Foundation

[Big Jaz]<br>Know I do dat<br>[Jay-Z]<br>Hell Yeah. Let`s start from the top<br>(singing intro)<br>need to just kill that shit<br>you go first though, huh<br><br>[Big Jaz]<br>Go back!<br>Don`t know Karate, but I kick back like a 45-70<br>givin` yall niggas hell, enablin` me to live heavenly<br>hit y`all faggots with my worst, still never get the best of me<br>don`t call me money `less you investin` me<br>I`m the answer but you find time to question me<br>fine wines and dimes blessin` me<br>primetime professional over the bread like sesame<br>crime stressin` water testin` <br>got me arrested again, tested again<br>tryin` to swim with the whales<br>say you `bout to blow with no wind in yo sails<br>can`t convince me, flinch or hench me<br>my shit is cut and dry, motherfucker drench me<br>I dare yo chilly ass to the 9th degree<br>there ain`t been a true and livin` in your life since me<br>pinch me, you movin` backwards when i`m slo-mo<br>my style`ll bag a boy like a homo<br>into linen like Yoko Ono<br>you can fry, so relax no lie<br>power from bed eye, sendin` niggas beddy-bye why?<br>my team in the Big East take down your whole wack conference<br>whole repetoir`s pompous, know yo ass square walkin` `round with a compass<br><br>[Tone Hooker]<br>Yo, Now what we `bout to do is put down Foundation<br>(When it`s time to step it up)<br>we rise to the occasion, but in order for you to put down Foundation<br>(You gotta)<br>Stash your funds,then automatic cream grows sporadic<br><br>[Jay-Z]<br>Hey y`all, I used to wreck off, bust the Tec off<br>pop the cork off Moet off y`all, 3 quarters of the way<br>now that`s history, pop Christy `till I`m pissy<br>Jigga, who is he? How bad y`all wanna know?<br>stick my head out the V-twizzy<br>bust lead out, let the world feel the misery<br>goin` loco, elude po-po<br>prelude to a champion, competion<br>not for nothin`, can`t be none<br>limited edition, like the Lex with Coach leather<br>`cept my approach is better, now or never<br>however, y`all want it the style`s forever<br>`till it`s redundant, Jigga!<br>me and my operation, runnin New York night scene<br>with one eye closed like Peter Geisha<br>none of our foes have an idea, back in the days<br>to fool the Feds used to run our clothes for years<br>how can you possibly stop me?<br>I`m approximately a million overhead, U.S. Dollars<br>product take cream like Juan Valdez<br>we`s Kodak, Papa. See true co-lors<br><br>[Tone Hooker]<br>Yo, Now what we `bout to do is put down Foundation<br>(When it`s time to step it up)<br>we rise to the occasion, but in order for you to put down Foundation<br>(You gotta)<br>Stash your funds,then automatic cream grows sporadic<br>Yeah, we puttin` down Foundation<br>(now it`s time to step it up)<br>so rise to the occasion, but in order for you to put down Foundation<br>(You gotta)<br>Stash your funds,then automatic cream grows sporadic<br><br>[Sauce Money]<br>polish your wings for this fly shit<br>the Bed-Stuy do or die shit, this 325i shit!<br>you get nothing, child we buck and wild<br>Roc-A-Fella Clik nigga, you know my fuckin` style<br>when I deliver, niggas just don`t give a<br>fuck about nuthin`, go all out like Hitler<br>not enough doses to close this, it`s hopeless<br>fuck who the host is, nigga we the dopest<br>motherfuckers rappin`, Sauce Money had to happen<br>record setter, record seller, Roc-A-Fella<br>comin` thru like Idi Amin obscene<br>you do ya best while I fuck the prom queen<br>flick cum on ya, drop the bomb on ya<br>seperate ya clik, man lost an arm on ya<br>love the position that we hold know<br>crazy Juice, chicks quick to get open like Nicole Brown<br>or heart surgery, to smart to murder me<br>3rd burn degree if ya start distubin` me<br>word to mother, life`s a bitch fuck her<br>Jaz and Jay stuck her, Sauce next in line with the rubber<br>went from outcome to income, pretend some men come<br>they win none, I`m all that and then some<br>duck to blink and not enough, you sinkin`<br>pussy minds I penetrate what the fuck you thinkin?<br><br>[Tone Hooker]<br>Now what you heard was niggas puttin` down Foundation<br>(when it`s time to step it up)<br>we rise to the occasion, but in order for you to put down Foundation<br>(You gotta)<br>Stash your funds,then automatic cream grows sporadic<br>Yeah, we puttin` down Foundation<br>(now it`s time to step it up)<br>so rise to the occasion, but in order for you to put down Foundation<br>(You gotta)<br>Stash your funds,then automatic cream grows sporadic<br>Yeah uh<br><br>[Sauce Money]<br>Word up, you know how that shit go<br>it`s about that fuckin` time<br>Big muthafuckin Jaz, with the help of the capo, the nigga Jigga<br>represent that shit, word<br>and me? heh heh, whatever<br>Yeah, that`s hot right there! Ha Ha Ha