dope man
jay
millenium flow
serena altschuls here live outside the criminal courthouse
this is bullshit yall
in new york city for the first day in the trial of
im gone
mtv
the state vs shawn carter aka jayz
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whatever the verdict in this trial may be
the effects will undoubtedly be felt worldwide
aiyyo stand forward fore you take notice
or witness to me killin the track
testify til me spillin the smack
now they got me for traffickin racketeerin audio crack
they call me dope man dope man
i try to tell em im where hope floats man
ghetto spokesman
a broke man approachin the bench with intent
to bury me under the cell fingered me as the toast man
evidence stemmin from ninetysix
they say the world aint recovered from his fix
while they was usin cut i was on some other shit
gave it to you raw and they just discovered it
nowaday the jury got they brow raised
listenin to testimony about my foul ways
exhibit a reasonable doubt
they say this was the first thing that turned the peoples out
you can feel the tension building here
as an unprecedented number of people have turned out
for what may be the trial of the century
how come you label your brand of dope
volume 1 and spread it through the slums
fed it to the young with total disregard
your honor the state seeks the maximum charge
and how could you turn right around
and release a lethal dosage called volume 2
and is true you operate the criminal enterprise
known as rocafella in charge of his meteoric rise
and do you deny youre responsible for the demise
of record execs and do you object
your distributions polygram and through your connects
def jam you pushed over five million soundscan
and not to mention your cohorts and henchmen
dame biggs lyor kev and russell simmons
and we aint gon talk about murder inc
that just establishes a darker deeper criminal link
the state is seeking the maximum penalty
and with the overwhelming amount of evidence
the das presented things arent looking good
despite the grim outlook at this point
the rapper has been known to emerge triumphant
in the face of adversity
jayz is taking the stand
right hand on the bible left hand in the air
before i spoke one word made sure my throat was clear
ahem im a prisoner of circumstance
frail nigga i couldnt much work with my hands
but my mind was strong i grew where you hold your blacks up
trap us expect us not to pick gats up
where you drop your cracks off by the mack trucks
destroy our dreams of lawyers and actors
keep us spiralin goin backwards
at age nine saw my first hate crime
blindfolded expected to walk a straight line
mind molded taught to love you and hate mine
climbed over it at a early age jay shined
fk the system at lady justice i blaze nine
your honor i no longer kill my people i raise mine
the soul of mumia in this modern day time
while the jury is inside deliberating
outside the crowd is frozen with anticipation
well the verdict has just been announced not guilty
it is complete pandemonium out here
people are cheering and hugging there he is
jayz is exiting the courtroom right now
there is a swarm of cameras surrounding him
and people are just rushing up to him
lets try and make our way over there jayz jayz
