Intro-Jay-Z

[ti:Intro] [ar:Jay-Z] [al:American Gangster] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Intro - Jay-Z [00:01.69]Written by：Not Applicable [00:03.38]Man I worked for one of the biggest companies in New York City [00:07.09]He didn't own his own company [00:08.77]White man owned it so they owned him [00:10.97]Nobody owns me though [00:15.73]Your gangster is not defined [00:18.47]Your gangster is not defined by how low your jeans fall by your waist [00:23.26]But more how your genes stand over his expectations [00:26.25]Never forget where you came from [00:27.63]Your gangster [00:29.39]Your gangster is not defined by how many rocks are in your watch [00:32.93]But rather how many rocks you move while on your watch [00:36.77]Gangsters hustlers republicans democrats pimps and hoes [00:43.22]Conservatives labor the seller the buyer the product the producer [00:47.69]See you are what you are [00:48.87]The gangster is absorbed and adored by those [00:53.59]That don't understand the laws that govern gangsterment [00:57.46]Gangsterment [01:00.26]Gangsterment allows you to make up your own laws and create brand new words [01:05.98]Gangster mentality [01:07.55]Gangster mentality an American way created by the white [01:12.00]Mastered by the black and absorbed by the fiends [01:15.46]Taxed by the governmentality charted by forbes [01:20.83]If you believe in Jay Z then you too can be a gangster [01:24.49]The you too can be a gangster by any means necessary [01:29.12]By owning that dream [01:30.42]I mean it's a long walk to freedom but while deep [01:32.97]Deep deep inside the bush [01:35.65]The war on terror screams damn it feels good [01:39.51]Damn it feels good to be a gangster [01:42.88]To be a gangster swagger is not a must [01:46.10]It's a liability a cliche a bad suit cut the b******t [01:54.03]You know if it wasn't for this there would be no that [01:57.94]Which we call the American gangster