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Justify My Thug

Jay-Z

The Black Album [Acappella]

2003

wealth
Death before dishonor and I tell you what else
I tighten my belt 'fore I beg for help
Foolish pride is what held me together through the years
I

Justify My Thug

Jay-Z

The Black Album

2003

wealth
Death before dishonor and I tell you what else
I tighten my belt 'fore I beg for help
Foolish pride is what held me together through the years
I

not to get old and killed

Every time I bet on myself
I knew what it took made me tighten my belt
Still I only bet on myself
Win, lose, draw only bet

Yeah, yeah, it's Juso

If I said I'm the one, I ain't lyin
Been dealin' with pressure, but pressure makes diamonds
So I tighten my belt like Orion

it's always fleeting
My flowers wilt while I tighten my belt
I don't know why it's so hard to do anything new
Oh new, oh new, anything new, without you

the ace card

'Cause I'm just like everybody else
I dip my head in the sink and I tighten my belt

Way down underneath the state line
I make deals

screaming for help 
I was fucking up the packs
I had tighten my belt 
I lost my idol in the midst of it all
He in the worst place
I’m dead last
For thinking i

never met

I clean myself
I tighten my belt
And I take a leap of
Faith

or maybe I lie to myself
Maybe I cry to myself
But I had to tighten my belt
I had to sleep in the whip
I had some people to flip
I use to keep it a brick
I

Aye, do that shit Drin

Yeah
I don't loosen the words, and I don't tighten the belt 
I live in a state, and in that state I gain wealth 
Locals ain't

to handle,
but she's the only one to treat me right.
But she got a past like me, I think she need a brighter shining light.
I go to tighten the belt, before I

I do is sing
So I tighten my belt
Start chasing what I felt
I know what I want
Now all I need is how to get there
Life's never been fair
So took a gun

they lighten up the rations
I tighten up my belt
I won't say I've never felt the pain
But I am not a stranger to the rain
And for the boy who's given me

(Naw naw)
Now they all can see the vision (Haha)
I was workin on myself
No help I tighten up my belt
I was lacin up these nikes (I'm fast)
Grab my keys

hate you when you spendin 
They was laughing tellin joke
Now they all can see the vision
I was workin on myself
No help I tighten up my belt
I was lacin

myself
But I play the hand dealt
Like there's nothing to loose
No noose
So I tighten up the belt
Till I feel something other than hate
I guess that's how I

Soothsayer

The Mars Volta

The Bedlam in Goliath

2008

the bosom of this filth
Carry on this drought
As I tighten my belt

This deceit 
Has no arms
Bended will
Take what's yours
This deceit 
Has no arms

I know you're lonely but just walk on down the road
It's not far to go
I've been so hungry but I'll tighten up my belt
Back home I go

Oh, and it

a minute
I’m all by myself
I had to get it how I live it
Tighten up my belt
Think I’m the littest in the city
If I do say so myself
I had to get it
Then I

to the left, real nigga play the hand I was dealt, tighten up my belt I learned from the bosses, learned from Jesus never let a nigga cross us, stay cautious

you're bad for my health
Outta lives, only life is when I live it for myself
Lately I'm the worst I ever felt
Better tighten the belt

Stop it I'm already

again
Am I making the most of you?
This whole town is the toast of you
I tighten my belt
Send the letter without the address
Take the trash out, but don't

I'm committing to myself
And I'm quitting everything that is bad for my health

I done felt every feeling that could be felt
I tighten my belt

a nigga stand out
'Fore I ask for help ima tighten my belt
I ain't even have to move the weight the shit lift itself
The shit you can achieve if you believe