This song is autobiographical
Haha, REALLY?! You think? But yes, this song is amazing, especially when mixed with Say It Ain't So, not that I am a big Jay-Zeezer fan, but this in one of the few good mixes from there.
i completely agree with ...uh..."hella" on this one. its VERY well done when mixed with sa yit ain't so. id say it ones of the few rap songs i really love. im not like a follower of jay-z or anything so i wouldnt know really, but it sounds liek he's talking about his growing up, and how (i guess) he kinda feels like he was heading towards disappointing his mom what with his turning to the streets for life. this may or may not be a side-effect of his father's leaving them/whatever his dad did.
uses lyrics from the Skip James song "Sick Bed Blues"
"They say they never really miss you till you dead or you gone"
How could someone miss you if you're not dead or gone?
well, thesween, they never REALLY miss you is what he says. you can miss someone without them being dead or gone. have yo uever missed someone? its pretty easy to do. but he is saying you never REALLY miss them until they are dead or gone.
this s one of my favorite j songs.
The line isn't "And the drought to find a man when the well dries up".
It's "and the drought will define a man.....".
One of my fav songs off of my fav album. I love the word play "the mad love under the SICCA-MORE tree which makes me a MORE-SICCA emcee" I love that! And I love how it takes u thru three important stages of his life. 1. Childhood 2. Learning how to hustle (which is the biggest part of y jay-z is the way he is) and 3. The introduction to rap which he ends by saying "and 96 came niggas, I'm here! Good bye....".
So its basically a synopsis of his life up to the release of "Reasonable Doubt". Sheer BRILLIANCE!!!! And the rest, as they say, is history.....
wow this song is amazing, and when he performs it in fade to black, he ends it so nicely- if u can't respect that ur whole perspective is wack, maybe you'll love me when I fade to black, then he leaves the stage. Jay-z best rapper ever and this is a great song