A Star Is Born [Jay-Z + J. Cole] - Jay-Z

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

I've seen Ma$e do it, seen 'Ye do it

X came through, caught lighter fluid

Still I came through it, clap for 'em

But I'm the blueprint, I'm like the map for 'em

I dropped another classic, make Puff pass it

Nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it

Wayne's scorching, I'll applaud him

If he keep going, pass the torch to him

50 came through like hurricanes do

I thought I'd finish his ass at Summer Jam 2

I had the 'Illmatic' on bootleg

Shit was so ahead, thought we was all dead

Wayne did a millie, 50 did a Millie

Ye too but what Em did was silly

The white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him

His flow on renegade fucking awesome, applaud him

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

Snoop Dogg did, Nelly came down

Face Mobb, kept it ghetto for the H-town

Luda moved digits after he moved bitches

Drake's up next, see what he'll do with it

Rule had a run, couple movie parts

T.I literally wanted to shoot up the charts

Wadup Jeezy, what it do?

Y'all remind me of us in early '92

Outkast landed, 3-thou was ill

Like a male version of Lauren Hill

Mobb Deep shook it but Prodigy took it a lil' too far

Can't fuck with Brooklyn

Wu-Tang gang bang, Meth ate

Rae' took on the date with the Purple Tape

Passed on to Ason and then Ghostface

They had a hell of a run, standing ova, hey

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

And I am one of one, can't you see just along my front?

My brain, new Lou sunshine, been a star since I was back in one time

One time give it up for him, December 4th, a star was born, clap for him

He went from moving that corner to this corner office is so enormous

Hey, Pres Carter watch him get a Monica on all day

Hey, got so many different monikers but only one Jay

They come they go, some real some foe

Some friends some hoes but no I goes nowhere, this Hov

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

And could I be a star

Does fame in this game have to change who you are

Could I be the same one who came from a far away life?

Just to make it in this Broadway lights

Now shining in the broad day light, go figure

A slow transition from a lil' broke nigga from the Ville

Got a deal a real life saver

Dreams of being behind the wheel like Jada

I chill now couple of lil' ice later

Cole, you go the glow like a lil' light saber

So clap for him then applaud Hov, he gave him a platform

Flow so sick, thought he wrote the rap for him, no sir

The flow's cold as a shoulder of a gold diggin' hoes

When a broke nigga approaches

Told ya, I'm focused, man

I'll let you muthafuckers soak it in, clap for 'em

Everyday a star is born

Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey

Everyday a star is born