Lyrics: Young Gifted And Black

[Intro]
And out of the mercy of Allah and the lord written in our nature
We call an individual into existence and when that individual comes
I make no apologies for what I'm about to do<a class="footnote"
href="#1">[1]</a>
[Jay-Z]
I'm America's worst nightmare
I'm young black and holding my nuts like shh-yeah
Y'all was in the pub having a light beer
I was at the club having a fight there<a class="footnote" href="#2">[2]</a>
Y'all can go home
Husband and wife there
My momma at work trying to buy me the right gear<a
class="footnote" href="#3">[3]</a>
Nine years old uncle lost his life there
Grew up thinking life ain't fair
How can I get a real job
China white right there
Right in front of my sight like here,
yeah<a class="footnote" href="#4">[4]</a>
There's your ticket out the ghetto
Take flight right here
Sell me, you go bye-bye here yeah<a class="footnote" href="#5">[5]</a>
Damn there's a different set of rules we abide by here
You need a gun n*ggas might drive by here
You're having fun racing all your hot rods there
Downloading all our music on your iPods there
I'm Chuck D standing in the crosshairs here<a class="footnote"
href="#6">[6]</a>
Y'all straight, chicks got horsehair here<a class="footnote"
href="#7">[7]</a>
You ain't gotta be in fear of your bosses there
Y'all lose your job, your pop's rich,
y'all don't care<a class="footnote" href="#8">[8]</a>
So I don't care, y'all acting like y'all don't hear
Hear all the screams from the ghetto all the teens
ducking metal here<a class="footnote" href="#9">[9]</a>
Trying to take they mind to a whole different level here
Yeah, we're real close to the devil here<a class="footnote"
href="#10">[10]</a>
There gotta be a better way. Somebody call the reverend here
Yeah, y'all must really be in Heaven there
Somebody tell God that we got a couple questions here
My little cuz never got to see his seventh year<a class="footnote"
href="#11">[11]</a>
And I'm so used to pain that I ain't even shed a tear