[ar:Jay-Z] [al:] [00:00.00] [00:01.00]now that all the smoke is gone (lighter) [00:05.15]and the battles finally won (give me a lighter) [00:10.35]victory is finally ours(lighters up) [00:16.19]history so long so long so long so long [00:22.56] [00:22.58]in search of victory, she keeps saluting me [00:25.25]if only we could be together momentarily [00:27.65]we could make love, and make history [00:30.78]why wont you visit me, until she visit me [00:32.62]i be stuck with her sister, her name is defeat [00:36.89]she give me agony, so much agony [00:39.49]she bring me so much pain so much misery [00:42.45]like missin ya last shot, and fallin to ya knees [00:45.55]as the crowd screams, for the other team [00:48.24]i pracitce so hard for this moment victory dont leave [00:51.25]i know what this means, im stuck in this routine [00:54.70]whole new different day, same old thing [00:56.94]all i got is dreams, nobody else can see [00:59.97]nobody else believes, nobody else but me [01:02.85]where are you victory, i need you desperatly [01:05.79]not just for the moment, to make history [01:08.67] [01:08.69]now that all the smoke is gone (lighters) [01:14.11]and the battles finally won (lighters) [01:20.63]victory is finally ours (yeah) (yeah) [01:28.06]history so long so long so long so long [01:32.00] [01:32.02]so now im flirting with death, hustlin like a g [01:34.62]while vicotry wasnt watching, took chances repetedly [01:36.82]as a teenage boy, before acne [01:40.18]before i got proactive, i couldnt face she [01:43.35]i just threw up my hoodie, and headed to the streets [01:46.14]thats where i met success, we lived together shortly [01:49.20]and success is like lust, she's good to the touch [01:51.88]she's good for the moment, but she's never enough [01:54.61]everybody's had her, she's nothing like V [01:57.74]but success is all i got, unfortunatly [02:00.63]but im burning down the block, i been in and out of the [02:03.52]but something tells me, that theres much more to see [02:06.41]before i get killed, cause i cant get robbed [02:09.58]so before me, success and death monage [02:12.33]i gotta get lost, i gotta find V [02:14.97]we gotta be together, to make history [02:18.15] [02:18.17]now that all the smoke is gone (lighters up) [02:23.48]and the battles finally won (lighter up) [02:29.79]victory is finally ours (lighters up) [02:35.28]history so long so long so long so long [02:41.30] [02:41.32]now victory is mine, tastes so sweet [02:44.01]she's my trophy wife, coming with me [02:46.91]we'll have a baby, who stutters repetedly [02:49.87]we'll name him history, he'll repete after me [02:52.57]he's my legacy, son of my hardwork [02:55.62]future of my past, he'll explain who i be [02:58.48]rank me amongst the greats, either one, two, or three [03:01.42]if i aint number one, then i failed you victory [03:04.15]aint in it for the fame, that dies within weeks [03:07.00]aint in it for the money, cant take it when you leave [03:10.01]i wanna be remembered, long after you breathe [03:13.04]long after im gone, long after i breathe [03:15.92]i leave all i am, in the hands of history [03:18.84]thats my last will, testimony [03:21.56]this is much more than a song, its a baby shower [03:24.48]i been waitin for this hour, history your ours [03:27.85] [03:27.87]now that all the smoke is gone [03:32.09]and the battles finally won [03:38.33]victory is finally ours [03:44.17]history so long so long so long so long [03:52.81]now that all the smoke is gone [03:55.37]and the battles finally won [04:01.33]victory is finally ours [04:07.13]history so long so long so long so long [04:15.85] [04:15.87]End [04:15.88]