Takeover (MTV Unplugged) JAY-Z

[Intro: Jay-Z]
What's—
We gonna go through a couple of things tonight
We gon' go—We gon' party, of course
Gonna be some emotional songs
We're gon' take it all the way back for y'all
Then we gon' keep it in the truest essence of hip hop
The battle!
We gotta keep it in the battle, right, y'all?
Y'all ready for that?
Alright
Let's do it
Let me hear y'all

[Hook: Jay-Z]
R-O-C, we running this rap sh—
Memphis Bleek, we running this rap sh—
B. Sigel, we running this rap sh—
Ugh, ugh, ugh, yeah!
Freeway, we running this rap sh—
O and Sparks, we running this rap sh—
Chris and Neef, we running this rap sh—
Watch out! We run New York

[Verse 1]
The takeover, the break's over, homie
God MC! Me! (Jay-Hova)
Hey, lil' soldier, you ain't ready for war
R-O-C too strong for y'all
It's like bringing a knife to a gunfight, pen to a test
Your chest in the line of fire with your thin-ass vest
You bringing them boys to men, how them boys gon' win?
This is grown man B-I-, get you rolled in the triage, bi-atch
Your reach ain't long enough, dunny
Your peeps ain't strong enough, uh-uh
Roc-A-Fella is the army, better yet the navy
Sure, we will kidnap your babies, spit at your lady
We bring knife to fistfight, kill the grammar
We kill you itty-bitty ants with a sledgehammer
Don't let me do it to em, dunny, 'cause I overdo it
So he won't confuse it with "just rap music"