Released on September 29, 1998

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[Intro: Jay-Z, Kid Capri & Both]

Yeah, uh-huh, watch this y'all

Uhh, watch this y'all

C'mon, Jigga, watch this y'all

C'mon, Roc-A-Fella y'all

Huh! Watch this y'all

It's Kid Capri and Jay-Z, come on!

It's Jay-Z and Kid Capri, don't stop, huh-huh!

'Cause I'm like that y'all, yeah

I'm really like that


[Verse 1: Jay-Z]

As a young'n, dumbin', gun in the waist

Sold crack to those who couldn't take the pain and had to numb it with base

Couldn't drink the Henny straight, I needed somethin' to chase

Nowadays I throw (Uh-huh) shots back (Uh-huh), leavin' nuttin' to waste

Life's like a treadmill, niggas runnin' in place

Gettin' nowhere fast, a whole year done past

I vowed to never stop winnin', 'til the earth stop spinnin'

Rock hot linen, cop hot cars and hot women

If it's not him then you got it confused, y'all not rememberin'

My motto is, simply "I will not lose" (I will not lose)

Abide by the block rules, I buy my Glocks used

With bodies on it, let me know, anybody want it?

I'm raised, irrational, ways misunderstood

If you ain't live like I live, then one with the hood

I done what I could to come up with this paper 'til this day still

Run with the hood, guess it's part of my nature

If hell awaits a, nigga I'm comin' with the razors

Still flashin' your shit, try to pass me in a six

Type classy on the wrist, every bit of 30 karats

This is, not a game, this is not why I came

May these words find a spot on your brain and burn

Then I recycle my life, I shall return

[Chorus: Liz Leite (Jay-Z)]

How tight is your flow? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

How right is your dough? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

How white is your blow? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

Only, write what you know ('Cause I'm like that)

How tight is your flow? (Just like that yo)

How right is your dough? (Just like that, huh)

How white is your blow? (Uh huh, 'cause I'm like that)

Only, write what you know (Watch this, yeah, watch this yo)


[Verse 2: Jay-Z]

I'm a hop, skip and a jump from grippin' the pump

Spittin' a couple of curse words, and hittin' you chump

Shit, I get digits in lumps

I'm a motherfuckin' problem, is this what you want?

Overachiever, I love chicks that puff cheeba in reefer paper

I hate the ones that blow up your beeper

'Cause I go in deeper, I only bone divas

Impregnate the world when I come through your speakers (ha ha!)

Fuck hot, my records got the fever

Niggas kick dirt, get ya whole block sweeped up

I creep up when the beef heats up

Caught him with his feet up and shoes off, 'bout to snooze off

Hatin' 'cause you can't turn the booze off

You dudes is too soft, why I don't fuck with you all

I might bark at X, or spit at The LOX

But, other than that, I don't be fuckin' with cats

Just me, Ty and B-High, thug it like that

E, Dame and Biggs, what's fuckin' with that?

Y'all can never diss Jigga, get nothin' for that

Other than a couple of slugs in your back (ha ha)

Rappers y'all, runnin' around like I won't gun ya down

Last nigga that fronted, two shots spun him around

Lord, accept this offerin', here's somethin' for your crown (please)

I meant no malice, I just met his challenge and won

[Chorus: Liz Leite (Jay-Z)]

How tight is your flow? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

How right is your dough? (Just like that yo)

How white is your blow? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

Only, write what you know (I'm just like that yo)

How tight is your flow? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

How right is your dough? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

How white is your blow? ('Cause I'm like that yo)

Only, write what you know (Just like that yo)

How tight is your flow?

How right is your dough?

How white is your blow?

Only, write what you know

How tight is your flow?

How right is your dough?

How white is your blow?

Only, write what you know

[Ad-libs throughout Chorus: Kid Capri & Jay-Z]

Put your hands up, put your hands in the air

Put your hands up, get 'em up come on!

Put your hands up, get your hands in the air

Put your hands up, get 'em up, everybody put 'em up come on!

Get 'em up come on!

You know what I'm sayin'

I'm built like that, you heard?

On a whole level, we can get it on, you know

Jigga

Kid Capri, yo

Soundtrack to the streets, nigga

Huh

'Cause I'm like that yo, ya heard?

Holla back

Bounce with me, bounce


[Outro: Jay-Z]

Girls and guns (uh-huh, bounce)

All I want (Bounce with me, come on, bounce)

Stock exchange (uh-huh, bounce)

Rocks and thangs (Jigga, haha)

Girls and guns (Kid Capri shit, huh)

All I want (What's fuckin' with that, huh?)

Stock exchange (Like that yo)

Drops and thangs (I'm just like that yo)