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Blueprint²

By Jay-Z · Targeting Nas

Blueprint² is a diss track by Jay-Z targeting Nas. The track is part of the Nas–Jay-Z feud, which moved from subliminal references to direct exchanges including “Takeover,” “Ether,” and “Super Ugly.”

Released2002

Annotated1

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Intro]
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"JAY-Z this," "JAY-Z that" ("JAY-Z won't hold my hand no more")
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"JAY-Z this," "JAY-Z that"
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"JAY-Z that," "JAY-Z this" ("JAY-Z won't give me no money")
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Get off JAY-Z' dick
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What, y'all niggas get front-page articles?
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Y'all mention JAY-Z name?
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(This thing on?) JAY-Z, JAY-Z
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"In JAY-Z news" (Check)
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I understand what y'all tryna do
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I brought the flutes this time though (Check)
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Unleash the flutes on 'em, Guru
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Give me some more music in the headphone
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Let's get to the proceedings preceding this evening
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Let's do this thing (Let's do it right this time)
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Come on
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[Verse 1]
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H-O-V-A
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I got my mojo back, baby, "Oh, behave"
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Nah, nah, don't be afraid
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Y'all and your articles hock spit at Jay
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Y'all, from afar, threw darts my way
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What you thought, I would not have nothin' to say? Nope
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Y'all fell into the booby trap
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I set the trap just to see dude react, and now
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And now, you's can't leave
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You opened the door, God, I'm at you annually
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And I'm sorry, Ms. Rosie Perez
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I call a spade a spade, it just is what it is
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But you can't give cred to anything dude says
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Same dude to give you ice and you owe him some head
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Shorty, it's time to wake up the dead
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You sound a little naïve in them articles that I read
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[Chorus]
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H-O-V-A
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The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way
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H-O-V-A
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I got my mojo back, baby, "Oh, behave"
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H-O-V-A
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The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way
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H-O-V-A
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I got my mojo back, baby, "Oh, behave"
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[Verse 2]
Multi-line diss block
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Can't y'all see that he's fake, the rap version of T.D. Jakes
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Prophesizin' on your CD's and tapes
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Won't break you a crumb of the little bit that he makes
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And this is with whom you want to place your faith?
Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated
TargetNas
MeaningWhat it means: In “Can't y'all see that he's fake, the rap version of T.D. Jakes,” Jay-Z says Nas' public story or image is false rather than a reliable account of who the target is. Why it was said: The track is part of the Nas–Jay-Z feud, which moved from subliminal references to direct exchanges including “Takeover,” “Ether,” and “Super Ugly.” Once the persona is presented as invented, the boasts and accusations built on it become easier for listeners to dismiss.
ContextThe track is part of the Nas–Jay-Z feud, which moved from subliminal references to direct exchanges including “Takeover,” “Ether,” and “Super Ugly.”
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I put dollars on mine, ask Columbine
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When the Twin Towers dropped, I was the first in line (It's real)
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Donatin' proceeds off every ticket sold
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When I was out on the road, that's how you judge Hov, no?
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Ain't I supposed to be absorbed in myself?
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Every time there's a tragedy, I'm the first one to help
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They call me this misogynist
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But they don't call me the dude to take his dollars to give gifts at the projects
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These dudes is all politics, depositin' checks
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They put in they pocket, all you get in return is a lot of lip (Yap, yap, yap)
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And y'all buy the shit, caught up in the hype
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'Cause the nigga wear a kufi, it don't mean that he bright
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'Cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice
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It just means you don't understand all the bullshit that he write (The fuck is you sayin'?)
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Is it Oochie Wally Wally or is it One Mic?
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Is it Black Girl Lost or shorty owe you for ice?
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I've been real all my life, they confuse it with conceit
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Since I will not lose, they try to help him cheat
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But I will not lose, for even in defeat
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There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me
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When the grass is cut, the snakes will show
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I gotta thank the little homie Nas for that, though (Haha)
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Savin' me the hassle of speakin' to half of these assholes
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And I'ma let karma catch up to Jaz-O, whoa
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I'm back before you had a chance to miss me
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My mama can't save you this time, niggas is history
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Who you know flow vicious as me?
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Yet so religiously, that's why they call me Hov'
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I get the spoils 'cause the victor is me (Me, nigga)
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You're an actor, you're not who you're depicted to be
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You street dreamin', all y'all niggas livin' through me
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I gave you life when niggas was forgettin' you emcee
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I'm a legend, you should take a picture with me
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You should be happy to be in my presence, I should charge you a fee
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I'm Big Dog, Glenn Rob, listen, God, you a flea
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And the little homie Jungle is a garden to me
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What's the problem, B? You not as hard as me
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Nigga, hard as we, nigga, R-O-C, nigga
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That's why they follow me
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They feel my pain and my agony, nigga
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I won't rest 'til you on one knee
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You want war, then it's war it's gon' be, nigga
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Until you on one knee
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You want war, then it's war it's gon' be, nigga
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[Chorus]
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H-O-V-A
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The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way
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H-O-V-A
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I got my mojo back, baby, "Oh, behave"
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H-O-V-A
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The Blueprint 2, baby, on the way
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H-O-V-A
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I got my mojo back, baby, "Oh, behave"