[Intro – Jay-Z]:
(Never, never, never, never change)
I’ll never change, this is Jay, everyday
(I’ll never change)
I’ll never change, this is Jay, everyday
(I’ll never change)
I’ll never change, this is Jay
[Verse 1]:
I am a – Roc representer (oh)
Summer to winter (oh), dead or alive
24-7, 365, one CD, 360 pies
What’s up to E and Kurt, welcome home Natash
Let no amount of money ruin this thing of ours
We run streets like drunks run street lights
We collide wit’ life as we speak
We knee-deep in coke, we keep deep in ice
We flood streets wit’ dope, keep weed to smoke
We all fish, better teach ya folk
Give ’em money to eat, the next week he’s broke
‘Cause when you sleep, he’s reachin’ for ya throat
Word on the skreet (street), ya reap what ya sew
Not out of fear, but love, love for the game
Roc family first, we never change
[Chorus]:
(Never, never, never, never change)
I’m still fuckin’ wit’ crime ’cause crime pays
(I’ll never change)
Out hustlin’, same clothes for days
(I’ll never change)
I’ll never change, I’m too stuck in my ways (who you know like Hov?)
I’ll never change
(Never, never, never, never change)
I’m still fuckin’ wit’ crime ’cause crime pays
(I’ll never change)
Out hustlin’, same close for days
(I’ll never change)
I’ll never change, I’m too stuck in my ways
I’ll never change
[Verse 2]:
What’s up to my Miami and St. Thomas connects
I’ll never metion your name, I promise respect
Death before dishonor, correct? Yup
That’s what you promised me, since the baller league
Along with, if we stay strong, we can get paper longer than Pippen’s arms
Plead the fifh when it comes to the fam
I’m like the dog, I never speak, but I understand
Where my dogs at? Where my soldiers at war?
Where ya balls at? WHOA, gotta pause that (whoa)
Lost 92 bricks, had to fall back
Knocked a nigga off his feet, but I crawled back
Had A-1 credit, got more crack
From the first to the fifth, gave it all back
If – I’m not a hustler, what’chu call that?
This is before rap (before), this is all fact (fact)
I’ll never change
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]:
Fuck, the streets robbed my, wasn’t educated probably
But fuck y’all, I needed money for Atari
Was so young, my big sis’ still playin’ wit’ Barbie
Young brother, big city, eight million stories
Old heads taught me "Youngin, walk softly,"
Carry a big clip that’ll get niggas off me
Keep coke and coffee, keep money smellin’ mothy
Change is cool to cop, but more important is lawyer fees (uh)
That’s how it is now (uh), that’s how it always be (uh)
I’ll never change this is always me
From the womb to the tomb, from now ’til my doom
Drink only from one cup, pass it around the room
That’s the ritual (yup), Big Ran, I ain’t forget you, fool
And all that bullshit you tryin’-a get through
This is Crew Love, move music or move drugs
Rival crews get ya black suits up
I’ll never change
[Chorus]
This is Jay, everyday
Who you now like Hov, nigga?