JAY-Z LYRICS - History

"History"



Now that all the smoke is gone, lighter

And the battle's finally won, gimme a lighter

Victory is finally ours lighter's up, lighter's up

History so long, so long, so long, so long



In search of victory she keeps saluting me

If only we can be together momentarily

We can make love and make history

Why won't you visit me?



Until she visit me I'll be stuck with her sister

Her name is defeat, she gives me agony

So much agony, she brings me so much pain

So much misery like missing your last shot



And falling to your knees as the crowd screams

For the other team, I practiced so hard for this moment

Victory don't leave, I know what this means

I'm stuck in this routine, whole new different day

The same old thing



All I got is dreams, nobody else can see

Nobody else believes, nobody else but me

Where are you victory? I need you desperately

Not just for the moment to make history



Now that all the smoke is gone, lighter

And the battle's finally won, lighter's

Victory is finally ours

History so long, so long, so long, so long



So now I'm flirting with death, hustling like a G

While victory wasn't watching took chances repeatedly

As a teenage boy before acne

Before I got proactive I couldn't face she



I just threw on my hoody and headed to the street

I swear I met success, we lived together shortly

Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch

She's good for the moment but she's never enough



Everybody's had her, she's nothing like V

But success is all I got, unfortunately

But I'm burning down the block

Hoping in and out of V



But something tells me that there's much more to see

Before I get killed 'cause I can't get robbed

So before me, success and death menage

I gotta get lost, I gotta find V

We gotta be together to make history



Now that all the smoke is gone, lighter

And the battle's finally won lighter's up

Victory is finally ours, lighter's up

History so long, so long, so long, so long



Now history is mine, it taste so sweet

She's my trophy wife, your coming with me

We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly

We'll name him history, he'll repeat after me



He's my legacy, son I'm a hard work

Future of my past, he'll explain who I be

Rank me among the greats, either 1, 2 or 3

If I ain't number one then I failed you victory



Ain't in it for the fame that dies in within weeks

Ain't in it for the money, can't take me when you leave

I wanna be remembered long after you breathe

Long after I'm gone, long after I breathe



I leave all I am in the hands of history

That's my last will, testimony

This is much more than a song, it's a baby shower

I've been waiting for this hour, history you're ours



Now that all the smoke is gone

And the battle's finally won

Victory is finally ours

History so long, so long, so long, so long



Now that all the smoke is gone

And the battle's finally won

Victory is finally ours

History so long, so long, so long, so long