[ti:Jay-Z Blue] [ar:Jay-Z] [al:Magna Carta... Holy Grail] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jay-Z Blue - Jay-Z [00:01.05]I work and work 'till I'm half-dead [00:02.48]And I hear people saying "She's getting old " [00:05.60]And what do I get A daughter [00:12.03]Who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her [00:17.15]As she cares about me [00:21.08]Let's do this for these babies [00:22.45]Mercedes truck f**k [00:25.51]Houses on acres [00:27.63]Blatantly ballin' on HD [00:29.81]Y'all need to step up y'all AV [00:33.69]Life changed again I was already taking off [00:36.50]My flight changed again [00:37.99]Slight change of winds [00:40.99]It's barely 12 noon [00:42.17]And my wife changed again [00:43.93]Baby needs Pampers [00:45.05]Daddy needs at least three weeks in the Hamptons [00:49.42]Please don't judge me only hugged the block [00:53.41]I thought my daddy didn't love me [00:54.97]My baby getting chubby [00:56.40]Cue that Stevie Wonder music aww isn't she lovely [00:59.65]Now I'm staring at praying that things don't get ugly [01:03.40]And I'm stuck in that old cycle [01:04.70]Like wife leaves hubby [01:05.63]F**k joint custody [01:07.57]I need a joint right now [01:10.57]Just the thought alone f**ks with me [01:12.25]High on life [01:13.12]I could die from the fall [01:15.93]Imagine if I hit the floor [01:17.37]Apologies in order [01:18.37]To Blue Ivy my daughter [01:19.68]If it was up to me [01:21.55]You would be with me [01:22.73]Sort of like daddy dearest [01:30.54]Don't f**k with me fellas This ain't my first time at the rodeo [01:37.91]I dream filthy (my mom and pops) mixed me with Jamaican [01:43.15](Rum and whiskey) what a set off (What a set off) [01:46.02]And I know I'm not perfect baby [01:47.95]I been through so much trauma [01:50.01]It gonna be hard to reverse it [01:51.45]With some doctors and some nurses maybe [01:54.19]Teach me on how to treat a lady [01:55.75]Open doors on the 'Cedes [01:56.73]This relationship sh*t is complicated [02:00.04]All I know is we ain't speaking everyday [02:01.72]I f**king hate it [02:02.72]I don't wanna duplicate it [02:05.34]I seen my mom and pop drive each other motherf**kin' crazy [02:08.34]And I got that ni**a blood in me [02:11.15]I got his ego and his temper [02:12.70]All is missing is the drugs in me [02:14.33]High on life [02:16.89]I could die from the fall [02:18.26]Imagine if I hit the floor [02:19.63]Apologies in order [02:20.63]To Blue Ivy my daughter [02:21.94]If it was up to me [02:23.56]You would be with me [02:25.12]Sort of like daddy dearest [02:48.56]Father never taught me how to be a father [02:50.81]Treated mother I don't wanna have to just repeat another leave another [02:53.06]Baby with no daddy want no mama drama I just wanna [02:56.49]Take her back to a time when [02:58.11]Everything was calmer [02:58.62]Out in Paris on a terrace [03:00.54]Watching the Eiffel Tower [03:01.42]And a Ferris wheel yet and still [03:03.10]Nothing could prepare us [03:04.60]For the beauty that you be Blue be [03:06.60]Looking in your eyes is like a mirror [03:09.15]Have to face my fears [03:10.84]Cheer up [03:12.21]Why could you just be happy [03:13.59]Without these back and forth thoughts [03:14.59]You too much like your daddy [03:16.64]Badly I just wanna spent more time with him [03:18.89]Sadly life wouldn't let me get around with him [03:21.32]Now I got my own daughter [03:23.01]Taught her how to take her first steps [03:24.69]Cut the cord watch her take her first breath [03:26.88]And I'm trying and I'm lying if I said I wasn't scared [03:30.53]But in life and death [03:31.41]If I isn't there [03:32.10]High on life [03:33.90]Apologies in order [03:34.84]To Blue Ivy my daughter [03:35.96]If it was up to me [03:37.33]You would be with me [03:38.58]Sort of like daddy dearest