["When I come back like Jordan, wearin' the four five","Grand openin', grand closin'","Who you gon' find doper than him with no pen","Now look at me, all star studded","Then I need y'all to help me, bring him back to stage","Send Hip a grip, then you got' spit","So this here is the victory lap","If I owe you I'm blowin' you to smithereens","Then you drop a couple of hits, look how they wave to you","After me, there shall be no more","Say Hova, c'mon say it, Hova, Hova, are y'all out there?","","","A little somethin' like this, woo","(What the hell are you waiting for?)","","So muh'fucker if you want this encore","On the low but the yacht got a triple deck","","It ain't to play games witchu","When you first come in the game, they try to play you","(One thing)","Send Kanye change, send just some dust","How sick is this? You want to bang","After a year of them 16's, it's one point two","","Ow, it's star time, this man is made","They love you Jigga, they love you Jigga!","","","Cookin' raw with the Brooklyn boy","I'm, young H O, rap's Grateful Dead","(Whoah, whoah, whoah)","with cheap imitations for dese generations","Now can I get an encore, do you want more","Who you know fresher than Hov'? Riddle me that","Then I'm leavin', that's how you get me back","Knew if I paid my dues, how will they pay you","So for one last time, nigga make some noise","Yeah, now see that's what I'm talkin' 'bout","To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years","As fate would have it, Jay's status appears","From record sales, to sold out concerts","Record companies told me I couldn't cut it","It's so muh'fuckin' soulful man","","(Hova, Hova)","Look what you made me do, look what I made for you","Thank you, you're far too kind","(Yea)","Now can I get an encore, do you want more","","Yeah hearin' me rap is like hearin' G rap in his prime","To be at an all time high, perfect time to say goodbye","Thank you, thank you","I came, I saw, I conquered","All 'cause the shit I uttered, was utterly ridiculous","","It's to aim at you, probably maim you","Out the country but the blueberry still connect","I need you to scream, 'til your lungs get sore","The rest of y'all know where I'm lyrically at","Can't none of y'all mirror me back","Young did it to death, you gotta love it","I like the way this one feel","Soon you gon' see you can't replace him","Well if y'all want more of the Jigga man","just draw off inspiration","(What the hell are you waiting for?)","I'm in, Boeing jets, Global Express","But when you Young, what the fuck you expect? Yep, yep","Cocksucker take one for your team","And I need you to remember one thing","God your man Hov' cracked the can open again","","( Hova, Hova)","I can get you B E T and T R L too","Well fuck it, I ain't budgin'","He's killin' all y'all jive turkeys","","Are y'all out there? C'mon, louder!","Yeah, okay","","","","You wanted to gain attention new dudes","Back to take over the globe, now break bread","Do y'all want more of the Jigga man?","Now what the hell are you waitin for?","You wanna be in the public, send your budget","Cookin' raw with the Brooklyn boy","","So for one last time I need y'all to roar","","From Marcy to Madison Square","And that's two point four, and I'm only doin' two","Golfer above par like I putted","So for one last time I need y'all to roar"]
Performed by: Jay-Z Written by: Shawn C Carter; John Lennon; Paul Mccartney; Kanye Omari West
Credits: Carter, Shawn C (Songwriter); Lennon, John (Songwriter); Mccartney, Paul (Songwriter); West, Kanye Omari (Songwriter); CARTER BOYS PUBLISHING (Publisher); EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (Publisher); SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (Publisher); YE WORLD MUSIC (Publisher)
The song first was released with Jay-Z's album "The Black Album." It gained popularity when it was mixed with Linkin Park's song Numb and won a Grammy Award. The original song has an 'old-song feel' with several band instruments. This Kanye West produced track features uncredited background vocals by Kanye West, John Legend, Consequence and GLC.
The production samples the trumpet intro to John Holt (singer)'s cover of I Will (The Beatles song), and this song is in turn sampled by Dutch hardcore techno DJ J.D.A. in his single Encore (Do You Want More). Coincidentally, the album which originally featured "I Will" would be mashed up with The Black Album by DJ Danger Mouse as The Grey Album (ironically, the remix of "Encore" did not sample "I Will"). also there is a freestyle by rapper Fabolous
Infamous Blueberry Lyric
In a lyric Jay-Z states "Out the country but the Blueberry still connect". Many think this is a blunder and he meant to say Blackberry but the line is actually a reference to the Apple iBook Blueberry Clamshell laptop. The model was discontinued in 2001. He could also be talking about the marijuana strand known as "blueberry"[citation needed]
Also, the chorus goes "can i get a encore do you want more" the "can I get a .." is a reference to another Jay-Z single Can I Get A... off of Jay-Z's album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life.
