Текст песни Moment of Clarity, Jay Z

[Chorus:]
Thank God for grantin' me this moment of clarity,
This moment of honesty,
The world'll feel my truths.
All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, a Gift and a Curse,
I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
So you can feel my truths.
I built the Dynasty by bein' one of the realest niggas out
Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt,
Y'all can't fill my shoes.
From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending,
Listen close, you'll hear what I'm about,
Nigga, feel my truths!

[Verse 1:]
Pop died, didn't cry, didn't know him that well,
Between him doin' heroin and me doin' crack sales.
Put that in the eggshell, standin' at the tabernacle,
Rather the church, pretendin' to be hurt wouldn't work
So a smirk was all on my face,
Like, "Damn, that man's face is just like my face!"
So, pop, I forgive you for all the shit that I lived through,
It wasn't all your fault, homie, you got caught
Into the same game I fought, that Uncle Ray lost,
My big brothers and so many others I saw,
I'm just glad we got to see each other,
Talk and re-meet each other,
Save a place in Heaven till the next time we meet forever!

[Chorus:]
Thank God for grantin' me this moment of clarity,
This moment of honesty,
The world'll feel my truths.
All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, a Gift and a Curse,
I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
So you can feel my truths.
I built the Dynasty by bein' one of the realest niggas out
Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt,
Y'all can't fill my shoes.
From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending,
Listen close, you'll hear what I'm about,
Nigga, feel my truths!

[Verse 2:]
Music business hate me ‘cause the industry ain't make me,
Hustlers and boosters embrace me and the music I be makin',
I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars,
They criticized me for it, yet they all yell, "Holla!"
If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli,
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense,
But I did 5 mill'– I ain't been rhymin' like Common since.
When your cents got that much in common,
And you been hustlin' since your inception,
Fuck perception, go with what makes sense!
Since I know what I'm up against,
We as rappers must decide what's most important,
And I can't help the poor if I'm one of them,
So I got rich and gave back, to me that's the win/win.
So next time you see the homie and his rims spin,
Just know my mind is workin' just like them.

[Chorus:]
Thank God for grantin' me this moment of clarity,
This moment of honesty,
The world'll feel my truths.
All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, a Gift and a Curse,
I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
So you can feel my truths.
I built the Dynasty by bein' one of the realest niggas out
Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt,
Y'all can't fill my shoes.
From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending,
Listen close, you'll hear what I'm about,
Nigga, feel my truths!

[Verse 3:]
My homie Sig' was on a tier where no tears should fall,
‘Cause he was on the block where no squares get off,
See, in my inner circle all we do is ball
Till we all got triangles on our wall,
Ain't just rappin' for the platinum, y'all record,
I recall, ‘cause I really been there before –
Four scores and seven years ago, prepared the flow,
Prepared for war, I should fear no man,
You don't hear me, though. These words ain't just 'pared to go
In one ear, out the other ear, no!
Yo, my balls and my word is alls I have,
What you gonna do to me, nigga? Scars will scab.
What, you gonna box me, homie? I can dodge a jab.
Three shots couldn't touch me, thank God for that!
I'm strong enough to carry Biggie Smalls on my back
And the whole BK, nigga, holla back!

[Chorus:]
Thank God for grantin' me this moment of clarity,
This moment of honesty,
The world'll feel my truths.
All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, a Gift and a Curse,
I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
So you can feel my truths.
I built the Dynasty by bein' one of the realest niggas out
Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt,
Y'all can't fill my shoes.
From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending,
Listen close, you'll hear what I'm about,
Nigga, feel my truths!