Reach the Top lyrics

[Produced by Clark Kent]

[Hook: Jay-Z and DJ Clark Kent]
Gotta reach the top (You gotta persevere)
Can't wait another year
I gotta reach the top (Yo Jay, your time's near)
I gotta reach the top; f*ck that, my time is here
Yeah!

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
I came up far so brothers can know my name
I paid so many dues now I'm looking for change
Too many years wasted
Too many years on the set seeing the flavors, but I never did taste it
I gotta reach the top before I'm done with it
So much hard work now its time to have some fun with it
I got my eyes on the number one n*gga
Watch your spot on the charts, "Here I come n*gga!"
You hear the footsteps, you hear the sound
The only way I got to go is up the only way you got to go is down
Now relax on your laurels I ain't faking jack
So with your $8.99 plus tax spent on my wax
Your Freud, paranoid
Brothers afraid to be unemployed because Jay-Zs' ready to play with the big boys
I gots to get it, 'til then I won't stop
Too many years rock bottom, I gotta reach the top
[Hook]

[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
I gots to give them lots of rhythm
When all hell breaks loose I'm performing exorcisms
Lurking in the shadows
Ready to put work in
A hurting on competitions is curtains
I scheme like a coke fiend
Keep brothers awake like codeine
'Cause when you sleep I dream deep, right?
Brothers better sleep light
'Cause I keep sight on number one, so go 'head, sleep tight
I put them out, conspire like I won the house
Things are looking up, so brothers better be looking out
I'm closing the gap like Heidi
My sh*ts selling more than Shay Whitey
I'm coming for your spot n*gga
Ain't nothing calm about the things on my mind
sh*t, I leave here sunny 'cause I won every time
You had your time now it's my turn to rock
And let my cream rise

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
I just won't stop there
I gotta maintain the status quo of being the baddest bro
The world is watching
Girls clocking my rhyming
I cracked the oyster took the pearl but can I keep it shining?
Too much passes the flame
Too much knowledge to ascertain
I made a mark but can I leave a lasting name?
Well put this in your pipe and smoke it
As long as I'm breathing, I keep the world open
I skip to the lou so don't sip the soup
Then get gassed 'cause then, damn, I gotta rip your crew
My format is all that so skip the small chat
If you're all that then reach for the stars n*gga!
I recycle them bars, hot like stolen cars
Claim peace if anything brothers is holding off
I got to have it till then I won't stop
So many years rock bottom I gotta reach
[Hook]