Numb Encore - Jay-Z

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[Chorus]
            
Can I get a en

     
core' Do you w

ant more'
             
Cookin' raw wi

       
th the Brookly

n boy
            
So, for one la

            
st time, I nee

              
d y'all to roa

    
r
           
Now, what the 

             
hell are you w

           
aiting for'
           
After me, ther

        
e shall be no 

more
             
So, for one la

              
st time, nigga

            
, make some no

       
ise


[Verse 1]
           
Who you know f

             
resher than Ho


v' Riddle me t

hat
             
The rest of y'

              
all know where

     
 I'm lyrically

 at
           
Can't none of 

              
y'all mirror m

   
e back
             
Yeah, hearin' 

              
me rap is like

 
 hearin' G. Ra

p in his prime
           
I'm young H.O.

        
: Rap's Gratef

ul Dead
             
Back to take o

         
ver the globe'

now break brea

d
           
I'm in Boeing 

       
jets, Global E

xpress
             
Out the countr

          
y but the blue

berry still co

nnect
           
On the low but

      
 the yacht got

 a triple deck
             
But when you y

              
oung what the 


fuck you expec

t'
           
Grand openin''

      
grand closin'
             
God damn, your

           
 man H O V cra

cked the can o

pen again
           
Who you gon' f

     
ind doper than

 him with no p

en'
             
Just draw off 

 
inspiration
           
Soon you gon' 

         
see you can't 

replace him
             
With cheap imi

            
tations for th

              
ese generation

   
s


[Chorus 2]
            
Can I get a en

     
core' Do you w

ant more'
             
Cookin' raw wi

       
th the Brookly

n boy
           
So, for one la

            
st time, I nee

              
d y'all to roa

     
r
           
Now, what the 

             
hell are you w

           
aiting for'
           
After me, ther

        
e shall be no 

more
             
So, for one la

              
st time, nigga

  
, make some no

ise
           
What the hell 

            
are you waitin

          
g for


[Verse 2]
           
Look what you 

            
made me do, lo

ok what I made

 for you
             
Knew if I paid

         
 my dues how w

ill they pay y

ou'
           
When you first

              
 come in the g

          
ame they try t

o play you
             
Then you drop 

              
a couple of hi

   
ts'look how th

ey wave to you
           
From Marcy to 


Madison Square
             
To the only th

              
ing that matte

        
rs in just a m

atter of years

 (yeah)
           
As fate would 

         
have it Jay's 

status appears
             
To be at an al

              
l-time high'pe

         
rfect time to 

say goodbye
           
When I come ba

              
ck like Jordan

  
 wearin' the f

our-five
              
It ain't to pl

  
ay games with 

you
            
It's to aim at

              
 you'probably 

 
maim you
            
If I owe you I

              
'll blow you t

    
o smithereens
            
Cocksucka', ta

              
ke one for you

  
r team
           
And I need you

             
 to remember o


ne thing
             
I came, I saw,

    
 I conquered
           
From record sa

        
les to sold-ou

t concerts
             
So mo'fucka', 

            
if you want th

           
is encore
           
I need you to 

              
scream 'til yo

            
ur lungs get s

         
ore


[Verse 3]
           
 I'm tired of 

              
being what you

 
 want me to be
             
 Feeling so fa

         
ithless, lost 

under the surf

ace
           
 Don't know wh

              
at you're expe

 
cting of me
             
 Put under the

            
 pressure, of 

              
walking in you

   
r shoes
            
 Caught in the

              
 undertow / We

 
're just caugh

t in the under

tow
           
 Every step th

              
at I take is a

             
nother mistake

     
 to you
            
 Caught in the

              
 undertow / We

 
're just caugh

t in the under

tow
             
 And every sec

#          
ond I waste is

             
 more than I c

     
an take


[Coda]
           
 I've become s

            
o numb, I can'

              
t feel you the


re
              
 Become so tir

            
ed, so much mo

      
re aware
              
 I'm becoming 

            
this, all I wa

        
nt to do
              
 Is be more li

            
ke me, and be 

           
less like you
           
Become so numb
             
Can I get a en

              
core' Do you w

     
ant more'
           
I've become so

  
 numb
             
So, for one la

           
st time, I nee

d y'all to roa

r
         
One last time,

             
 I need y'all 

  
to roar
N.C.
Make some noise

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