Izzo (H.O.V.A.)(Live) - Jay-Z

[00:00.74]Ladies and gentlemen
[00:01.73]Put our hands together
[00:02.71]For the astonishing
[00:03.72]H to the izz-OV
[00:04.82]V To the izz-A
[00:06.17]Welcome ladies and gentlemen
[00:06.87]To the 8th wonder of the world
[00:09.45]The flow o' the century
[00:11.31]Oh it's timeless
[00:12.97]Hove
[00:14.84]Thanks for comin' out tonight
[00:16.71]You coulda been
[00:18.14]Anywhere in the world
[00:19.8]But you're here with me
[00:21.85]I appreciate that, unh
[00:25.43]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[00:28.11]Fo' shizzle my nizzle
[00:29.44]Used to dribble down in VA
[00:31.15]Was herbin' 'em in
[00:32.05]The home of the Terrapins
[00:32.88]Got it dirt cheap for them
[00:34.57]Plus if they was short wit' cheese
[00:35.66]I would work wit' them
[00:36.42]Boy and we got rid of
[00:38.39]That dirt for them
[00:39.3]Wasn't born hustlers
[00:40.72]I was burpin' 'em
[00:42.05]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[00:44.96]Fo' sheezy my neezy
[00:45.87]Keep my arms so freezy
[00:47.34]Can't leave rap alone
[00:49.17]The game needs me
[00:50.47]Haters want me clapped
[00:51.42]And chromed it ain't easy
[00:53.14]Cops wanna knock me,
[00:54.25]DA wanna box me in
[00:55.75]But somehow, I beat them
[00:57.34]Charges like Rocky
[00:58.41]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[01:01.13]Not guilty, he who does not
[01:03.34]Feel me is not real to me
[01:04.84]Therefore he doesn't exist
[01:06.48]So poof
[01:07.31]Vamoose son of a b****
[01:09.49]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[01:12.12]Fo' shizzle my nizzle used
[01:13.54]To dribble down in VA
[01:14.92]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[01:17.62]That's the anthem
[01:18.89]Get'cha damn hands up
[01:20.37]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[01:23.39]Not guilty ya'll got-ta feel me
[01:25.85]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[01:28.96]That's the anthem
[01:29.96]Get'cha damn hands up
[01:31.36]I do this for my culture
[01:33.47]To let 'em know
[01:34.07]What a ni**a look like
[01:35.32]When a ni**a in a roaster
[01:36.979996]Show 'em how to move
[01:38.1]In a room full 'o vultures
[01:39.6]Industry shady it need
[01:41.16]To be taken over
[01:42.229996]Label owners hate me
[01:43.55]I'm raisin' the status quo up
[01:45.009995]I'm overchargin' niggaz for
[01:46.380005]What they did to the Cold Crush
[01:47.880005]Pay us like you owe us for
[01:49.21]All the years that you hold us
[01:50.46]We can talk, but money talks
[01:52.229996]So talk mo' bucks
[01:53.41]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[01:56.240005]Fo' shizzle my nizzle used
[01:57.4]To dribble down in VA
[01:58.75]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[02:01.52]That's the anthem
[02:02.77]Get'cha damn hands up
[02:04.19]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[02:07.33]Not guilty ya'll got-ta feel me
[02:09.75]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[02:12.59]That's the anthem
[02:13.83]Get'cha damn hands up
[02:15.34]Yeah
[02:15.82]Hove is back
[02:16.53]Life stories told through rap
[02:18.5]Niggaz actin' like I sold you crack
[02:20.52]Like I told you sell drugs, no
[02:22.73]Hove did that so hopefully
[02:24.54001]You won't have to go through that
[02:26.1]I was raised in the
[02:27.02]Projects, roaches and rats
[02:28.86]Smokers out back
[02:30.20999]Sellin' they mama's sofa
[02:31.63]Lookouts on the corner
[02:33.1]Focussed on the ave
[02:34.62]Ladies in the window,
[02:35.85]Focussed on the kinfolk
[02:37.29001]Me under a lamp post,
[02:38.51]Why I got my hand closed?
[02:40.2]Cracks in my palm,
[02:41.13]Watchin' the long arm o' the law
[02:43.22]So you know I seen it all before
[02:45.19]I seen hoop dreams deflate
[02:46.69]Like a true fiend's weight
[02:48.1]To try and to fail,
[02:49.42]The two things I hate
[02:50.85]Succeed in this rap game
[02:52.19]The two things is great
[02:53.68]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[02:56.41]What else can I say about dude
[02:58.01]I gets bizzay
[02:59.14]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[03:01.92]Fo' shizzle my nizzle used
[03:03.21]To dribble down in VA
[03:04.59]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[03:07.34]That's the anthem
[03:08.64]Get'cha damn hands up
[03:10.01]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[03:13.98]Not guilty ya'll got-ta feel me
[03:16.47]H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
[03:19.39]That's the anthem
[03:20.45999]Get'cha damn hands up
[03:21.91]H to the izz-O,
[03:23.24]V to the izz-A
[03:27.35]H to the izz-O,
[03:28.81]V to the izz-A
[03:32.97]H to the izz-O,
[03:34.20999]V to the izz-A
[03:38.34]H to the izz-O,
[03:39.69]V to the izz-A