bedtime story

Lyrics

amar, amar, c'mon. yeah dad, what?, hope you did your homework already. i did that already, c'mon dad. nah, it's time to go to. c'mon listen. what happened?, i went to school today i said az's my daddy, they said, "jay-z? nas?", what, what?, tell me the story again?, ok, ok. aight, this is how it went down. we talkin' a few years before you even appeared, i was into my little gear, yeah, weed and my beer, hustlin out of fear, fear of bein' a square, like them cowards with no gear, they just breathin' the air, son, clear, but didn't realize life ain't fair, with one drive-by, it could end your life right there, though i'm a fly guy from, my knife's like chyeah, fuck the world we can fight right, i don't scare, from beer, no more nightmares here, not a tear, i was strighter than the white man's hair, met nasir, had that hype that jeer, like a kite, threw me a mic, i took flight right there, that ain't lies i was nice i swear, went fool with the jewels, even iced my ears, new school, i was cool, wanted righteous wears, but from the door they didn't like that there, i ain't care, as long as i left the china white right there, and understood that you could change a life through prayer, it's all good, police even politely stared, was unreal, but still now it feels slightly weird, i was spared, gave love, taught my peers, though it was buff, never gave up, fought my fears, now it's like "what?", i'm g'ed up, awesome blair, entertainer from the streets with a sportsman's flair, yeah, that's good enough for you?, dad, dad, what's "g'ed up?", listen man, don't worry about that now, just go to sleep, ok, ok. i'll tell you that later on. but you know what?, what, what what?, i got one more quick story to tell you. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. maybe you could take this story, and tell your friends at school this one: heeeeere we go!, out the gate, he who hate himself ain't straight, he a snake, he the type who send himself upstate, catch a case for a plate, he ain't have to take, he coulda, played it safe, said his grace and ate, but it's fate,