Izzo HOVA Lyrics by Jay-Z

Izzo HOVA Lyrics

    Ladies and gentlemen, put our hands together for the astonishing...
    (girls singing)
    H to the izz-O...V to the izz-A...

    Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world
    The flow o' the century...oh it's timeless...HOVE!
    Thanks for comin' out tonight
    You coulda been anywhere in the world, but you're here with me
    I appreciate that...uuunnnh...

    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA
    Was herbin' em in the home o' the turbans
    Got it dirt cheap for them
    Plus if they was short wit' cheese I would work wit' them
    Boy and we...got rid of that dirt for them
    Wasn't born hustlers I was burpin' em
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    Fo' sheezy my neezy keep my arms so greasy
    Can't leave rap alone the game needs me
    Haters want me clapped and chromed it ain't easy
    Cops wanna knock me, D.A. wanna box me in
    But somehow, I beat them charges like Rocky
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    Not guilty, he who does not feel me is not real to me
    Therefore he doesn't exist
    So poof...vamoose son of a bitch

    CHORUS
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    Not guilty ya'll got-ta feel me
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    That's the anthem get'cha damn hands UP!

    Holla at me...
    I do this for my culture
    To let 'em know what a nigga look like...when a nigga in a roaster
    Show 'em how to move in a room full 'o vultures
    Industry shady it need to be taken over
    Label owners hate me I'm raisin' the status quo up
    I'm overchargin' niggaz for what they did to the Cold Crush
    Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hold us
    We can talk, but money talks so talk mo' bucks

    CHORUS

    Yeah...
    Hove is back, life stories told through rap
    Niggaz actin' like I sold you crack
    Like I told you sell drugs...no...
    Hove did that so hopefully you won't have to go through that
    I was raised in the pro-jects, roaches and rats
    Smokers out back, sellin' they mama's sofa
    Lookouts on the corner, focused on the ave
    Ladies in the window, focused on the kinfolk
    Me under a lamp post, why I got my hand closed?
    Cracks in my palm, watchin' the long arm o' the law
    So you know I seen it all before
    I seen hoop dreams deflate like a true fiend's weight
    To try and to fail, the two things I hate
    Succeed in this rap game, the two things is great
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A
    What else can I say about dude, I gets bizzay

    CHORUS

    (girls singing)
    H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A... (4x to fade out)

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