[ti:So Ambitious] [ar:Jay-Z] [al:The Blueprint 3] [00:-7.52]Jay-Z Ft. Pharrell - So Ambitious [00:00.00] [00:02.44](Pharrell) [00:02.94]Yeah 3 in the morning on the Westside highway, top down baby, [00:08.70]The motivation for me was them telling me what I couldn't be, [00:10.87]F-ck y'all [00:14.15]Oh well, [00:21.27] [00:22.77](Jay-Z) [00:23.27]This is us, a special dedication, [00:27.35]I wanna thank you for the fuel, [00:29.11]No really thank you, [00:36.49] [00:36.99]I felt so inspired by what my teacher said, [00:39.79]Said I'd either be dead or be a reefer head, [00:42.72]Now sure if thats how adults should speak ta kids, [00:45.60]Especially when the only thing i did was speak in class, [00:48.35]I teach his ass, [00:49.25]Even betters what my uncle did, [00:51.29]I pop my demo tape in start to beat my head, [00:54.05]Peaked out my eye, see if he was beating his, [00:56.87]He might as well say beat it kid, he's on the list, [00:59.84]Its like Im searching for kicks like a sneaker head, [01:02.83]He gon keep pushing me until i reach the ledge, [01:05.74]And when I reach the ledge i'll tell em all to eat it dead, [01:08.58]Take a leap of faith and let my eagle wings spread, [01:11.51]Spread spread. [01:11.77] [01:11.97](Chorus - Pharrell) [01:12.27]Motivation for me was them telling me what I could not be, [01:17.64]Oh well, [01:23.49]I'm so ambitious, [01:25.94]I might hit two sisters, [01:28.91]Hey im on a mission [01:31.64]No matter what the conditions, [01:34.45]Forget the personal issues [01:37.54]When you been what i been through, [01:40.36]Hey if you believe it, [01:43.55]Then you could conceive it. [01:45.51] [01:46.01](Jay-Z) [01:46.51]I had to lace up my boots even harder, [01:48.86]Father is too far away to father, [01:51.41]Further-more of the kids either smoke reefer, [01:55.25]Or either move white, theres few writers in my cipher, [01:59.27]So they made lighter, my type a dreams seem dumb [02:02.72]They said wiser, how many guys a you see making it from here, [02:06.77]The world don't like us, is that not clear, a riper, [02:10.55]I'm different, i can't base what I'm gonna be off a what everybody isn't, [02:15.49]They don't listen, just whispering behind my back, [02:18.73]No vision, lack of ambition, [02:21.24]So wack! [02:21.57] [02:21.87](Chorus - Pharrell) [02:22.17]Motivation for me was them telling me what I could not be, [02:26.87]Oh well, [02:32.71]I'm so ambitious, [02:35.37]I might hit two sisters, [02:38.32]Hey im on a mission [02:41.02]No matter what the conditions, [02:43.86]Forget the personal issues [02:46.80]When you been what i been through, [02:49.80]Hey if you believe it, [02:52.94]Then you could conceive it. [02:55.00] [02:55.46](Jay-Z) [02:55.96]Had a couple of meetings no office yet, [02:58.63]Maybe I aint good enough for these offices, [03:01.63]Back to the drawing board ducking officers, [03:04.34]It's all good cos the streets is A&R'ing this, [03:07.44]So with or without any of your involvement, [03:10.03]Coming for all of this, respect my conglomerate, [03:13.28]I went from pauper to the President, [03:15.82]Every deal i made said President, [03:18.76]N-ggas thought I'd fall without old buddy, [03:21.76]Oh buddy, what i do is make more money, [03:25.11]Dear Teacher, your probably somewhere near a speaker, [03:27.41]I'm balling outta control, can you hear my sneakers, [03:30.35]F-ck y'all, [03:30.68] [03:31.18]Motivation for me was them telling me what I could not be, [03:31.90](Chorus - Pharrell) [03:36.27]Oh well, [03:42.02]I'm so ambitious, [03:44.75]I might hit two sisters, [03:47.62]Hey im on a mission [03:50.40]No matter what the conditions, [03:53.26]Forget the personal issues [03:56.21]When you been what i been through, [03:59.10]Hey if you believe it, [04:02.39]Then you could conceive it. [04:08.39]