The Prelude chords by
Jay‐z

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Key: G# minor

Verse 1
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You know, you've got this
fantasy in yo' head about
Gettin' outta the life and settin
the corporate world on its ear
What the fuck you gonna do
D D 
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Em Em 
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except hustle?
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D D 
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Besides pimpin',
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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you really ain't got the stomach for that
D D 
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The game's

Verse 2
fucked up
Em Em 
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Nigga's beats is bangin',
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nigga your hooks did it
Em Em 
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Your lyrics didn't,
D D 
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your gangsta look did it
Em Em 
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So I   would write it if
D D 
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y'all could get it
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D D 
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Bein intricate'll get you wood, critic
Em Em 
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On the internet,
D D 
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they like you should spit it
Em Em 
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I'm like you should buy it,
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nigga that's good business
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Forget this rap shit I need
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a new hustle
A little bit of everything,
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Em Em 
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the new improved Russell
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I say that reluctantly cause
Em Em 
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I do struggle
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As you see I can't leave
Em Em 
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so I do love you
D D 
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But I'm just a hustler
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disguised as a rapper
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In fact you can't fit this hustle
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inside of a wrapper
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Back when crack was
Em Em 
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What these pills are,
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I was a  real star
Em Em 
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Complete with real cars,
D D 
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no video ones
Em Em 
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You can come and set up  a camera,
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let the video run
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And my real life,
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Em Em 
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complete with real ice
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VVS boulders oh they're visibly set
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Head an  d shoulders,
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my in visible neck
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D D 
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You see Hova wasn't digital yet
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D D 
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Befo' Steve Jobs made the iPod
Em Em 
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Was gettin' head jobs,
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we call that intimate
Em Em 
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Back when rappers wouldn't
D D 
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dare play lyrical roulette
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With a automatic weapon I was
D D 
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rappin' with a Tec
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Fresh like Mannie be,
D D 
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chain like anti- freeze
Em Em 
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Shoebox full of cash,
D D 
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dealer man hand me ki's
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D D 
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Pantries full of Arm & Hammer,
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don't take Nancy Drew to see
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Em Em 
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What it do, I'm a damn G
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Just sent a million dollars
Em Em 
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through a hands free
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That's big money talk,
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can you answer me?
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Em Em 
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Before the answer was a   3
D D 
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I was down in Georgetown with a Hoya chick,
lawyer chick
Em Em 
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Sure he's rich now cause he saw the shit,
all this shit
That's why they call him Hov', cause
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Em Em 
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D D 
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he came before all this shit
Em Em 
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Bought a 6, quarter seven,
D D 
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skipped on them quarter eights
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D D 
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Bought a 9 for non- stop
Em Em 
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Glock work all the time
D D 
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Woo! Guess who's back?
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Since this is a new era,
D D 
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got a fresh new hat
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D D 
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Ten year veteran, I've been set
Em Em 
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I've been through with this
D D 
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bullshit game but I never quit
Em Em 
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D D 
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I used to think rappin' at 38 was ill
Em Em 
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D D 
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But last year alone I
Em Em 
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grossed 38 mill'
D D 
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I know I ain't quite 38 but still
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D D 
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The flow so Special got a  38 feel
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D D 
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The real is  back, hehehehe

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