Legacy
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JAY-Z
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MY DEAR YOU ARE IN A
UNIQUE SITUATION
I'M SURPRISED BY MYSELF
ORDINARILY I WOULD HAVE
THROWN YOU IN THE HOLE
AND SEEN TO IT THAT SUNLIGHT
BECAME A DISTANT MEMORY
BUT THAT JUST SEEMS
SO HARSH CONSIDERING
THAT YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT CAME TO ME FIRST
HOWEVER I'M SENSING
A LITTLE HESITATION
SO LET ME SWEETEN
THE DEAL FOR YOU
IF YOU DO NOT TELL ME WORD
FOR WORD WHAT TRANSPIRED
I WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE
IN HERE A LIVING HELL
SO MUCH SO, THAT BEING
IN THE HOLE WILL SEEN
LIKE CHRISTMAS DAY
I WILL BREAK YOU
FIX YOU
AND BREAK YOU AGAIN
YOU WILL DIE IN THIS PLACE
SO, TELL ME, WHAT HAPPENED?
HOWDY SNITCH
MATTER FACT, IT AIN'T
REALLY SNITCHING
NA, NA, NA CAUSE SEE
YOU WERE ACTUALLY THE INNOCENT
BYSTANDER IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE
NIGGA YOU DON'T KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT ME
I KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU COULD
BE FUCKING YOUR OLD LADY
BUT INSTEAD YOU UP IN HERE
WITH US ANGRY MOTHERFUCKERS
CAUSE WHAT YOU WANTED
TO KEEP IT REAL, RIGHT YEAH
TELL THE TRUTH
YOU CRY YOURSELF TO
SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
WONDERING IF YOUR
OLD LADY FUCKING
THE DUDE YOU TOOK
THE WRAP FOR
HEY LET ME PUT YOU
OUT YOUR MISERY FAM
THEY FUCKING
AND YOU KNOW THE SEX
GOT TO BE GOOD
IT GOT TO BE GOOD!
I MEAN HEY, THEM NERDS
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING MAN
THEY KNOW HOW TO FUCK
I MEAN ALL THEY DO IS
READ UP ON THE SHIT
CUT IT OUT WITH THE
FUNNY SHIT MAN!
CALM DOWN BEFORE I TAKE
THIS SOGGY BROWN SHIT
THEY CALLING FOOD
AND MAKE YOU EAT IT
I'M HUNGRY, WHAT'S
HAPPENING!
BOTH YA'LL NEED TO
CALM DOWN
PUT YOUR ASS IN THE SEAT
NAW THIS NIGGA, NOT
FEND TO TALK TO ME...
PUT YOUR ASS IN THE
GODDAMN SEAT!
WATCH YOUR TONE WHEN
YOU TALKING TO ME
PUT YOUR ASS IN THE
MOTHERFUCKING SEAT
YOU GOING TO GET US
HOSED, BEAT DOWN AND SHOT
BEFORE WE EVEN FIND OUT
WHAT THE HELL WE DOING HERE
SHIT Y'ALL NIGGAS
AIN'T THE ONLY ONES
WHO WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S CRACKING
LOOK AT US
SITTING AROUND
LIKE SOME DUCKS
ITS BAD ENOUGH WE GOT TO
TAKE ORDERS FROM THESE HERBS
BUT NOW WE TAKING
ORDERS FROM INMATES TOO
WHAT THE FUCK!
THEY TELL US TO GO SOMEWHERE
WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS
NIGGA I'M ASKING QUESTIONS
I'VE BEEN HERE THREE WEEKS
AND I STILL AIN'T
SEE THE MOTHERFUCKER
I'M IN MY CELL
TAKING A SHIT
AND THE PRISON
GUARDS THEY COME IN
RUDE
"A SPECIFIC INMATE WANTS
YOUR PRESENCE AT LUNCH"
FUCK, I GOT TO SEE WHAT
THE FUSS ABOUT
AND YOU WILL
IN HERE THEY REFER TO ALL OF
US AS "THE PRESIDENT'S MEN"
AND ITS NOT BECAUSE WE
BELONG TO THE STATE
ITS CAUSE THE MOMENT YOU
ENTER INTO THIS PLACE
YOU ARE OWNED BY
(MR. CARTER)
MR. CARTER. THAT'S RIGHT
YEAH I KNOW THESE
TWO NIGGAS
WHAT THE FUCK IS
YOUR NAME?
JACKSON
WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME?
JACKSON
YOU JACKSON JACKSON?
MY FIRST NAME'S JACKSON
WELL WHAT'S
YOUR LAST NAME?
MICHAEL
[LAUGHTER]
NO SHIT
NO SHIT
[LAUGHTER]
FUCK YOU
NAW THE JUDGE ALREADY
DID THAT SHIT
SO HOW DID YOU
WIND UP HERE?
I STRUCK OUT
THREE BABY
NOT THAT THIS
SHIT MATTERS
WHOLE DAMN COUNTRY
BEHIND BARS
ON THE STRENGTH OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION
DON'T MATTER
WHOSE IN OFFICE
PRISON SYSTEM AIN'T SHIT
BUT SLAVERY REMIXED
THEY CAN CALL IT WHATEVER
THE FUCK THEY WANT TO
ALWAYS HAS THE SAME
THREE INGREDIENTS:
US IN CAPTIVITY FOR MONEY
THEY SET THE TRAPS AND WE
GOTTA PAY FOR OUR OWN CHAINS
PAY FOR YOUR CASH BAIL
PAY FOR YOUR PHONE CALLS
FOOD, FREEDOM,
FUCK OUTTA HERE
HOW LONG ARE YOU SUPPOSED
TO BE IN HERE FOR?
EVER
WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN THERE
WAS A KNOCK ON MY DOOR
IT WAS MY BEST
FRIEND, RICHARD, RIGHT?
I TOLD HIM THE DAY BEFORE
THAT I WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN
SO IT WAS A LITTLE
BIT ODD THAT HE'S
SHOWING UP AT MY
PLACE UNANNOUNCED
KNOWING I WOULD
NOT BE THERE
SO I DIDN'T ANSWER,
I JUST WAITED
AND THAT WAS WHEN I HEARD
HIM START TO PICK THE LOCK
AND?
AND HE WASN'T MY BEST
FRIEND THE NEXT DAY
I'M MISSING WHAT POINT
YOU'RE MAKING ENTIRELY
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD
FEELING ABOUT THIS
THAT'S ALL
SO I'M JUST WAITING
FOR SOMEONE
TO START TO PICK THE LOCK
[DOOR BUZZING]
MR. CARTER
MR. CARTER
MR. CARTER
LEGACY
THAT'S WHY I CALLED
ALL Y'ALL HERE
NOT CAUSE OF SKIN COLOR
OR SOME WISHFUL
DREAM OF FREEDOM
THE STORY YOU LEAVE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO COME BEHIND YOU
NOW
ALL Y'ALLS GOT ONE
THING IN COMMON
[LAUGHTER]
YEAH WE ALL FUCKED
WELL THERE IS THAT
BUT YOU GOT
SOMETHING ELSE
Y'ALL INNOCENT
I MEAN EXCEPT FOR YOU SMILEY
YOU DID BUST IN THAT
COUPLES RETREAT
YOU DID TRY ON THEM
LADY'S CLOTHES
BUT YOU DIDN'T ROB'EM
COUPLE OF YEARS Y'ALL GOING
TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED
THAT MEANS EVEN IF
THEY SET YOU FREE
YOU'RE GOING TO END
UP BACK IN HERE
AIN'T NONE OF Y'ALL
GETTING OUT OF HERE
THAT AIN'T THE WAY
THE GAME IS PLAYED
IT AIN'T RIG FOR
YOU TO WIN
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
A CHEAT SO TO SPEAK
WE'RE GOING TO ESCAPE
[LAUGHTER]
YOU SEE HOW MANY GUARDS
THEY GOT OVER HERE RIGHT?
THE KID IS DONE
WITH HIS FOOD
WHAT TIME YOU GOT BENNY?
A QUARTER TILL NOON
MMM, THAT'S A GOOD
TIME TO DIE
TIME TO DIE?
WHO FEND TO DIE?
LEGACY
[KNOCKING ON TABLE]
LEGACY?
HIS ONLY LEGACY IS GOING
TO BE TO DIE IN HERE
ALONG WITH ANYONE ELSE WHO
LIFTS A FINGER TO HELP HIM
TAKE HIM BACK
CONVICT
NOBODY IN HERE IS INNOCENT
[SIREN]
ON THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER
SEVEN INMATES
BROKE FREE FROM
THE CAPITOL HILL
MAXIMUM PENITENTIARY
IN WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN
AS "THE CARTER ESCAPE"
WITH THE HELP OF SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT GUARDS
THE SEVEN INMATES ALLEGEDLY
ESCAPED COMPLETELY UNDETECTED
AND ARE STILL AT LARGE
♪ ♪
♪ TAKE THOSE MONEYS AND
SPREAD ACROSS FAMILIES ♪
♪ MY SISTER, HATTY AND
LULU, NEPHEWS ♪
♪ COUSINS AND TITI ♪
♪ ERIC, THE REST TO B ♪
♪ FOR WHATEVER SHE
WANTS TO DO ♪
♪ SHE MIGHT START A INSTITUTE ♪
♪ SHE MIGHT PUT POOR
KIDS IN SCHOOL ♪
♪ MY STAKE IN ROC NATION ♪
♪ SHOULD GO TO YOU ♪
♪ LEAVE A PIECE FOR
YOUR SIBLINGS ♪
♪ TO GIVE TO THEY
CHILDREN TOO ♪
♪ TIDAL, THE CHAMPAGNE, ♪
♪ DUSSE I LIKE TO SEE ♪
♪ A NICE PIECE FUND IDEAS ♪
♪ FOR PEOPLE WHO
LOOK LIKE WE ♪
♪ WE'RE GON' ♪
♪ START A SOCIETY ♪
♪ WITHIN SOCIETY ♪
♪ THAT'S MAJOR ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE THE NEGRO LEAGUE ♪
♪ IT WAS A TIME
AMERICA WOULDN'T ♪
♪ LET US BALL ♪
♪ THOSE TIMES ARE NOW BACK ♪
♪ IT'S NOW CALLED AFRO TECH ♪
♪ GENERATIONAL WEALTH ♪
♪ THAT'S THE KEY ♪
♪ MY PARENTS AIN'T
HAVE SHIT ♪
♪ SO THAT SHIFT
STARTED WITH ME ♪
♪ MY MOM TOOK HER MONEY ♪
♪ SHE BOUGHT ME BONDS ♪
♪ THAT WAS THE SWEETEST
THING OF ALL TIME ♪
♪ LEGACY, LEGACY,
LEGACY, LEGACY ♪
♪ BLACK EXCELLENCE BABY ♪
♪ YOU GONNA LET'EM SEE ♪
♪ LEGACY, LEGACY,
LEGACY, LEGACY ♪
♪ BLACK EXCELLENCY ♪
♪ BABY LET' EM SEE ♪
♪ I REMEMBER LIKE
LISTENING TO WU TANG ♪
♪ AND THEY WAS LIKE ♪
♪ YOUR SEED ♪
♪ MARRY HIS SEED ♪
♪ MARRY MY SEED ♪
♪ THAT'S HOW WE KEEP
CARTER MONEY ♪
♪ ALL IN THE FAMILY ♪
♪ YOU SEE MY FATHER ♪
♪ SON OF A PREACHER MAN ♪
♪ WHO'S DAUGHTER
COULDN'T ESCAPE ♪
♪ THE REACH OF THE
PREACHERS HAND ♪
♪ THAT CHARGE OF ENERGY ♪
♪ SET ALL THE
CARTERS BACK ♪
♪ IT TOOK ALL THESE
YEARS TO GET TO ZERO ♪
♪ IN FACT, I ♪
