[Jay-Z]
Uh-huh uhh, uhh, uh-uhh
Uh-huh uhh, uhh, uhh

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
I, am, back, ^!$$%z
Ha ha ha ha ha.. uh-oh, uh-oh - whoo!

Ladies and gentlemen.. H, to the Izzo
I wanna thank everybody out there for they purchase
I surely appreciate it - whoo!

What you about to witness is my thoughts
Just my thoughts man - right or wrong
Just what I was feeling at the time, uhh

You ever felt like this, you vibe with me
Walk with a ^!$$% man - just vibe with me


Yo, gather round hustlers that's if you still livin
And get on down, to that ol' Jig rhythm
Here's a couple of jewels to help you get through your bid in prison

A ribbon in the sky, keep your head high
I, Young 'Vito, voice of the young people
Mouthpiece for hustlers I'm back mother$#&@ers

Your reign on the top was shorter than leprechauns
Y'all can't $#&@ with Hov', what type of X y'all on?
I got great lawyers for cops so dress warm

Charges don't stick to dude he's teflon
I'm too sexy for jail like I'm Right Said Fred
I'm not guilty, now GIMME back my bread

Mr. District Attorney I'm not sure if they told you
I'm on TV every day, where the $#&@ could I go to
plus - Hov' don't run, Hov' stand and fight

Hov's a soldier, Hov' been fightin all his life so
What could you do to me? It's not new to me
Sue me; $#&@ you - what's a couple dollars to me?

But you will respect me, simple as that
Or I got no problem goin back
I'm representin for the seat where Rosa Parks sat

Where Malcolm X was shot, where Martin Luther was popped
So off we go, let the trumpets blow
And hold on, because the driver of the mission is a pro

The ruler's back

Uhh, uh-huh uhh uhh

I, am, BACK, ^!$$%z - whoo! whoo! whoo! whoo!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Turn the mother$#&@in music up

The ruler's back
I, am, back, ^!$$%z
Yeah, geah, yeah, geah, yeah, geah, yeah


Well in these times, well at least to me
There's a lot of rappers out there tryin to sound like Jay-Z

I'll help you out, here's what you do
You gonna need a wide lens cause that's a VERR' big shoe
And you got a couple of +Beans+ and you don't have a +Clue+?

You situation is +Bleek+, I'ma keep it +Rell+ cause
$#&@in with me, you gotta drop +Amil+
Cause if you gonna cop somethin you gotta cop f'real

Don't only talk it, walk like it - from the Bricks to the booth
I can predict the future like Cleo the psychic
You can't date skee-os and wife it (uh-uh)

And you can't sell me bull%#@!, we know the prices
So what your life is? We gon' roll
'til the wheels fall off, y'all muh'$#&@ers check the tires

Off we go, let the trumpets blow
And hold on, because the driver of that Bentley is a pro
The ruler's back


Uhh, uhh
I, am, back, ^!$$%z

Feels good! Ha
Pah, holla at me!
The ruler's back

Yeah.. whoo!
Yeah.. yeah.. yeah..


Now bounce, c'mon, bounce
Uhh, whoo! Whoo!
Bounce, c'mon, bounce
Uhh, uhh, yeah, yeah
Bounce, c'mon, bounce

Uhh, yeah, just my thoughts ladies and gentlemen
Just what I'm feelin at the time, you know what I mean?
Knahmean? [music fades w/ ad libs]