[Intro: JAY-Z]

Never, never, never, never change

Never change, this is Jay every day

I never change

I'll never change, this is Jay every day

I never change

Never change, this is Jay

[Verse 1: JAY-Z]

I am a Roc representer (Oh)

Summer to winter (Oh), dead or alive (Uh)

24/7, three-sixty-five

One CD or three hundred and sixty pies

What's up to E and Kirk? Welcome home to Taj

Let no amount of money ruin this thing of ours (Uh)

We run streets like drunks run streetlights

We collidin' with life as we speak

We knee-deep in coke, we key-deep in ice

We flood streets with dope, we keep weed to smoke

We all fish, better teach your folk

Give him money to eat, the next week, he's broke

'Cause when you sleep, he's reachin' for your throat

Word on the street, you reap what you sow

Not out of fear, but love, love for the game

Roc family first, we never change, man

[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z]

Never, never, never, never change

I'm still fuckin' with crime, 'cause crime pays (I never change)

Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)

I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

Who you know like Hov? (Never, never, never, never change)

I'm still fuckin' with crime, 'cause crime pays (I never change, that's right)

Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change, c'mon)

I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

[Verse 2: JAY-Z]

What's up to my Miami and St. Thomas connects? (What up?)

I'd never mention your name, I promise respect

Death before dishonor, correct?

Yup, that's what you promised me since the Bomber League

Along with if we stay strong

We can get paper longer than Pippen's arms (Woo)

Plead the Fifth when it comes to the fam

I'm like a dog, I never speak, but I understand

Where my dogs at? Where my soldiers at war?

Where your balls at? Woah, gotta pause that (Woah)

Lost ninety-two bricks, had to fall back

Knocked a nigga off his feet, but I crawled back

Had A1 credit, got more crack

From the first to the fifth, gave it all back

If I'm not a hustler, what you call that?

This is before rap ('Fore), this is all fact (Fact), I never change

[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z]

Never, never, never, never change

I'm still fuckin' with crime, 'cause crime pays (I never change)

Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change, that's right)

I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

Who you know like Hov? (Never, never, never, never change)

I'm still fuckin' with crime, 'cause crime pays (I never change)

Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change, c'mon)

I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

[Verse 3: JAY-Z]

'Fore the streets robbed me, wasn't educated properly

Well, fuck y'all, I needed money for Atari

Was so young, my big sis still playin' with Barbie

Young brother, big city, eight million stories

Old heads taught me, "Youngin, walk softly"

Carry a big clip that'll get niggas off me

Keep coke in coffee, keep money smellin' mothy

Chains is cool to cop, but more important is lawyer fees (Uh)

That's how it is now (Uh), that's how it always be (Uh)

I never change, this is always me

From the womb to the tomb, from now 'til my doom

Drink Army from one cup, pass it around the room (That's a family, nigga)

That's the ritual (Yup), Big Ran, I ain't forget you, fool

And all that bullshit you tryin' to get through

This is crew love, move music or move drugs

Rival crews, get your black suits up, I'll never change

[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z]

Never, never, never, never change

I'm still fuckin' with crime, 'cause crime pays (I never change, c'mon)

Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)

I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

Who you know? (Never, never, never, never change)

I'm still fuckin' with crime, 'cause crime pays (I never change)

Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change, c'mon)

I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

[Outro: JAY-Z]

This is Jay every day

Who you know like Hov, nigga?