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now that all the smoke is gone, lighter, and the battle's finally won, gimme a lighter, victory is finally ours lighter's up, lighter's up, history so long, so long, so long, so long, in search of victory she keeps saluting me, if only we can be together momentarily, we can make love and make history, why won't you visit me?, until she visit me i'll be stuck with her sister, her name is defeat, she gives me agony, so much agony, she brings me so much pain, so much misery like missing your last shot, and falling to your knees as the crowd screams, for the other team, i practiced so hard for this moment, victory don't leave, i know what this means, i'm stuck in this routine, whole new different day, the same old thing, all i got is dreams, nobody else can see, nobody else believes, nobody else but me, where are you victory? i need you desperately, not just for the moment to make history, now that all the smoke is gone, lighter, and the battle's finally won, lighter's, victory is finally ours, history so long, so long, so long, so long, so now i'm flirting with death, hustling like a g, while victory wasn't watching took chances repeatedly, as a teenage boy before acne, before i got proactive i couldn't face she, i just threw on my hoodie and headed to the street, i swear i met success, we lived together shortly, now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, she's good for the moment but she's never enough, everybody's had her, she's nothing like v, but success is all i got, unfortunately, but i'm burning down the block, hoping in and out of v, but something tells me that there's much more to see, before i get killed 'cause i can't get robbed, so before me, success and death menage, i gotta get lost, i gotta find v, we gotta be together to make history, now that all the smoke is gone, lighter, and the battle's finally won lighter's up, victory is finally ours, lighter's up, history so long, so long, so long, so long, now victory is mine, it taste so sweet, she's my trophy wife, your coming with me, we'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly, we'll name him history, he'll repeat after me, he's my legacy, son i'm a hard work, future of my past, he'll explain who i be, rank me amongst the greats, either 1, 2 or 3, if i ain't number one then i failed you victory, ain't in it for the fame that dies in within weeks, ain't in it for the money, can't take me when you leave, i wanna be remembered long after you grieve, long after i'm gone, long after i breathe, i leave all i am in the hands of history, that's my last will, testimony, this is much more than a song, it's a baby shower, i've been waiting for this hour, history you're ours, now that all the smoke is gone, and the battle's finally won, victory is finally ours, history so long, so long, so long, so long, now that all the smoke is gone, and the battle's finally won, victory is finally ours, history so long, so long, so long, so long

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Artist: jay-z