Through the Wire

Let's go! The Roc is in the building, say "Hands down" Throw your diamonds in the air at the Roc is in the building Say "Hell yeah" Throw your diamonds in the air If your Roc is in the building say "Hell yeah" Throw your diamonds in the air If your Roc's in the building say "Hell yeah" Throw your diamonds in the air Throw your diamonds in the air Throw your diamonds in the air Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I drink a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dessert Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp That right there could drive a sane man bers... Not to worry, Mr. H-to-the-Izzo's back to wi... How do you console my mom or give her light support Tellin' her her son's on life support? And just imagine how my girl feel On the plane scared as hell that her guy look like Emmett... She was with me before the deal, she'd been tryna be mine She a Delta, so she'd been throwin' that Dynasty sign No use in me tryna be lyin', I been tryna be signed Tryin' to be a millionaire, how I used two lifelines In the same hospital where Biggie Smalls died The doctor said I had blood clots, but I ain't Jamaican, man Story on MTV and I ain't tryna make a... I swear, this right here, history in the makin', man Through the wire, to the limit, to the wall (yeah) For the chance to be with you, I'd gladly risk it all Through the wire, through whatever, come what may For a chance to be with you, I'd take it all the way Right down to the wire, even through the fire Yeah, yeah What if somebody from the Chi' that was ill got a deal On the hottest rap label around? But he wasn't talkin' 'bout coke and birds It was more like spoken word, 'cept he's really puttin' it down? And he explained the story 'bout how Blacks came from glory And what we need to do in the game Good dude, bad night, right place, wrong time In the blink of a eye, his whole life changed If y'all could feel how my face felt You would know how Mase felt Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt I swear to God, driver two wanna sue There's a lawyer for the case, but I hope he's still safe My dawgs couldn't tell if I... I looked like Tom Cruise on Vanilla Sky, it was televised There's been an accident like GEICO They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael I must got a angel, 'cause look how death missed his ass Unbreakable, what, you thought they'd call me Mr.? Look back on my life like the Ghost of Christmas... Toys "R" Us where I used to spend that Christmas... And I still won't grow up, I'm a grown-ass kid Swear I should be locked up for stupid... But I'm a champion, so we turned tragedy to triumph Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire Yeah, Mary beat our way to hip-hop violence Make some noise for me, repeat 'round here real quick Yeah, make some noise with GLC, L.A. make some noise for... Make some noise for Really Doe, my nigga Really Doe Make some noise for, my nigga right here Make some noise for John Legend right here, right now The Roc is in the building, say "Hell yeah" ("Hell yeah") Throw your diamonds in the air at the Roc in the building Say "Hell yeah" ("Hell yeah") Throw your diamonds in the air If your Roc is in the building say "Hell yeah" My nigga, now Throw your diamonds in the air If your Roc is in the building say "Hell yeah" ("Hell yeah") Throw your diamonds in the air Throw your diamonds in the air Throw your diamonds in the air Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We the fuck outta here I love y'all