Kanye West, Jay-Z — Never Let Me Down

[Chorus] When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I've found, one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down [Verse 1: Jay-Z] Yo, first I snatched the streets, then I snatched the charts First I had they ear, now I have they heart Rappers came and went, I've been here from the start I seen them put it together, watched them take it apart Seen the Rovers roll up with ribbons I seen them re-po'd, re-sold, then re-driven So when I reload, he holds number one position When you hot, I'm hot And when your feet cold, mines is sizzling It's plain to see, niggas can't fuck with me 'cause I'ma be that nigga for life This is not an image, this is God-given This is hard-livin', mixed with Cristal sippin' It's the most consistent, Hov Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and Nigga I'm home on these charts, y'all niggas visitin' It's Hov tradition, Jeff Gordon of rap I'm back to claim pole position, holla at ya boy [Chorus] When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I've found, one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up [Verse 2: Kanye West] I get down for my grandfather who took my mama Made her sit in that seat where white folks ain't want us to eat At the tender age of 6, she was arrested for the sit-ins And with that in my blood I was born to be different Now niggas can't make it to ballots to choose leadership But we can make it to Jacob's and to the dealership That's why I hear new music and I just don't be feelin' it Racism's still alive, they just be concealin' it But I know they don't want me in the damn club They even made me show ID to get inside of Sam's Club I done did dirt and went to church to get my hands scrubbed Swear I've been baptized 'least three or four times But in the land where niggas praise Yukons and getting paid It's gonna take a lot more than coupons to get us saved Like it take a lot more than doo rags to get you waves Nothing sad as that day my girl's father passed away So I promised to Mr. Rainey I'm gonna marry your daughter And you know I gotta thank you for the way that she was brought up And I know that you were smiling when you see the car I bought her You sent tears from heaven when you seen my car get balled up But I can't complain what the accident did to my left eye 'Cause look what an accident did to Left Eye First Aaliyah now Romeo must die I know I got angels watching me from the other side [Chorus] When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I've found, one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down [Verse 3: J. Ivy] We are all here for a reason on a particular path You don't need a curriculum to know that you're a part of the math Cats think I'm delirious but I'm so damn serious That's why I expose my soul to the globe; the world I'm trying to make it better for these little boys and girls I'm not just another individual My spirit is a part of this that's why I get spiritual But I get my hymns from Him So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical I'm not a miracle, I'm a heaven-sent instrument My rhythmatic regiment navigates melodic notes For your soul and your mental That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations is what I'm into Yeah I need my loot by rent day But that ain't what gives me the heart of Kunta Kinte I'm trying to get us "us free" like Cinque I can't stop, that's why I'm hot Determination, dedication, motivation I'm talking to you of my many inspirations When I say I can't let you or self-down If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest riff And if you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life In my grip, I would never ever let you down And when these words are found Let it be known that God's penmanship has been signed With a language called love That's why my breath is felt by the deaf And while my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind I too dream in color and in rhyme So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house 'Cause whenever I open my heart, my soul or my mouth A touch of God reigns out Take 'em to church [Chorus] When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I found, one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down Get up, I get, get up, I get Get up, I get, get up, I get Get up, I get, get up, I get down [Verse 4: Jay-Z and (Kanye West)] Who else you know been hot this long? (Oh yeah, we ain't finished) Started from nothing but he got this strong (The Roc is in the building) Built the Roc from a pebble, peddled rock before I met you Pedaled bikes, got my nephews pedal bikes because they special (Wooooo) Let you tell it, man, I'm falling Well, somebody must have caught him 'Cause every fourth quarter, I like to Mike Jordan them Number one albums, what I got? Like four of them More of them on the way, the eighth wonder on the way Clear the way, I'm here to stay Y'all can save the chitter chat, this and that This is Jay, dissing Jay will get you maced When I start spitting them lyrics niggas get very religious Six Hail Marys, 'Please Father forgive us' Young the archbishop, the Pope John Paul of y'all niggas They way y'all all follow Jigga Hov's a living legend and I'll tell you why Everybody wanna be Hov and Hov's still alive