Music Class: Jay-Z - Reach The Top (rare unreleased) 1994
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[Produced by Clark Kent]
[Hook: Jay-Z]
Gotta reach the top (You gotta persevere)
Can't wait another year
I gotta reach the top (Ayo Jay your time is near)
Fuck 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 1 nigga
Watch your spot on the charts, here I come nigga
You hear the foot steps, 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 Jackson's
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 till then I won't stop
Too many years rock bottom I gotta reach the top
ADVERTISING
[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 hurtin on competitions is curtains
I scheme like a coke fiend
Keep brothers awake like codeine
Cuz when you sleep I dream
Deep right?
Brothers better sleep light
Cuz I keep sight on number 1, 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 Hidy
My shits selling more than Shea Whitey
I'm coming for your spot nigga
Ain't nothing calm about the things on my mind
Shit I leave it sunny cuz I won every time
You had your time now its 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
Those your guys? Damn I gotta rip your crew
My format is all that so skip the small chat
If your all that then reach for the stars nigga!
I recycle them bars hot like stolen cars
? please if anything brothers is holding off
I got to have it till then I won't stop
Soo many years rock bottom I gotta reach
[Hook: Jay-Z]
Gotta reach the top (You gotta persevere)
Can't wait another year
I gotta reach the top (Ayo Jay your time is near)
Fuck 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 1 nigga
Watch your spot on the charts, here I come nigga
You hear the foot steps, 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 Jackson's
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 till then I won't stop
Too many years rock bottom I gotta reach the top
ADVERTISING
[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 hurtin on competitions is curtains
I scheme like a coke fiend
Keep brothers awake like codeine
Cuz when you sleep I dream
Deep right?
Brothers better sleep light
Cuz I keep sight on number 1, 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 Hidy
My shits selling more than Shea Whitey
I'm coming for your spot nigga
Ain't nothing calm about the things on my mind
Shit I leave it sunny cuz I won every time
You had your time now its 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
Those your guys? Damn I gotta rip your crew
My format is all that so skip the small chat
If your all that then reach for the stars nigga!
I recycle them bars hot like stolen cars
? please if anything brothers is holding off
I got to have it till then I won't stop
Soo many years rock bottom I gotta reach
Wheres the 95 south joint?
can't find it anywhere
this is a VERY good question.
It's strange because it says "Reach the Top" came out in 94 but so did "Show and Prove" and he was rapping fast on that one.
I guess he heard BIG and....let me stop
It's strange because it says "Reach the Top" came out in 94 but so did "Show and Prove" and he was rapping fast on that one.
I guess he heard BIG and....let me stop
don't you start
