Fallin’ - Intellectual

[Chorus: Bilal]

I know I shouldn’t've did that

I know it's gon' come right back

I know it's gon' destroy everything I made

It's probably gon' get ya boy sent away

But this game I play, ain't no way to fix it

It's inevitable that I'm... (Fallin')

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]

Uhh, said where I would stop before I even started

When I get to one brick, then the game I would depart with

Got to one brick, then I looked to the sky like:

"Sorry, God, I lied, but give me one more try" (Try)

Got to two bricks, new cars, new whips

But niggas never learn until they end up in the news clip

The irony of selling drugs is sort of like you using it

Guess it's two sides to what substance abuse is

Can't stop, won't stop, addicted to this new shit

Brand new convertibles, I'm so ruthless

Front row fight night, see how big my tube is

Fuck HD, nigga, see how clear my view is?

But there's a price for overdoing it

Doing it this big'll put you on the map

Stick-up kids is out to tax

Plus the FBI boys with the cameras in the back

Damn...

[Chorus: Bilal (Jay-Z)]

I know I shouldn’t've did that

I know it's gon' come right back

I know it's gon' destroy everything I made

It's probably gon' get ya boy sent away

But this game I play, ain't no way to fix it

It's inevitable, (Now ya) fallin'

[Verse 2: Jay-Z, (Bilal)]

When you should've fell back

Now you (Fallin'), right into they lap

Fallin', they applauding, they screaming at the screen

Damn, you fucked up like your favorite movie scene

'Godfather', 'Goodfellas', 'Scarface', 'Casino'

You seen what that last run did to De Niro in 'Heat'

Can't beat the odds, can't cheat the Gods

Can't blow too hard, life's a deck of cards

Now your tumbling is humbling, you're falling, you're mumbling

Under your breath, like you knew this day was coming (Fallin')

Now let's pray that arm candy

That you left your ex for, stay down and come in handy

'Cause come January it gets cold

When the letters start to slow, and your commissary's low

And lawyers screams appeal, only thinking about a bill

And your chances are nil

Damn, gravity's ill...

[Chorus: Bilal (Jay-Z)]

I know I shouldn’t've did that

I know it's gon' come right back

I know it's gon' destroy everything I made

It's probably gon' get ya boy sent away

But this game I play, ain't no way to fix it

It's inevitable, (But ya) fallin'

[Verse 3: Jay-Z, (Bilal)]

And you can't get up

All you do is push-up, pull-up, sit-up

Locked down, the town now belongs to the squares

Who said they won't make the same mistake that got you there

And your arm candy sweet on 'em

And the women that you left for this heifer got a college degree coming

Bad news keeps coming, hard to keep something in your stomach

You're sick about what your life is becoming (Fallin')

But your "used-to"s, "has-been"s, ragging bad about all the new dudes

Talking tough on the YouTube 'bout what you used to do

But that's old school to the new crew

They doing numbers like Sudoku

They're the new you, and it's damn near inevitable

They'll experience déja vu too

Fight and you'll never survive, run and you'll never escape

So just fall from grace

Damn...

[Chorus: Bilal]

I know I shouldn’t've did that

I know it's gon' come right back

I know it's gon' destroy everything I made

It's probably gon' get ya boy sent away

But this game I play, ain't no way to fix it

It's inevitable that I'm...

[Outro: Bilal]

Fallin', seems like I'm fallin'