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  • The lyrics tell it all. It sounds like they're just saying it, but they really mean it.

  • de tzm tibi

  • I dont understand this video but i love the song though :D

  • If you love real hip hop then you will love this artist from queens ny..on the come up..needs heavy support from you guys..please give this artist a chance like you gave Jay Z a chance for his music to be heard..just search lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice Lou i made a choice

  • and of course, it's the one and only pharrell

  • One of my favourite Jay tracks, next to Allure

  • 3,946,160 views, and only 74 idiots not smart enough to grasp the concept. That's how you know just how awesome this song is.

  • ATCQ: Bonita Applebum ... gotta put me on!

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  • never knew a video existed.

  • didnt get it until i saw the video.

  • Now the video makes more sense since I read the top comments! thanks @KryptonDaVillan and @amberreed01 !

  • zoekravitz is sooo pretty just like her mom

  • I love thus song!!!!

  • This song is amazing. Jay-z and Pharrell are the Ultimate brand of artist and production. Just flawless

  • what praytell is the thing she likes???

  • well that was confusing lol but i like this song :)

  • The woman in the video is Zoe Kravitz, daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet.

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  • Wonderful use of personification, I didn't even know this song was about a drug.

  • Heard this song once in 2008 and never again, been endlessly searching for this. Glad I've finally found it because it's insane.

  • @KryptonDaVillain Glad to know i wasn't the only one haha. I remember first seeing it on MTV2 and never hearing it until i recently found it. nce again, awesome song.

  • who is that spanish lookin chick thats in the park, bedroom, and club, thats blowing that magic dust or somethin, she is sexii???

  • @bphi215 that's lenny kravitz and lisa bonet(Denise Huxtible from The Cosby Show) that's their daughter.

  • @Sovereign45 no not her, i just said the specifics, the other girl, she's in the park with the other people, and she blowing some type of magic dust or whatever, and she's in the club too

  • @Sovereign45 nevermind that is her, i looked her up, smdh lol

  • Man I Love This Song Big Jay-Z Fan Didn't Anybody Notice That's Lenny Kravitz Daughter Zoe Kravitz She Is So Beautiful To Me....

  • The song is about an addictive relationship that is being compared to drugs. It's obvious when Jay says "I am so dope." meaning that he knows being dope is a quality the girl is interested in and that she's addicted to him like marijuana (dope is another word for weed). The whole track is a play on words.

  • Nobody pays attention to lyrics I guess...smh

  • I think it's about drugs and addictive relationships. You can go back and forth with both meanings. "Damn I'm missing the days when you needed the D," could be drugs or a relationship. I think that's the point.

  • this song is about drugs ? oh c`mon D:

  • twisted...really, Lets all glorify shooting drugs in our veins. trippin out since I finally finished watchin this vid. shm

  • Wtf .... well this video is seriously mis leading... I had no freaking clue it was about heroin ... -.-

    great and i actually "liked" this song

  • @ItsurGurlAshalay2008 it's pretty obvious though.." she want those old things back, she want those herion tracks"

  • @THROCKSFULable

    lol i didnt even pay attention to the lyrics :P

  • hes comparing love to drugs....

  • for some reason this is my favorite hov song since it came out and streets is watching..dk why tho..

  • good but the live version is better

  • zoe kravitz sexy self!!!

  • Why Cant VEVO Load While Durin Dha Commercail So It Doesnt Have 2 Stop Bluff Every 2 Seconds But Dhis Song Is Dha Shit

  • I didn't know there were people out there who didn't know this song was about drugs. It's featured on a cd that was inspired by a movie about a drug dealer. Then again everyone interprets things differently.

    Anyway, this is one of my favorite songs ever.

  • @amberreed01 I knew it was about drugs but what movie is this related to? Just curious

  • @banditgrl American Gangster starring Denzel Washinton and Russell Crowe. It's a pretty awesome movie. Jay-Z just watched the movie and wrote songs about it.

  • @amberreed01 Is it really!!? haha I did not like that movie at all... saw it in theaters and fell asleep, it was too long and kinda boring to me. Incredible song though.

  • @amberreed01  you are so right finally a intelligent perfercent thet gives real views thumbs up lil wanye fans cant read between the line

  • @amberreed01 i was in the sixth grade when this song came out....i figured it out easily.....

  • @amberreed01 Mine too. if you read Decoded, he tells you that the whole song is actually a triple entendre: the song can be about drugs, sex or music. all three can be addicting.

  • drugsssssssssssssssss !

  • 72 Dislikes?? Really?? I swear..... I am convinced that there are just some people out there who "dislike" things because they THINK they are being different or in their minds, making some type of statement..... This song is HOT!!

  • Oh God People... Jay-z is not a crack head or heroin addict.. hes talking about his love and being in love with him is like a heroin addiction. His girl gets high off his presents and being with him. get a fucking clue.

  • Why Do A Lot Of People Talk Like This?

  • YEP HE SURE IS TALKING ABOUT HEROIN... PEP THAT WHEN FIRST HEARD IT COUPLE OF YRS. AGO

  • Lets Break Dis Down : "9 And A Half Weeks Is Better Than Twelve Steps" This Is Really Self Explanatory But If Yuh Dont Know Wat They Are ; Let Me Enlighten Yuh. 9 And A Half Weeks Is An Addiction Rehab For Sex Addicts And Twelve Steps Is An Addiction Rehab For Drug Attics And Alcoholics . (Read Between The Lines)

  • Lets Break Dis Down : "In Any Form Im Giving Yuh Sweet Dreams" Meaning In Reference To Love She Is Day Dreaming Or Going To Bed With Him On Her Mind. In Reference To Drugs He Is Sayin After A Fiend Shoots Up The Heroin The Sumtimes Get This Illusion They R Sumwhere They Arent. A Sense Of Deleriousness Justifying Wat He Means Wen He Says Sweet Dreams.

  • Lets Break Dis Down :

    She fiends for me nightly- She leans for me Morning she rush for my touch

    This is about LUST Cold sweats occur when I'm not with her

    My presence is a must- must- must- Meaning That Without His Love She Fiends And Misses Him And Cant Wait To Get Bak With Him Physicaly Or Wateva The Case May B. But In Reference To Heroin He Is Sayin That Without The Drugs She Has Cold Sweats At Night And She Needs Her Drug (Heroin In This Case) And We All Kno Fiends Lean After Shooting Up.

  • This Is One Of Jay's Coldest And Misunderstood Songs Ever. Thumbs Up If Yuh Agree .

  • He Is Not Talking About His Addiction To Fame And Rap. The Whole Song He Is Comparing The Similarities Of Love And Heroin. For All Yuh Stupid Mfs Who Think Its About Sumthn Else. "Do Yuh Fools Listen To Music Or Do Yuh Just Skim Thru It ?" 

  • she a domonic heroin demon sent from lucifer during a masonic ritual called a "crackcipher" ..as you can see the white ppl are having fun while the black ppl just playbasketball brainwashing black youths to play basketball...lol

  • @searize God forgive me, but ur a fuckin idiot for sayin that

  • @sk8cam91915

    LMAO

    Truth!

  • he is not talking about heroin he is talking about the addiction to fame and rapping

  • @MainTerror no lol

  • Thoughts of the cologne commercial brought me here

  • personifying the Herion like feel of the love you possess thats trying to be obtained by a love interest into a rhythmatic poem.........Jay Z is a fuckin Genius

  • I Love This Song . (:

  • the remix is better

  • love is an addiction, well done jay

  • @XsweetstarliteX hes talkin bout "boy" "h" u idiot damn

  • @cvd13ent what?? 

  • @XsweetstarliteX HERRRRR ITS ABGOUT SHOOTING DOPE HEROIN...going through the trials u need it when u wake up and all day and when u go to bed, heroin addicts make dope there best friend..and the cold sweats os withdrawal thing song is bout HEROIN not love

  • @cvd13ent OH haha yes i know that! But as I am not drug abuser, i interpret it in a different way in order to make it relateable to me, are you telling me that not possible?

  • Big ups to Jay-Z for never falling off & always making good rap music.

    Hello everyone.

    I'm a composer/producer/artist that's trying to break into the industry. However, the mainstream industry wants to make gimmicky crappy music & I refuse to create that sound/look that way. Please check out my song "If Only" & my friend Courtney singing an Adele cover on my page & subscribe if you like. More videos to come soon. Thank you, peace & love.

  • I dont think people get he is talking about heroin though the hole song lol

  • @rallyxpoint being a junkie myself, the metaphors are dope in this song. no pun intended.

  • @rallyxpoint not all drugs are of the pharmaceutical kind. ;)

  • @rallyxpoint The below you said it best...an addictive relationship

  • Chuck Norris also knew

  • another great beats from The Neptunes

  • ppl dont understand how great of an artist jay-z is

    the master of this shit BEST RAPPER ALIVE!!

  • love this song it makes me .. i dont know..:.. BUT IT IS GOOD;D

  • Greatest rapper of all time.. PERIOD!!

  • @Takeastand26 No.

  • @Takeastand26 but he is a good rapper thou, but hes not the best of all time

  • @ME43G If you break down his lines lol HE IS!! If you like the soulja boys with the UUUUU hooks and things of that nature then hey thats for you... like hov said "it aint for everybody"

  • @ME43G No man 2pac is the best by far, sorry

  • Who else caught that 1 second shot of Jay?

  • @Jessica656

    Me

  • @Jessica656 when i saw it i thought it was just some random person

  • how does this only have 3 mill views?????

  • i love this song

  • Zoe Kravitz....Ahhhhh...

  • IS that eddie murphy in the background....god he is ugly

  • @feldman30012 lmao!!!! lolol

  • @feldman30012 lmao!!!! lolol you made my day with your comment

  • Zoe Kravitz!!!!!

  • you know you're the shit when you don't even have to be in your own video

  • This isn't production this is sound design, creating entire new worlds. Genius!

  • Thank You he is NOT DEAD, if so it would be on breaking news!!! DUH!!!

  • The nigga isn't dead. I went to one of his recent concerts

  • 4chan at it again

  • He is not dead

    Only lames say shit like that

  • Rip Jay z!!!

    

  • R.I.P Jay

    he will be remembered

  • RIP Jay-Z

  • RIP Jay Z... amazing rapper i love you

  • Hip hop will never be the same without you Jay. Rest in peace brother, we'll never forget you. R.I.P. 1969 - 2011.

  • @applebutterbaby42 I may sound like an idiot but did he actually die? Im starting to freak out! please tell me

  • R.I.P

  • Zoe is like gorgeous.

  • i just realized this song was about some one being addicted to drugs

  • @1315music sorry to say it, but no... It's about being addicted to drugs .

  • love this song. has double meaning. it's about relationships/strong love for one and about drug addiction as seen by the guy and girl kissing/being together and the other girl at the club on drugs/addicted. incredible song by Jay-Z.

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  • that black rain that take your pain away

    just for one night baby take me in vein

  • check out how in 0:36 there's only 2 objects on the table. then in 3:10 the focal point is the jackel head!.....im jst saying tho?! why put that on the table in yo video. thats not even a apelling center piece for a table lol

  • I SEE AND UNDERSTAND NOW

  • I love this song so much :-0

  • this song is the shit!!!

  • @quacka1919 I give you thumbs...I just see that.

  • @SwaggTastic213 the girl in this video is Zoe Kravitz, her resume is in the genetics!

  • Jay is a brilliant lyricist. He can intertwine ideas so well.

  • @kmcl11 BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAA! Oh man, lemme catch my breath....... BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA

  • Imagine if you were smart and knew what this was about.

  • @Eatit841321 Imagine if you talked shit about "black people ruining the world" and how "all blacks should die" and then I found you listening to African American music. Then imagine that I found out that YOU YOURSELF are an AFRICAN-CANADIAN FEMALE after talking all that racist shit. Oh wait, that actually happened.

  • @EatIt84123 Imegine if you knew about black and blacks running the world....bla bla bla...

  • @EatIt84123 Since when it Rap music African American music? So it pop music only for white people... how does that work. Music is for everyone.

  • @banditgrl Let me rephrase: Then I found you listening to an African-American man's music". Better? Shes a racist piece of shit who goes around saying quote "all niggers should die".

  • @EatIt84123 Lol much better : ) yeah don't waste your time on dumb racist people they are just looking for attention anyways....

  • @banditgrl The worst part is, she is a NURSE caring for people of all colors with this racist view. Immediately I question whether she cares for people of color in a proper manner with her views.

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  • This is Jay's best song, hands down.

  • also she is verrry high by the end of this video

  • i wanna see the girls resume

    "yea i played the heroine addict in a Jay-Z video :)"

  • its about drugs...listen to the words its drugs, he's rapping from the perspective a drug the female is addicted to in the video...

  • Love this beat!!

    and Zoe is gorgeous.

  • dont get the vid, can a nerd explain it to me please? no offence .....

  • @DevarDLee The song is about a drug addict, who's addicted to heroin,or drugs. However, the song is written in such a way that it seems that he's writing about someone who's addicted to a person in a relationship. Also keep in mind this song is on the American Gangster album, which is a concept album on the rise and fall of being a drug dealer. So with all that in mind this video should make a lot sense now.

  • i know what you like... you like life, you like love

  • damn! i realy realy love this beat man, and this song..i cant express it anymore than that XD

  • one of the dopest Pharrell beats ever

  • Shout out to the director of this video Philip Andelman- best video he's ever done!!!!

  • at least 500 people don't know what this song is about

  • @Marteljustin I know..

    

  • the song sounds better with the flashing lights beat

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    Jibrizy - Trust Issues

  • Yeah that old school love.......

  • I know what you like

    Everything you love

    I know what you like

    Everything you love!

  • jay z is over hypte man

  • This and the roc boyz are the only jigga joints i fuck with since reasonable doubt album