Meet The Parents - Jay-Z
Woo Uhh uhh It's"TheGift &the Curse"Uhh uhh yea First they love me then they hate me Then they love me again they love me again Let'stake a trip down I gotcha Let'stake a trip down memory Lane at the cemetery Rain grey skies seems at the end of every Such a good kid "got us pouring Henn'already Liquor to the curb for my niggas up above When it cracks through the pavement That'smy way of sendin love So give Big a hug tell AaliyahI said hi 'Tilthe next time I see her on the other side He was just some thug that caught some slugs And we loved him cause in him we saw some of us He walked like us talked like us His back against the wall Poor Isis that'shis momma name Momma ain'tstrong enough to raise No boy what'shis father name Shorty never knew him Though he hadhis blood in himThough he had his blood in him Hot temper momma said he act Just like her husband Daddy never f**kedwith him So the streets raised him Isis blaming herself She wish she could'vesaved him Damn near impossible only men can raise men He was his own man Not even him can save him He put his faith in a Thirtyeightin his waist But when you live by The gun you die by the same fate End up dead before thirtyeightand umm That'sthe life of us raised By winter it'sa cold world Old girl turned to coke Tried to smoke her pain away Isis life just ended on that rainy day When she got the news her boy Body could be viewed Down at the City Morgue Opened the drawer saw him nude Her addiction grew prescription drugs shift and brew Angel dust dipped in WOO She slipped into her own fantasy world Had herself pregnant by a different dude But reality bites and this is her life He wasn'treally her husband Though he called her wife It was just this night when moon was full And the stars were just right And the dress was real tight Had her sounding like Lisa Lisa I wonder if I take you home Will you still love me after this night Mike was the hardhead from the around the way That she wanted all her life Sh*tshe wanted all the hype Used to hold on tight When he wheelied on the bike He was a Willie all her life He wasn'treally the one to like It was a dude named Shy who Would really treat her right He wanted to run to the country To escape the city life But Isislike this Broadway life She loved the Gucci sneakers The red green and whites Hangin out the window when She first seenhim fightfirst seen him fight She was so turnedon thatShe had to shower twice How ironic it would be some fight that Turned into a homicide That'llalter their life See Mike at thirtytwowas Still on the scene Had a son fifteen that he never saw twice Sure he saw him as an infant But he dissed on him like "Ifthat was my son he would look much different See I'mlightskinned and thatbaby there'sdark Soit'smomma'sbaby;poppa'smaybe Mike was still crazy out there running The streets niggas want )Had his old reliable With thirtyeightgun in his reach It'sbeen fourteen years Him and Isis ain'tspeak He running around like life'sa peach 'tilone day He approached this thug that had a mean mug And it looked so familiar That he called him "YoungCuz"Told him get off the strip But the boy ain'tbudge you)Instead he pulledout a newerthirtyeightsnub He clearly had the drop But the boy just paused up)There was somethin in this man'sFace he knew he seen before It'slike lookin in the mirror Seeing hisself more mature And he took it as a sign from the almighty Lord You know what they say about he Who hesitates in war that )He who hesitates is lost He can'texplain what he saw before His picture went blankThe oldpicture went blank The old man didn'tthink he Just followedhis instinct Six shots into his kid out of the gun Niggas be a father you'reKilling your son Six shots into his kid out of the gun Niggas be a father you Killing your sons Guitar score
Meet The Parents Artist: Jay-Z
Capo: 0
Key: D
Difficulty:
Tempo: 83
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 104
Creation time: 2023-03-03 Meet The Parents Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by Jay-Z. This guitar tab is in the key of D and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by Jay-Z at that time~
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