In My Lifetime Instrumental - Jay-Z

[micfiend826]

people searching for the meaning yet they never find, to complex an idea surely there wastin time, till we redefine how we gunna get this paper/until thn i havta hustle givin tapers, workin in the shop spreadin my name, hopin its not in vein, but these fiends hit me on the side wantin shit to stick in there veins, but right now im stuck on the train, dodgin the rain-drops,schemin how to get them drop tops and the bitches, 6 figure digits, makin the rockerfellas look like fuckin midgets

[muziq99]

hip hop these days is trash they dont make classics anymore its all about making a quick dollar

[muziq99]

this song came out 1995

[afrikan08]

there has been a lot of black sheep in my lifetime/i've come across people whose inner soul are darker than the night time/so what's the meaning of life if you bitch and complain/i wanted to rap so i could sit in a range/bought me a jet so i didn't have to take a trip in a plane/now I'm lounging back in a black limo/used to be considered ugly and dark now I'm this beautiful black symbol/I'm african on this track i go long distance/luxury and stress free is how my moms living

[swishaoptimo]

many choices, never foldin, jus keep your head up and picture me rollin, ol school california love at your service, stand tall, to biggie smalls, bumpin in the stereo for much long, pimpin chicks before don had the magic wand, i mean juan, then jigga and nas came along, changed the game in multipule states, gave everybody a taste, of the east coast new york new york lane, that biggie left vacant on stage, boogie down bronx, all the way to killa cali, nonstop, hear the mac dre track from a far

[swishaoptimo]

living the life comfortable, bein flexable, with many decisions that go along with being solo, once you get her tho, make sure you lock her up from 25 to life and you'll be aright, jus goin on and on with the choices you make with your life, keepin the paper nice and steady while your sittin nice sippin fine wine with your fine wife, what a dime, she is, gotta have a purpose to keep her at your side, puttin down the pipe, mary jane was aright, now that im moving on, gotta push her aside

[dimatud]

@swishaoptimo don't push her aside, might be the essence of life, a lil spliff can do wonders, just hit the blunt from time to time, but i respect your view so gonna cancel my rhyme and i'll be rolling my spliff and i'll be blowing my mind. peace

[swishaoptimo]

@dimatud the good ol purp bitch, OG kush, to the heavy duty chronice upside your lips, wont forget the different taste she came with, but stays in for thirty days to long, in my line of work you wont get far, if she's still riding shotgun, with swishas and optimos long, even the bowls, my cheech bong gettin so cold, havent blessed him since December 4th, two thousand ten, even my cindy bitch, the one hitter quitter, that makes the lungs kiss,gave me the dirty look, before i desposed of her quick

[d0minicanpr1nc3]

LISTEN TO MY FREESTYLE ON THIS BEAT.. FEEDBACK IS NEEDED!

[EazyTarantino]

@d0minicanpr1nc3 you ask for feedback but the description says dont hate on your freestyle.. so next time just ask for everybody to kiss your ass.. you can save a step

[poeticjustice89]

Hey, could you post the download link for this song?

[ElbeJones]

the year is 1999, the last time i saw hip hop alive, times have changed, many people are gone, but the game is watered down but i still grow. im gonna make a difference this time, im gonna choose the truth nd forget to lie, nd i kno im capable, i will try,

to learn a few things in my lifetime.

[johnnysoofresh]

CAN I GET THE LINK

[lild2261]

i used to risk my life just to get paid,

and get dough to live good and always get laid,

we had our ups and downs every other day,

thick chocolate broad with ass her first name shae,

twistin weed up, we sippin on texas tea but not in no tea cups,

we clockin stacks all the time makin sure no one see us,

they trust in each other for strength and protection,

racketeering and extortion being forced with aggression,

[youdick22]

You were 13 in 98 you scrub. Get fucked.

[emptyehole21]

fuckin gaaabage ass internet rappers!! SHUT THE FUCK UP, WHY DO U FEEL THE NEED TO WRITE UR LYRICS JUST CUZ U HEAR THE INSTRUMENTAL!! TRY FREESTYLE OUT LOUD U PANSIES!

[dimatud]

@emptyehole21 dude, chillout for a second.. you don't have to read the comments you know... not sure what exactly are u tryin to point out with your comment?

[ryko1luv]

Sometimes, I just sit back and cry

Wondering how did I get so caught up in life

Feeling the pain of my demons as I press rewind

Tryna find the way out, let me testify

Got some things on my chest gotta shake em off

Started from nothing, now I'm learning how to ball

But the agony and stress grows the hair's gray

Making my youth turn to aging all in one day

Never believed the time would come so I could tell my tale

But my chariot awaits so here's my farewell...

[SymbiSpidey]

I see you over there, from the corner of my eyes/You say you being good friends, but I can see the lies/In my lifetime, I'll see some crazy shit/Like when a brotha got popped on the 1-2-5th, it's driving me crazy/All my best friends, out there making some babies/Me? I'm doing the damn thing, picture that, like it's in HD/Maybe, one day, you'll be on my level/But not in a million years, times that by 10, that's when you'll get there

[NastynasThat]

in my life time i right rhymes, hit nice dimes, a summer time, guns where myne on the blockin yielding cash, on the field kids never steal my stash, we jus chilled an niggas feel my raps, open the zip then it was sealed right back, jus smoking some piff never white crack, kids can cook coke, on shook notes, make ya g's of ya powder, ill stick to sellin trees for an hour, a felonie but not immoral, never masked like zoro, u cant ever last being poor yo, so u got to there store with a 4,

[BiggieVenster]

The root of all evil is the soft and the gushy

Use to think money but now i knows its the pussy

Pussy make you want to drive the hottest whips

hit up strips and hit licks to press' chicks

all for what!?...To get in those lower lips

yep think about it i'll give you a sec....

you collect checks to have sex

Harsh reality religion for most soothes the pain

to know what you came out of you must come in again....

[DRD215DRD]

Its the thought of a ride that makes my eyes wide

[fricker752]

yo all i just posted my version as a respone if ya get a chance it out lemme know whatcha think thanx peace!

[seemoreGcake45]

in my lifetime it's time to hustle and clock mine, and to anyone tryna stop mine, i'll cock mine, pray to divine, spirit, but i'm hearing silence, i resort to violence cuz rhymin aint providing what i need 4 survivin, tryin to stay in line, but i'm knocked outta my mind by society tellin me what to decide, tryna reprogram my mind, ugh, now my felonies are approaching, ice cubes are jealous of how my heart can reamain frozen,

[seemoreGcake45]

so now its back to holdin bags, contraband under ma sack, what a drag, draggin left foot after right to make my cash, momma's tears crashed onto floor like splash, my heart was glass, and it broke at that moment, falling with her tears down to a clash, disasterous, my life is hazardous, it's bad enough that i'm 14, can't' get a 9 to 5 so i'm sellin drugs, a son in a felonious life, no thinking twice, what my dad left wrong i'm making it right,

[seemoreGcake45]

i know the price, know the risks, know the wrongs and the rights, my blood is ice, gettin mine, whether i'm wrong or right...

[illVeritas]

sorry nigga' I don't trust you/ police will come out and cuff you/ if you got locked that's tough luck fool / don't talk to me I heard bad enough news/ I'll get what coming to me I don't give a fuck, win or lose/ a young man in a hard situation/ carted to the station facing incarceration/ its hard to make it in entertainment/ so many niggas' in they moms basements/ so every day I thank God I made it

[illVeritas]

On the corner rocking/ walking through the corridors window shopping/ sold a quarter now I'm in the store copping/ wanted more broke in like a locksmith/ couldn't pass it up like Stockton, no other option/ nine to five slave wages/ or class online slaving over pages/ not for me more about keys and pagers/ not all easy there are hidden dangers/ since I'm nameless I'll tell you what my name is/

[donstatusnyc87]

Its da thoughts of being dead broke that keeps my soul ALIVE/gotta get it by all means weather ski masked up buckin da 4-5 or maken feen's nose DIVE/ no lie look how things start to change right out da blue,now we viewed as a mob no longer just a crew/and what was taken as orders now! yesterday was just my point of view/sure i had hoop dreams i could of persued,but i couldnt stand the fact of hearin da sound of my money machine going mute/my boo yellin cha ching while popin yuees in da coup

[dfvirgo]

This is the truth....real talk right here

[donstatusnyc87]

good looking lol

[3Dimensional3]

In my lifetime, hip-hop has gone from fact to fiction//

True stories of struggles turn into fake depictions//

That's why hip-hop is dying and nobody pays attention//

Cause everybody comes out and swears to be the boss//

Sure A.I. got Jordan with the step and the cross//

Hype feeds the curse, mold feeds the moss//

So what good is one move if every game is a loss//

Like i got Hov in one line, but he kills me in every song//

And people have the nerve to ask where hip-hop went wrong//

[BiggieVenster]

The meaning of life is knowledge but

you cant grasp the meaning by just going to college,

You gotta understand that whatchu' are is a man there is no plan,

You just exist and Consist of flesh and cartilage,

kickin rhymes ta show ya what I learned in my lifetime,

Wouldn't God understand why man does crime?,

And most believers give you the exact same line,

Do right or go down man yea that's a lie,

Impose ya belief on me ta believing theirs a chief,

Yea nigga whatever helps you sleep............

[BiggieVenster]

Yo im here to tell you illVeritas thats fresh flow...forget these hoe niggas hatin...lol

caught the D'evils thats fresh farreal

[illVeritas]

Better them than me that's what I live by

Looking to the sky asking, "Can I live God?"

What's the meaning of this life you given me

What's the meaning of d'evils that live in me

So what's the meaning? I don't know fuck it

I'm still here, still breathing, and I love it

[illVeritas]

Contemplating life, what's the meaning

There is none, just keep on breathing

Keep on breeding, survive and reproduce

I'm searching for the meaning but it is no use

And keep your head down when some nigga' shoots

Bite the apple, enjoy the forbidden fruits

Don't want to catch two in the chest and one in the brain

Life and survival, one in the same

Get what you can and keep on moving

Fire back at em' when they start shooting

[markjrws]

i need this instrumental is there anyway u could send it to me??

[riddlermethis1]

this beat is one of the best big ups to jay !!!!

[bgore2010]

i been thru trials that left a nigga depressed, life full of stress, so tha smiff n wess was the only option left, i grew up, not to mention blew-up, was a phenomenon in the local, but i plan on goin global, considered a noble when it came to the vocals, no competion in the area, dropin hits like rakim n eric barrier, flow scarrier, freddy cruger, im fitten to let off the rueger, im not a begger ima choose, n all of those who r foes n oppose the flow, tha grave is where they go

[razprblade71mob]

This was when Jay-Z was good, untill now

[BizzTheFunk]

Yea, the Blueprint 3 wasnt that good than previous ones, my fav one still is the 1st one

[illist2009]

Incase u Feelin Pain,Hurt Standing In Rain,

I Search And Surf On This Wave

To Get The Complain's

Outta My Vision'

Ceepin It Pimpin'Still Staying The Same

[radu333]

shit on this jigga beat man I'm feelin ill/ what's the meanin of life no one really know's but we'll/ always try to guess even philosophers try their best to describe that process/ but shit no1 can even put their finger on it/ i feel like winter on this, beat I smoke, dawggy so cold, that after I'm done flowin the liqur in ya bottle froze/ i wanna laugh and joke but life ain't dat funny/ life ain't bout money it's numbing out ya feelings like sentimental nummies/ that's really the only itme you

[TwineFlu4]

Many of yall must be wondering what is the meaning of life?

All i can tell you is that perseverance develops from strife.

Deadly as a knife, I'm about to stab this beat in the chest.

And bury it six feet deep and let it rest.

Gimme the mic one time and I'll tell you my story,

My biography about my failures and all of my glory.

I'm a young gun thats blastin and about to reload

I know what the meaning is and I'm 22 years old.

[buckyoung77]

good shit on the in my life time beat , i see you

[highroller78621]

i move so fast in texas where all you see is mega pixls wait i got a riddle let me unfold the porpecy i went to iraq through the texas oil wells see blink u!gga

hellraiser cinco i realist no remerber 23 1982 that when the work pop out air force one is the north scrambled for me to awake in the morning it has to be a death i only breathe co2 kobe bryant cheated he had matt theus 88'-87' jersey no luck no help nolan in related to nolan ryan.

[MillzThaLyricGod]

in my life time dope beat love this shit its smooth and hardcore at the same time

[ordinaryrapper08]

i try the find the meaning of life right i started readin books and browsin the net constantly day an night i found some shit dat left my thought on confuse now my mind on abuse u wud think i needles i use the way i walk around lifeless its hard for me to type this

[pacskin]

My psyche tense, need a friend to confide in/ It was like I seen crime pay so I tried sin/ In my face lying? You must got me confused/ With another typa cat that you could go and use/ Me? I'm type hyper, just give me 1 mic/ Kill me in a moment, but first blow my flow like C4 in a river... the way I deliver... Got addicts ready to forget ciga-rettes.. The less regrets, the better... But I'm thrown anyway Never severe connects to hoes I Bone, I net plenty pay On the paper chase,

[highroller78621]

you kick it with a nigga hear bad news and run you mouth a little quicker remember inhale exhale yall both going to hell do you hear me talk no cuz you on your death bed getting resitated family fuck you over more than friends when you in the south abnormally attracted to sin i hit the weed and watch it burnout like my friendships i hope gods with me cuz i got you with me through this ink tattoo's display the pain caused in my life most niggas hand out cases like a liquor store

[lakersnbachamps09]

I fear no man unless he's dressed wit FEDS across his chest life is full of stress, so whats tha meanin of life, despite all the bullshit thats in sight i turn negative in to positive n im positive my raps r gone be causative i can ghost write 4 tha right price if u like but u full i pride i can see it in yo eyes homicide on ya mind dont let tha competition interupt because they'll slow u up n know u losin bucks

[radu333]

lol not meanin to disrespect but causative has never been or never will be a word in english.....

[pacskin]

Acid rap, a girl gets what she wants if her ass is fat I get head and laugh at that, the fact That, I don't give a fuck so Label me cuthroat, as I nut in throat Murder she wrote, Cut like I left bloody gashes in ya girls coat So many words to quote But don't recite em to your mama I'm bout justice, truth, and fuck the drama Im thinking Im wrong ta, Call out names Cause most yall busta's lame, plus the same anyway Net plenty pay Like I pull heists and always get away But its legal

[icedem34]

lmao ( in a good way )

[pacskin]

I died and came back, on the same track Ethics are switching, and you can't blame rap I entertain cats who smoke their brains black You may be fast lane, but I'm a plane that Makes no stops short of my destination Some react without thinking, But I'm blessed with patience Ya thinkin i'm docile? There needs to be an investigation On my motivation I'm saying I'm so ready when waiting My occupation is creation, I choose to stick to words Like me on her when we drink liquor first Bout to burst

[pacskin]

Keep going, never slowing, me? Yea, You know I'll be flowing/

Do or die, growing, a new slogan:

Be the change you want to see

Adapted by ghandi... but first I ned a brunette or a blondie

Just a down chick to help me hold my ground with

Gotta find the balance between cowering and ready to flip

I dont live in danger, Dont really have enemies

Cause I'd rather build a bridge and make a new friend ya see

But don't think thats a weak disposition

Or you'll wake up one day with limbs missing

[hiphopisdead956]

now I 'm like FUCK CRIME having 2 say I got ENOUGH DIMES whats the MEANING of LIFE mine is keep SCHEMING all NIGHT to them FIENDS with PIPES fuck it thatz the WAY I AM getting everyDAY GRAMS making PAYED SCAMS I never OBAYED SAM FUCK THAT in The coke spot I'm UP AT I've STRUCK RATS 2 ERUPT STACKS I'm OUT represent the SOUTH

[ckjjddsr]

I aint new to this struggle thats why i already know the hustle its a fuckin recession got a motherfucker stressin i dont even got clothes to get dress or to stay fresh its like the government is stealing air so lets not waste our breath

[youngkrazebegger2]

nd wen shes wet i be like huz da best ,huz best {righti} it aint nuttin

i aint frontin

i got dat good lovin, make u cant say nuttin

we went from kissing to touchin

from touchin 2 fuckin

pull dwn da zip nd undo da buttonz

tell me wot u think im 14 {SHO SHO}

[smokey631]

i spent most my lifetime tryin to write rhymes

got fed up with people treatin eachotha like shit so now i fight crime

cuz these lil greezy motha fuckaz in the streets

be quick to bust some heat

but instead of fighting with hands they rather take a life from a man

thats some bitch shit i hope u understand

im all about expanding my conciousness intending to live my life positive

for the next stage of evolution

its only right for the best of humans and if they think not then screw them

[JCreepa911]

ima detroit baby so looting is what i do/ i gotta steal my own thoughts b4 my brain leave its coupe/ its the truth I just smoke weed and fix my speech/ head to the corporate office put the building under my feet/ the stars i reach with bars i teach tryin to reach england like a parson preist/ seek travel off gravel so the clouds I grapple/ bullets have no name the gun cocks a raffle/ get hit with a stray some live some pass away/ some cheer day after day some tear while pastors pray/

[Cougar604]

If your into underground hip-hop check out my channel. Im the best you'll hear without a deal. Peace.

[donstatusnyc87]

its da thoughts of being broke that keeps my soul ALIVE/gotta get it by all means wheather is ski masked buckin da fo-five or making feens nose DIVE/no lie look how things start to change right out da blue/now we viewed as a mobb no longer just a crew/what was taken as orders now yesterday was just my point of view/sure i had hoop dreams i could've perseud,but the fact that i couldnt stand hearing da sound of my money machine going mute/my boo yellin cha ching while i pop yuees in da coop

[BbyfcNlsn]

tht ain't bad. ilike tht urr not trying 2 hard 2 be all bad & shit ilike the makin' feins nose-dive part.

[sparc0666]

grind hard as time starves eattin away at my life im so unnice, i cut u like a knief my lyrics fish hook u dont get shook u cuz 'there aint no such thing as half way crooks' i been to the ends and embessled my imprints in the books stole robbed and killed for the chance to cook i can read ur whole life out to u like a book skip forward to the last chapter the one were ur dead under my laughter i blast you and cast u away like just be on ur way, scadaddle

[StraY1200]

While life disengrates sense I'm chilin' on cold pavement tryna add dollars n cents no matamatician still pour the passion of Chris in that's Wallace what's the meanin' of all this past flows and futuristic thoughts I'm trapped in this pessimistic broth boiled and bubbled beyond touch feelin' the pressure it becomes a bit much I'm in the mix plus rollin' out the pot smoke away the process of all I got tryna pan handle this kitchen worker just doin' some ol' shit you heard of...

[EmphBlue]

Is it possible 2 send me this instrumental?

[StraY1200]

I'd send it to you but I don't really know how...now I'ma kick a dope flow...LoL

[Bobbythehammer]

I miss the 90's man!

[JonnyJ100]

yo angryNaggrivated needs to recognise true art.. this is one of the sickest Jayz songs ever.. sick beat.. nice post bro

[krookeddarkstar]

Yes thank you so much this beat is da shit n jays best song

one love

thank you

[donstatusnyc87]

its da thoughts of being broke that keeps my soul ALIVE/gotta get it by all means wheather is ski masked buckin da fo-five or making feens nose DIVE/no lie look how things start to change right out da blue/now we viewed as a mobb no longer just a crew/what was taken as orders now yesterday was just my point of view/sure i had hoop dreams i could've perseud,but the fact that i couldnt stand hearing da sound of my money machine going mute/my boo yellin cha ching while i pop yuees in da coop

[AngryNAggrivated187]

not the beat.. that jay quote jay kilo note... this beat is mutha fuckin fire!!!

S.O.L. DA SUPA NOVA

[jaykilo83]

"its a thought of a ride got my eyes open."Jay-z

[AngryNAggrivated187]

huh??? wackest shit everr!

[speeches]

Class of 1998.. When Hip Hop was Hip Hop..And the Streets were the fucking Streets. The internet is cool but these internet thugs are a fucking joke.. I guess +vs-...Ha.. its still love to my culture..Madallion from Miami...

[EazyTarantino]

@speeches where did the streets go? did my address change? why wasnt i told?

[speeches]

@EazyTarantino Wow you really replied to a comment 2 years ago lol. Im usually wasted when i post. My girl usually telling me to shut the fuck up and i barely read the 1st 2 comments. Lol.. Jesus.. A Cohiba for you chico!

And HIP HOP these days sucks ass.

[afrikan08]

@speeches well first of all speeches/your speech left me speechless/hip hop nowadays is called hip pop/they way rap artist are fusing pop with hip hop/back in the days the music was so good you would dance till your hips pop/now rappers inner soul is trapped in and hip hop is called sandal the way it flip flopped/like a fish out of its natural habitat/justin beiber the king of pop? why won't everyone laugh at that

[jmendez037]

@speeches pussy, get it poppin

[speeches]

@jmendez037 Ok. Mouse Pad Mobster. Let your little sister use the computer too. You praboley still live with mommy. Baboso.

[icecoldcity]

@speeches

This came out in '94

[donstatusnyc87]

its da thoughts of being broke that keeps my soul ALIVE/gotta get it by all means wheather is ski masked buckin da fo-five or making feens nose DIVE/no lie look how things start to change right out da blue/now we viewed as a mobb no longer just a crew/what was taken as orders now yesterday was just my point of view/sure i had hoop dreams i could've perseud,but the fact that i couldnt stand hearing da sound of my money machine going mute/my boo yellin cha ching while i pop yuees in da coop

[StraY1200]

K this one had crazy flow in it... the way I was sayin' it...reminded me of the good ol' days also...this one stayed on point thru the whole thing also, really painted a picture...I can dig it...what was taken as orders now yesterday was just my point of view...the way that sounded...gave me a Big L vibe...somethin' he might utter...purdy cool tho'

[donstatusnyc87]

yeah this is one of those songs well the real one is real motivational i love this song with a passion oh and good looking and umm big l? you sure it wasnt a jigga vibe? lmaooo

[TheSpitPit]

OH SHIT!!!! ... haha damn, this is "What's the Meaning of Life" instrumental. One of my favourite Jay-Z tracks, I was bumpin this earlier thinking "ahh i need this instrumental".

Dope! *streams with internal mic*

[Districtboy24]

do u got da remix beat to this

[KINGTO101]

Yo this is one of the best clssics by Jigga and the original one wuz good, I liked both of them. I think this remix one wuz also on the movie soundtrack, I think it wuz "Bulitt" sumtin like that, it had Tupac Shakur in it.

[TheSpitPit]

Yeah you're right, "Bullet", with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur in 1996. Actually a dope film.. not the best but still a decent on to shove on now and then.

[magicbrownie]

i cant find this instrumental anywhere for download on the web which is really weird cuz i can find almost anything else on the web

[OGKaine]

the levels fade in and fade out but still good post dukes

[omfir]

You Posted this on my birthday dukie, The best present ever. Big ups for life!!!

[OGKaine]

maybe its just my speakers

[AiYPremo]

Yo bro can u send dat instrumental to me?

[fakie66]

This is not a lecture; let us consider the contextual texture of the text here? Is it fearfully tearful, frightfully delightful? Oversee the deceitful, replace conceited with meaningful. If time is infinite, then I'm ad infinitum. If a rhyme biter bit it, I abruptly bite 'em. Post-mortem eyesight immortally survives by prescribed monotheistic rites that I recite over candlelight tonight.

[icedem34]

wurd i got da song n da beat iz da jammm

[bigzack25]

so glad you posted this I always wanted to rap to this beat