Meek Mill - What's Free feat. Rick Ross & Jay Z [Official Audio]

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  • @frankwhite2862
    @frankwhite2862 5 лет назад +5745

    If you had to rewind Jay verse a few times like this 👍

  • @remmy1082
    @remmy1082 5 лет назад +3431

    Jay z aint rapping..he's teaching. That verse is iconic!!

    • @joelindsey7264
      @joelindsey7264 5 лет назад +8

      Learn,All we all have to do we r 1

    • @blackcutty8549
      @blackcutty8549 5 лет назад +8

      Eriq Stanton facts

    • @TruthfullySpeaking500
      @TruthfullySpeaking500 5 лет назад +79

      This one verse is better than anything Nas has done within the past 20 years.

    • @aubadiahreignyisrael2491
      @aubadiahreignyisrael2491 5 лет назад +40

      @@TruthfullySpeaking500 that's because Jay WAKING UP and he KNOWS what's going on from the inside. Wait til He start calling himself a HEBREW. He already knows he a KING.

    • @miaj935
      @miaj935 5 лет назад +3

      👏👏👏

  • @gabrielleon8275
    @gabrielleon8275 3 года назад +538

    I am not a big Jay Z fan. But he fucking murdered this track. One of the best verses I heard in years.

    • @user-by6yc8yl7v
      @user-by6yc8yl7v 2 года назад +27

      I'm w you, never been a big jay fan but when he shows up and wants to make a statement his 16s go in

    • @letsletsema6897
      @letsletsema6897 2 года назад +22

      He does that to too many songs and beats. He just HOVA!

    • @andreworeilly5676
      @andreworeilly5676 Год назад +23

      I’ve appreciated Jay a lot more as I’ve gotten older. Never really appreciated him in my teenage years

    • @aaronyeomans5799
      @aaronyeomans5799 Год назад +1

      @@andreworeilly5676 I think he's hella over rated tbr. He's just saying the same shit that every OG rapper did, but they did it better.

    • @maurice8230
      @maurice8230 Год назад +9

      @@aaronyeomans5799 that's your opinion but hov spit that shit better ND deliver it better and if we saying he saying what other OGs was saying then u gotta say that about EVERYBODY all this shit been said before all these stories been told before people just telling them in diffrent ways with diffrent styles and flows so it's not just Jay

  • @kimlewis480
    @kimlewis480 2 года назад +379

    “They gone have to kill me grandmama I’m
    Not they slave”!!!! that line gives me chills every time! Jay did that. Sheeeeeesh

    • @thaguy7732
      @thaguy7732 Год назад

      Well I think he might of lied about that cux that's not what Kanye saying

    • @charlesparker8805
      @charlesparker8805 Год назад +1

      Yep

    • @shannonharris3233
      @shannonharris3233 Год назад +13

      That line real powerful. Especially if you know what grandmas done for the black community

    • @prolificandfit
      @prolificandfit 11 месяцев назад +5

      Don’t forget the “ha ha ha ha haaaaaa” that part actually give you the chills

    • @BlackGemHipHop
      @BlackGemHipHop 6 месяцев назад

      facts

  • @HipHopUniverse
    @HipHopUniverse 5 лет назад +6555

    JAY-Z killed the song, R.I.P. B.I.G.

    • @yeyyey7022
      @yeyyey7022 5 лет назад +75

      Hey bro RIP BIG

    • @L7pushman
      @L7pushman 5 лет назад +22

      Didn't he

    • @keithoswattt322
      @keithoswattt322 5 лет назад +11

      Straight up family it was meant to be no homo on this one

    • @quintovicky6277
      @quintovicky6277 5 лет назад +85

      Meek sampled what's beef #RIP BIGGIE.

    • @tniaseht40
      @tniaseht40 5 лет назад +69

      Jay like... "B.I.G. I did it, HA-HA-HA-HA..."

  • @xisvvcx4065
    @xisvvcx4065 5 лет назад +480

    Jay Z ate this song alive. Gaddamn.

  • @kenny33clark29
    @kenny33clark29 3 года назад +403

    Jay was dead serious on this 😂

    • @brandons2640
      @brandons2640 2 года назад +21

      how couldnt he? he had to bring the best he had on a big beat. had to serve it justice

    • @antwandarellefenton
      @antwandarellefenton 2 года назад +1

      @@brandons2640 hehe facts

    • @ngcebonakekela4995
      @ngcebonakekela4995 2 года назад

      He had to

    • @day196
      @day196 2 года назад +3

      He speaking facts the system is racist

    • @MarcusRoy
      @MarcusRoy 2 года назад

      @@day196 classist

  • @kellyhunter8535
    @kellyhunter8535 2 года назад +565

    The way Meek refers to Jay as “the billionaire from Marcy”. Shit gives me goosebumps every time. Like bro any of us can make it.

    • @caden.radosta
      @caden.radosta Год назад +23

      anyone can make it they just wanna make it look like a small chance of us can so they can have more

    • @ronelltaylor3140
      @ronelltaylor3140 Год назад +1

      2022 VISION...BIG FACTS...BIG PROPS TO ANY RAPPERS WHO HAVE GOT RICH RAISE UP FROM THE PROJECTS

    • @fivestar000
      @fivestar000 Год назад +26

      Yea stop buying Nike and buy Nike stocks

    • @dennisfigueroa63
      @dennisfigueroa63 Год назад +6

      @@fivestar000 that would be a 1$t step 🚶‍♂️ to success 👍 👏 👌 😉

    • @bulletsRflying
      @bulletsRflying Год назад +7

      He sold his soul to the enemy

  • @hurtboitapes2384
    @hurtboitapes2384 5 лет назад +268

    Biggie would be proud

    • @arthurwilliams6628
      @arthurwilliams6628 5 лет назад +3

      OMG!!!!! YES!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

    • @BigWilt2000
      @BigWilt2000 5 лет назад +1

      For Sure

    • @coreasilver01
      @coreasilver01 5 лет назад +1

      Big dont fuck with rats

    • @brosuman3834
      @brosuman3834 5 лет назад

      Corea Silver who the fuck is the rat in this song???

    • @80ty6ixx
      @80ty6ixx 5 лет назад +1

      Bro Suman probably the Correctional Officer on the track...he still killed it tho

  • @mainmanmusic4354
    @mainmanmusic4354 5 лет назад +220

    Meek waited so long for a Hov verse and Hov came through 🔥🔥🔥🔥🐐

    • @rashadcampbell8233
      @rashadcampbell8233 5 лет назад +4

      Main Man Music And I’m need that verse before you retire,too!”

  • @andrewfoster4795
    @andrewfoster4795 3 месяца назад +20

    2024 anyone

  • @danielp7797
    @danielp7797 3 года назад +283

    Jay Z: “On God, it’s off the head this improv but it’s no comedy. Sign... I fail? Hell nahh” / Seinfeld reference, to signing a deal and if he doesn’t he’d fail. That has to be the hardest shit I’ve heard.

    • @tha1man744
      @tha1man744 3 года назад +5

      don’t get the reference,do tell.

    • @foekist7312
      @foekist7312 3 года назад +1

      @@tha1man744 same here

    • @dpowell468
      @dpowell468 3 года назад +18

      @@foekist7312 sign I failed? Seinfeld??? Comedy? Improv... get it yet?

    • @foekist7312
      @foekist7312 3 года назад +5

      @@dpowell468 Ahh... that was like a shower nozzle - over my head! Thanks my friend 🤪

    • @trustloveson
      @trustloveson 2 года назад +1

      The best to ever pick up a mike

  • @Reezy_Tha_Fundraiser
    @Reezy_Tha_Fundraiser 5 лет назад +246

    Jay Z bodied this for Biggie

    • @GeriDobbs
      @GeriDobbs 4 года назад +2

      Rushdi Valentine real talk

    • @donmopao
      @donmopao 4 года назад +2

      Rushdi Valentine more like stoke it from Biggie

    • @Mr._X84
      @Mr._X84 4 года назад +1

      Dead to Mankind What did he steal exactly?

    • @Hov_-jt4vj
      @Hov_-jt4vj 3 года назад

      @@Mr._X84 I really don’t agree with what that dude said cause JAY had the best verse of 2018 and used one Big lyric which was Ha Ha Ha Ha check out this bizarre rappin style used by me the HOV. Which big said the same thing just instead of HOV he said BIG

  • @grg20111
    @grg20111 5 лет назад +170

    Jay verse is not even fair. There's Levels to this Game and Hov just hit a New Level!! Game Over!!

    • @realu-neek2158
      @realu-neek2158 5 лет назад +1

      LOL!!

    • @phillyfans5641
      @phillyfans5641 5 лет назад +2

      High Score

    • @trippieblue9377
      @trippieblue9377 5 лет назад +2

      Ross and Jay spoke on 69... He spoke about a CCE... Rico charge... Continuing criminal enterprise..

    • @RZProductionz
      @RZProductionz 5 лет назад

      Everybody if u Like music like this please check out the song on my channel called "Sad Truth" By The InFamou$ Razor, Promise u wont be dissapointed! #BlackKings

    • @thewolf01x95
      @thewolf01x95 5 лет назад +1

      Jay n em already in the rap hall of fame n they still alive.

  • @mensspace9519
    @mensspace9519 3 года назад +108

    Jay's verse give goosebumps, damn !!

  • @odm87
    @odm87 3 года назад +364

    “label rob you for millions, but you wanna put a hole in me” HOV

    • @westdrizzy1056
      @westdrizzy1056 3 года назад +22

      I always graded Jay z as "best "

    • @Mookaron
      @Mookaron 3 года назад +22

      Black men don't go against the hand that slaps them unless the hand is black, then they pull out AK's with hundred round drums. It's a fascinating code that as a black man myself can't even break. William Lynch trained my people beyond well. I view life from my black eye as a nightmare that I can't wake up from until the second coming.

    • @johnfrancis9742
      @johnfrancis9742 3 года назад +2

      @@Mookaron what did that all mean?

    • @danab4462
      @danab4462 3 года назад +9

      @@johnfrancis9742 All that shit meant 💯

    • @lyrics2challenged
      @lyrics2challenged 3 года назад +10

      @@johnfrancis9742 Brothas are quick to turn on the people that look like them, even if someone else did the same wrong to them. Even moreso, quick to believe we're against one another's goals just because we disagree with each other. That's what I believe he's saying, anyways. Not passing my thoughts as facts though.

  • @StayAlert_StayAlive
    @StayAlert_StayAlive 5 лет назад +1956

    They all snapped. Hov left earth tho.

    • @thug8200
      @thug8200 5 лет назад +35

      They all did

    • @KINGEasy
      @KINGEasy 5 лет назад +24

      STOP IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @vershaunastyles7496
      @vershaunastyles7496 5 лет назад +8

      Hell yea 🏆🏆🏆

    • @nikapeatv3
      @nikapeatv3 5 лет назад +3

      👽👽🤣🤣😎😎

    • @chaz1983able
      @chaz1983able 5 лет назад +1

      4sho

  • @vaughnalexander32
    @vaughnalexander32 5 лет назад +2388

    jays verse made me pull my pants up

  • @Jay-jf3sl
    @Jay-jf3sl 3 года назад +398

    "I ain't got a billion streams, got a billion dollars."
    It aged well. Hip Hop's first billionaire. Congrats again Hov!!

    • @itumelengmkhwanazi4286
      @itumelengmkhwanazi4286 2 года назад +8

      thats a shot to drake

    • @Jay-jf3sl
      @Jay-jf3sl 2 года назад +7

      @@itumelengmkhwanazi4286Don't trip bruh We know that. Regardless it still aged well.

    • @Andy-km1xp
      @Andy-km1xp 2 года назад +2

      @@itumelengmkhwanazi4286 he just collabed with Drizzy

    • @waynez.official
      @waynez.official 2 года назад +9

      2nd actually. Dr. Dre made the billion first

    • @isaaspirit9895
      @isaaspirit9895 2 года назад +4

      @@waynez.official first rapper billionaire .
      Dr Dre is a producer

  • @abhishekchaudhary6073
    @abhishekchaudhary6073 2 года назад +132

    Jay z again showed why he the GOAT... what a verse .. the cadence, the flow, the delivery, the wordplay, presence... Voice... Insane.... Hollla .,. Ross spaazing too..

  • @kungkung1042
    @kungkung1042 5 лет назад +358

    Whoever reading this I hope you reach greatness beyond riches #HOV 🙏

  • @DaKidGowie
    @DaKidGowie 5 лет назад +5491

    Jay Z can drop an album at 97 years old and I'll stop everything I'm doing to go buy/stream it.

  • @simoneaustin8076
    @simoneaustin8076 2 года назад +88

    Jay Z’s verse… this is why he is my favorite and will always be #1 for me

    • @sdddsddd5464
      @sdddsddd5464 Год назад

      using biggies beat and lyrics, that should tell who the real goat is🥱

    • @melzariodesign
      @melzariodesign 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@sdddsddd5464yea jay z

  • @marcusaurelius6873
    @marcusaurelius6873 11 месяцев назад +34

    "Mona Lisa to me aint nothin but a bitch." There was so much said in those 9 words. Deeper than rap.

    • @inedenimadam
      @inedenimadam 2 месяца назад +3

      Definitely the strongest line in the whole song 👊

    • @Maganjo1
      @Maganjo1 13 дней назад

      @@inedenimadam What does it mean

    • @CyrusIsnt
      @CyrusIsnt 11 дней назад

      ​@@Maganjo1Even the most beatiful women isnt much too ross.
      Or
      Art is natural for him, he can easily make great art

  • @CrackaLackTV
    @CrackaLackTV 5 лет назад +2740

    I'm truly happy for Meek. Win my dude. Win

    • @jadencoley2177
      @jadencoley2177 5 лет назад +31

      I Know Right Meek Mill has actually brought Rick Ross and JAY-Z!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @blackspiderman7575
      @blackspiderman7575 5 лет назад +43

      meek ´s winning since he entered the game
      only dickriders think different

    • @dthuggin324
      @dthuggin324 5 лет назад +2

      Respext the comment....
      Especially meek but angry at so kalled Allah who dwell in revenge...
      Hov want us all to ascend in da skies...
      Witness millions intialize an extraa eye on the outer side of the mind...
      Forever breath in mine digging deep to embrace mothernature mind...
      Emotions of mine open my mind to see a side...
      Thats banned worldwide...
      Conning huh i hear ya top dawg rixk ross...
      I grow from the roots in other verbs myself shall never folige...
      On Trees My heart dont need polishing...
      Gold sits n cleanse itself to b astonishing...
      Astronomany acknowledging I rather leave to fukery....
      Puppets they allowed to b rich by exposing stars to fwm...
      Nigga pleese im from the Natural
      Factual Mustard Seed...
      Matter of Fact I have 2 that rock underneath my D.I.C..
      k!!!!

    • @godpositive7809
      @godpositive7809 5 лет назад +1

      CrackaLackTV .... Exactly!!!!!!! Salute

    • @CrackaLackTV
      @CrackaLackTV 5 лет назад +1

      @@godpositive7809 ✊

  • @steviejackz7969
    @steviejackz7969 5 лет назад +354

    Jay z is almost 50 and hes spitting bars like dis, one of the greatest of all times🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Iranianjew4life
    @Iranianjew4life 3 года назад +39

    HOV's verse still giving me goosebumps...

  • @danielorange4365
    @danielorange4365 Год назад +30

    When Jay said "I ain't one of these house niggas you bought, my house like a resort, my house bigger than yours, my sp....(spouse)...Come on man" 🔥🔥
    Imagine the look on his face when he said "Come on man"

    • @eli-jah
      @eli-jah Год назад +3

      “My route better of course, we started without food in our mouths they gave us pork and pig intestines” 🔥🔥🔥

  • @yoelgide4710
    @yoelgide4710 5 лет назад +259

    "To this day, Grandma 'fraid what I might say
    They gon' have to kill me, Grandmama, I'm not they slave"!!!!!!!! #HOV

    • @Isaac30.
      @Isaac30. 5 лет назад +2

      Kristin Simpson how is it old he never had that line before? Maybe something similar but not the same if he has no creativity than how come he’s known for his creativity

    • @keithelliott2328
      @keithelliott2328 5 лет назад +1

      Yoel Gide I felt that line to the heart

    • @unxpctd79molowe23
      @unxpctd79molowe23 5 лет назад +1

      Yoel Gide Word!

    • @Moneamadeit
      @Moneamadeit 5 лет назад

      I thought he was a agent I’m deleting my comment now... my bad @ Yoel Gide

  • @shannonharris5173
    @shannonharris5173 5 лет назад +128

    Jay Z been teaching us for 20 years

  • @kenm.4132
    @kenm.4132 2 года назад +138

    Everytime I hear that “ha ha ha ha ha” at the end of Jay’s verse I get goosebumps

    • @kirmunna762
      @kirmunna762 2 года назад +3

      Shit harddd

    • @dominicmane2907
      @dominicmane2907 2 года назад +13

      Hell yeah paying homage to Biggie he definitely a real 1 for that

  • @alexbah156
    @alexbah156 2 года назад +121

    This dude jayz is a lyrical genius! How does he come up with these lyrical concepts? They just blow my mind! You try to figure them out you come up blank, you try to fathom them they mindboggling! This is the prodict of the mind of a genius!

    • @Shadow_account
      @Shadow_account 2 года назад +11

      Secret 🤫 he talkin ✌🏾 DA GOD IN you 🫵🏾 in his flow shhh 🤫 🙆🏾‍♂️ "They separate you when you got
      Michael and Prince's DNA, uh" -HOVA

    • @tvbuu
      @tvbuu Год назад +1

      @@Shadow_account yeah man like he speaking words that hold power

    • @fanilochidoda6162
      @fanilochidoda6162 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's the God in him talking, the first word... or light. You also have the Power.

  • @GTshortStories
    @GTshortStories 5 лет назад +498

    Jay-Z is on a different level. He spits “Successful Bars”.

    • @immanuelbryant4166
      @immanuelbryant4166 5 лет назад +17

      Successfully.

    • @81BigWalt
      @81BigWalt 3 года назад +5

      Way to word it.

    • @mariamcclain8766
      @mariamcclain8766 2 года назад +2

      Word.

    • @kennethglenn506
      @kennethglenn506 2 года назад +1

      AMEN!!! JAY-Z JUST GAVE US A "TEACHING" OF OUR CULTURE AND HOW YOU RAISE ABOVE IT ALL👀; A GRAND SALUTE MY BROTHER IN JESUS NAME 🙏👀

    • @derekjones2677
      @derekjones2677 Год назад

      @@immanuelbryant4166 1111111 9u8uuym788i9nuvk8 j7m6loju6lb7v8njyb9n3

  • @KasPinnix
    @KasPinnix 5 лет назад +294

    HOV killed that verse on GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @anthonyjrtigerstephen5987
      @anthonyjrtigerstephen5987 5 лет назад +3

      Kas Pinnix big Facts it’s a real war

    • @KasPinnix
      @KasPinnix 5 лет назад +3

      @@anthonyjrtigerstephen5987 Its been a while since we had hip hop like this

    • @anthonyjrtigerstephen5987
      @anthonyjrtigerstephen5987 5 лет назад +3

      Kas Pinnix one thing I have in common with These men is I lifted my vain & now I have infinite knowledge. What’s Free 💯☀️

    • @djhanecostin6938
      @djhanecostin6938 5 лет назад +2

      My guy period

    • @wayneodhiamboo
      @wayneodhiamboo 5 лет назад +5

      He annihilated that shit!!!!

  • @beardifull462
    @beardifull462 Год назад +56

    Yea I keep coming back to this track weekly for Jay-Z's first what a masterpiece it is

    • @mzwandilefakudze2568
      @mzwandilefakudze2568 Год назад +2

      an absolute masterpiece.....I bang this everyday right after God Did!!!!

    • @beardifull462
      @beardifull462 Год назад +1

      @@mzwandilefakudze2568 Funny because I'm listening to this after God Did as well. Great minds think alike bruh

  • @KairoK
    @KairoK 3 года назад +87

    One of the greatest verses in recent memory from Jay

  • @versatil3953
    @versatil3953 5 лет назад +131

    Once again Hov slays!😩🔥🔥🔥 #greatsong #overall

  • @newyorker7556
    @newyorker7556 5 лет назад +122

    Jay z pls continue rap till you 100 year

  • @samkelosomdaka5728
    @samkelosomdaka5728 3 года назад +69

    Jayz vers legendary, he was spazzing on this one, he got busy, just proved why his renounced as one of the Goats in the rap game. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @vivianhall6506
    @vivianhall6506 3 года назад +47

    Jay is greatest of all time even Eminem ranks him top 2 . Today's kids don't know how great is Jay this man inspired three hip hop generations

  • @mrnate2644
    @mrnate2644 5 лет назад +493

    Jay verse got me going over my finances. I gotta get FREE💯

    • @coreyogletree1846
      @coreyogletree1846 5 лет назад +14

      This is the best comment.

    • @bellelareign1267
      @bellelareign1267 5 лет назад +4

      Mr Nate right!!!

    • @gtrevino2006
      @gtrevino2006 5 лет назад +6

      Sorry you had to got through that my dude. Women ain't worth chasing anymore. Keep your head up bruh and focus on yourself

    • @mcook-69don
      @mcook-69don 5 лет назад +3

      Lmao word up!

    • @cedric3260
      @cedric3260 5 лет назад +8

      Mr Nate get at me man I'm trying to build an army! Financial freedom my only hope, fuck living rich and dying broke

  • @jman1562001
    @jman1562001 5 лет назад +210

    Meek finally got that HOV verse!!! AND HE KILLED IT!!!

  • @johntech560
    @johntech560 Год назад +43

    This never gets old 🔥

  • @stanleyjames16
    @stanleyjames16 3 года назад +23

    3 Legendary Timeless Kings👑👑👑

  • @midwestent.7010
    @midwestent.7010 5 лет назад +251

    Why jay z just do that to the beat 🔥😭

  • @thereddoking8677
    @thereddoking8677 5 лет назад +663

    Ross got that flow
    Meek got that punchline & delivery
    Jay z stole the track

  • @isaaspirit9895
    @isaaspirit9895 3 года назад +41

    Jay z just proved he is not illuminati for no reason . He is here to stand for the black community . Let's go 🔥

  • @mynamedoesntmatter6348
    @mynamedoesntmatter6348 2 года назад +28

    Jay Z absolutely murdered the mic

  • @saaddsouli2657
    @saaddsouli2657 5 лет назад +181

    Hov respect that man guys 🔥

    • @JohnJohnson-my8zg
      @JohnJohnson-my8zg 5 лет назад

      So underappreciated

    • @harvident5703
      @harvident5703 5 лет назад +1

      Alot of people cant tell an uncut diamond from a regular stone... could have a valuable gem in hand and wouldn't even know

    • @lavelle3000
      @lavelle3000 5 лет назад

      YSLYEEZYYMCB TR3WAY DAQUAN he didn’t

  • @TekclayClay
    @TekclayClay 5 лет назад +319

    Get Nas on the remix this track will leave the universe

    • @kendus01
      @kendus01 5 лет назад +10

      1000% agreed!

    • @carljackson2710
      @carljackson2710 5 лет назад +8

      Nas is the kind of slave Jay-z speaks of...

    • @Butta838
      @Butta838 5 лет назад +21

      @@carljackson2710 you do know Nas own his publishing!

    • @carljackson2710
      @carljackson2710 5 лет назад

      @@Butta838 out all the things he endorse?

    • @carljackson2710
      @carljackson2710 5 лет назад

      @@Butta838 publishing is a lie

  • @muhammadarsalan2686
    @muhammadarsalan2686 2 года назад +33

    [Intro: Meek Mill]
    You know what free is, nigga?
    [Chorus: Meek Mill]
    What's free?
    Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be
    Free is when the TV ain't controllin' what we see
    Told my niggas, "I need you"
    Through all the fame, you know I stayed true
    Pray my niggas stay free
    Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be
    Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V
    Told my niggas, "I need you"
    Stay up, I know these times ain't true
    Real life, what's free?
    [Verse 1: Rick Ross]
    Since a lad, I was cunning, just got a pad out in London
    I keep stackin' my money, I'll need a ladder by summer
    AK shots, niggas duckin' stray shots
    Been a top dog, that's before the K-Dots
    Crackin' in '06, immaculate showmanship
    Talkin' like you Mitch, disastrous on the strip
    Holdin' on your bitch, coulda never sold you a brick
    With them people, you never been on a list
    Mona Lisa to me ain't nothin' but a bitch
    Hangin' pictures like niggas swingin' from his dick
    We so different, you thought these didn't exist (M-M)
    The Megalodon never seen on his wrist
    I'm from the South where they never make it this rich
    God is the greatest, but Satan been on his shit
    Walkin' the pavement, I pray I'm illuminated
    Over a decade and never nobody's favorite
    Pot and kilo go hand in hand like we Gamble and Huff
    My amigo, a million grams and we countin' 'em up (M-M)
    You was dead broke, I let you hold a pack
    You paid for it, but I fucked around and stole the track
    Screaming "gang gang," now you wanna rat
    Racketeering charges caught him on a tap
    Lookin' for a bond, lawyers wanna tax
    Purple hair got them faggots on your back
    (M-M-Maybach music)
    [Chorus: Meek Mill]
    What's free?
    Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be
    Free is when the TV ain't controllin' what we see
    Told my niggas, "I need you"
    Through all the fame, you know I stayed true
    Pray my niggas stay free
    Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be
    Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V
    Told my niggas, "I need you"
    Stay up, I know these times ain't true
    Real life, what's free? (Yeah)
    [Verse 2: Meek Mill]
    Fed investigations, heard they plottin' like I trap
    20 mill' in cash, they know I got that off of rap
    Maybe it's the Michael Rubins or the Robert Krafts
    Or the billionaire from Marcy, and the way they got my back, uh
    See how I prevailed now they try to knock me back, uh
    Locked me in a cell for all them nights and I won't snap, uh
    Two-fifty a show and they still think I'm sellin' crack, uh
    When you bring my name up to the judge, just tell him facts
    Tell him how we fundin' all these kids to go to college
    Tell him how we ceasin' all these wars, stoppin' violence
    Tryna fix the system and the way that they designed it
    I think they want me silenced (Shush)
    Oh, say you can see, I don't feel like I'm free
    Locked down in my cell, shackled from ankle to feet
    Judge bangin' that gavel, turned me to slave from a king
    Another day in the bing, I gotta hang from a string
    Just for poppin' a wheelie, my people march through the city
    From a cell to a chopper, view from the top of the city
    You can tell how we rockin', soon as I pop up we litty
    Poppin' like Bad Boy in '94, Big Poppa and Diddy
    And niggas counted me out like my accountant ain't busy
    That's five milli' in twenties, sit up and count 'til I'm dizzy
    Phantom 500 thousand, hundred round in a stizzy
    Is we beefin' or rappin'? I might just pop up with Drizzy like
    [Chorus: Meek Mill & JAY-Z]
    What's free?
    Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be
    Free is when the TV ain't controllin' what we see
    Told my niggas, "I need you"
    Through all the fame, you know I stayed true
    Pray my niggas stay free
    Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be
    Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V
    Told my niggas, "I need you"
    Stay up, I know these times ain't true (Run it down)
    Real life, what's free?
    [Verse 3: JAY-Z]
    In the land of the free, where the blacks enslaved
    Three-fifths of a man, I believe's the phrase
    I'm 50% of D'USSÉ and it's debt free (Yeah)
    100% of Ace of Spades, worth half a B (Uh)
    Roc Nation, half of that, that's my piece
    Hunnid percent of TIDAL to bust it up with my Gs, uh
    'Cause most of my niggas won't ever work together
    You run a check up but they never give you leverage
    No red hat, don't Michael and Prince me and 'Ye
    They separate you when you got Michael and Prince's DNA, uh
    I ain't one of these house niggas you bought
    My house like a resort, my house bigger than yours
    My spou- (Come on, man)
    My route better, of course
    We started without food in our mouth
    They gave us pork and pig intestines
    Shit you discarded that we ingested, we made the project a wave
    You came back, reinvested and gentrified it
    Took niggas' sense of pride, now how that's free?
    And them people stole the soul and hit niggas with 360s, huh
    I ain't got a billion streams, got a billion dollars
    Inflating numbers like we 'posed to be happy about this
    We was praisin' Billboard, but we were young
    Now I look at Billboard like, "Is you dumb?"
    To this day, Grandma 'fraid what I might say
    They gon' have to kill me, Grandmama, I'm not they slave
    Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, check out the bizarre (Ah)
    Rappin' style used by me, the H-O-V
    Look at my hair free, carefree, niggas ain't near free
    Enjoy your chains, what's your employer name with the hairpiece?
    I survived the hood, can't no Shaytan rob me
    My accountant's so good, I'm practically livin' tax free
    Factory, that's me
    Sold drugs, got away scot-free
    That's a CC, E-copy
    Guilt free, still me
    And expect me to not feel a way to this day
    You would say y'all killed me
    Sucker free, no shuckin' me, I don't jive turkey
    Say "Happy Thanksgiving," shit sound like a murder to me
    Smoke free, all of y'all callin' out toll free
    Label rob you for millions yet you wanna put a hole in me
    Sugar free, seasoned but I'm salt free
    You lay a hand on Hov, my shooter shoot for free
    I promise World War Three
    Send a order through a hands free
    Kill you in 24 hours or shorter, you can't ignore the hand speed
    On god, it's off the head, this improv but it's no comedy
    Sign I fail? Hell nah
    (Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha) Hahahahahahahahaha

  • @Good2DHood
    @Good2DHood 3 года назад +21

    Jay on a whole nother level

  • @user-oj7ye9zp6p
    @user-oj7ye9zp6p 5 лет назад +365

    This a classic beat and all 3 killed it. Rick Ross was floating on this beat. So smooth. Meek mill on his real shit. But Jay Z... damn. Conscious CEO rap.

    • @shakeman4919
      @shakeman4919 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/cuO3BX14qS8/видео.html

    • @okaymotion
      @okaymotion 5 лет назад +1

      Ma. D. Fa Stark well said. That’s exactly how i felt

    • @eugeneceasar9913
      @eugeneceasar9913 5 лет назад +2

      Listen to meek... wow

    • @lepiee
      @lepiee 5 лет назад +3

      "I ain't got a billion streams I got a billion dollars" I felt that in my soul

    • @wherewasyourenergyatthemal2056
      @wherewasyourenergyatthemal2056 5 лет назад

      Ma. D. Fa Stark Morning

  • @tonysr1983
    @tonysr1983 5 лет назад +1415

    Ross verse is highly underrated

    • @kopanokhumalo4344
      @kopanokhumalo4344 5 лет назад +11

      What is he saying

    • @kopanokhumalo4344
      @kopanokhumalo4344 5 лет назад +20

      To be honest i think he rapped on the beat a long time ago..and added 69s diss after...

    • @99pk3r
      @99pk3r 5 лет назад +2

      @@kopanokhumalo4344 Was supposed to be on his album , before jay z said it was better off on meeks.

    • @drchisenga8594
      @drchisenga8594 5 лет назад +38

      Shit was trash .. he wasn’t on Topic

    • @bachelorazu
      @bachelorazu 5 лет назад +15

      @@drchisenga8594 hater.

  • @rainyrainy9942
    @rainyrainy9942 2 года назад +12

    4:50 is honestly just done so well by Jay

    • @brandonorellana8102
      @brandonorellana8102 Год назад +1

      jayz copied biggie on that exact bar, listen to “what’s beef” on biggies album “life after death”. the beat is also extremely similar

    • @molly7948
      @molly7948 Год назад +2

      @@brandonorellana8102 thats the point tho

  • @ianjohnson5543
    @ianjohnson5543 2 года назад +47

    "Over a decade and never nobody favorite". Rawest line by Ross.

  • @hoodlifehiphop4032
    @hoodlifehiphop4032 5 лет назад +82

    Yo Jay Z Showed meek LOVE

  • @grimes021
    @grimes021 5 лет назад +452

    Jays verse just made me make it out the hood.

  • @hmodaldosari2251
    @hmodaldosari2251 3 года назад +9

    Jay -z paid tribute to Biggie with that fire verse💯🔥

  • @alexanderkaycee8444
    @alexanderkaycee8444 Год назад +5

    meek rode on that beat 🔥

  • @hollywoodchronic5874
    @hollywoodchronic5874 5 лет назад +175

    Jay Z sounding like a subtle economics professor and shit..🧐🕴🏽

  • @jakespaceman2135
    @jakespaceman2135 5 лет назад +1268

    Who else replayed Jay''s verse like 48 times by now......

  • @Pinastar_pincushion
    @Pinastar_pincushion Год назад +30

    4 years later, still classic!

  • @Gigga101
    @Gigga101 Год назад +9

    HOV letting y'all know there's levels to this shit 🔥🐐

  • @hyacinthalcarazvillanueva7979
    @hyacinthalcarazvillanueva7979 5 лет назад +320

    JAY Z can rap til’ he’s 99 IDC I’m still listening 🙌🏾

    • @jeromeb715
      @jeromeb715 5 лет назад +3

      And then Drake got 99 Problems

    • @petersmith2005
      @petersmith2005 5 лет назад +1

      I been thinking that for the past few years....

    • @brainchildkubrick3645
      @brainchildkubrick3645 5 лет назад +1

      Hyacinth Alcaraz Villanueva All Facts.

    • @naimb3375
      @naimb3375 5 лет назад +1

      I feel the same lmao

    • @AwesomeBlackDude
      @AwesomeBlackDude 5 лет назад +1

      *This Is London*
      ruclips.net/video/AIn2qmUIX0k/видео.html
      I made a parody with a message in it. Powerful hidden meanings and little hint of humor and if you're down with *This Is America* then you will love my Parody.
      My parody video is so close to *This Is America* you would think it was the blueprint. If you don't understand here's another clue for you look at the date when it was uploaded and published.

  • @adamtaitambou6679
    @adamtaitambou6679 5 лет назад +376

    When Jays part started my fireplace got lit unexpectedly

  • @dookfields2362
    @dookfields2362 Год назад +16

    Over the years I keep coming back to this joint
    And everytime Hov verse be having me smiling. 🐐

  • @billydedon3008
    @billydedon3008 2 года назад +34

    Massive respect to Jay Z he kill it in this song.

  • @Legit711
    @Legit711 5 лет назад +616

    Ross is talking about how life goes, Meek is speaking about his life, Jay is putting you on elevating life... Just my point of view #Greatness

    • @melo5303
      @melo5303 5 лет назад +31

      great breakdown... this song is gonna go down in one hiphop classics.... that sample did its work too

    • @freetheport
      @freetheport 5 лет назад +4

      Facts bruh

    • @Toheeb90
      @Toheeb90 5 лет назад +5

      Well said 💯 facts

    • @danietc01
      @danietc01 5 лет назад +4

      Jay is talkin about he life too thou

    • @juniordavis168
      @juniordavis168 5 лет назад +3

      Facts

  • @Mavinski1
    @Mavinski1 5 лет назад +923

    Jay Z holding all of the infinity stones. R.I.P. B.I.G.

    • @Getwonmbutler
      @Getwonmbutler 5 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @tyboykin3758
      @tyboykin3758 5 лет назад +3

      The REAL THANOS!!!!

    • @brandonnorman4595
      @brandonnorman4595 5 лет назад +1

      That Green One

    • @doncarlo3340
      @doncarlo3340 5 лет назад +5

      Big was an imposter like JayZ just watered down versions of authentic street niggas. Both have made up artificial back stories. The federal government just sent EL Chapo away for life... And you mean to tell me I'm supposed to believe two guys from Bklyn were moving tons of cocaine and actually got away scot free and made songs about committing federal felonies and lived happily ever after. GTFOH.... Them two dudes are trash..

    • @Slipshizzle
      @Slipshizzle 5 лет назад +13

      @@doncarlo3340 you don't know what you're talking about. Do you're research. I'm from where Jay hustled in Maryland. And know people close to Emory Jones. Look it up bumjuice

  • @nigilsofy
    @nigilsofy 3 года назад +77

    This track will forever be relevant. Don’t matter where you came from or where you made it to. There’s too much truth in these verses.

  • @freebornajibode7654
    @freebornajibode7654 10 месяцев назад +2

    Rick Ross verse is 🔥

  • @josiahdavis4910
    @josiahdavis4910 5 лет назад +146

    I ain't got a billion streams I got a billion dollars 💎 Jay~z

  • @zysygybizz4417
    @zysygybizz4417 5 лет назад +74

    Meek, Hard! Ross, HARD!!
    JAY Z......MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!!

  • @quamiebertrand8264
    @quamiebertrand8264 3 года назад +14

    "my account so good i'm practically living tax free" JAY-Z get it in🤩🤩🤩💪💪

  • @Lumzz64
    @Lumzz64 5 лет назад +93

    The way Hov put together his words when he raps it’s amazing 🙌🏽🙌🏽

    • @timothymartin994
      @timothymartin994 5 лет назад +1

      No pen....

    • @frankyb0y
      @frankyb0y 5 лет назад

      You mean when he freestyles ... On every album since the BluePrint. Now go back and listen in amazement to the GOAT !!!

    • @keithoswattt322
      @keithoswattt322 5 лет назад

      No fuckn pen fresh crispy chicken out tha grease

    • @RayMooreJr
      @RayMooreJr 5 лет назад

      I been tryna tell dudes..

    • @Lumzz64
      @Lumzz64 5 лет назад +1

      Jay is pure art🐐

  • @yousifomar5004
    @yousifomar5004 5 лет назад +185

    Jay z verse is a life lesson

  • @naijaboslim4344
    @naijaboslim4344 3 года назад +8

    Jay got the spirit of every dead great legend plus his own in every verse

  • @jamaals4445
    @jamaals4445 Год назад +4

    Jay z latest best verse

  • @brandonsewell2462
    @brandonsewell2462 5 лет назад +142

    Jay’s whole way of thinking is the true definition of free. 🤯

  • @Jroc6
    @Jroc6 5 лет назад +483

    Daaaaaaam Jay, you cant leave rap alone the game needs you!!!!
    No more thumbs up please lets leave it right there...4 44 niiiice!

    • @rollup901
      @rollup901 5 лет назад +4

      justin rocha facts

    • @iBOXRIVER
      @iBOXRIVER 5 лет назад +3

      He reigns supreme 👑
      Why not ?

    • @picklechinahboi4515
      @picklechinahboi4515 5 лет назад +3

      No one caught the reference

    • @LFMKingPjay
      @LFMKingPjay 5 лет назад +1

      Hello everyone I'm from the grimey street corner of Jamaica 👿. Where nothing ain't nice, people look at me funny because I'm doing music. They say ain't for it I should be on the corner hustling and struggling. I make conscious rap music which gives the real and never the fake. I've seen so many things in life and I'm at a young age . It's gods blessings why I'm here cause I was thugging didn't know no better. At the back of my mind while I was tearing shit up, I always thought about what having a music career would be like because I love singing. Doing this now is a moment come true. This is because I always wanted to start my career. I have music now on my RUclips channel u can go listen please. Subscribe and share thank you.

    • @souskai
      @souskai 5 лет назад +2

      Pleeeeeaaaase. Jay Z and Em again!!!!

  • @TheChadShow9
    @TheChadShow9 2 года назад +31

    Jay basically said “3/5 a man” huh? And started to list his shares/fractions of ownership in his companies that make him a billionaire. In other words, “Take that, take that”.

    • @shairozkhan
      @shairozkhan 2 года назад +3

      no, he was referencing the American constitution where slaves were considered 3/5 of a free man for congress representing purpose.

    • @clevelandlawrence
      @clevelandlawrence 2 месяца назад

      @@shairozkhanabsolutely. But he started listing off percentages of what he owns as a juxtaposition.

  • @habasaandrew2430
    @habasaandrew2430 2 года назад +5

    Daaamnnn ....if Jay made you rewind or kinda lose your breath and wonder how good he is...same here😁😁 bow

  • @flashjones834
    @flashjones834 4 года назад +177

    Jay z is on another level bro his bars is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @caseycampbell7929
    @caseycampbell7929 5 лет назад +83

    JAY GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS

  • @antoniox5307
    @antoniox5307 Год назад +18

    Ladies and Gentlemen just listen to Jay-Z on repeat few times

  • @vhuawelomakhuvha
    @vhuawelomakhuvha 11 месяцев назад +4

    "Been a Top Dawg, that's before the K. Dots" sheeeesh!!🔥

  • @Fingaz78
    @Fingaz78 5 лет назад +163

    Verse of the year goes to Jay. B.I.G. would’ve been proud.

    • @kizitoogbu6397
      @kizitoogbu6397 5 лет назад

      verse of the year is Jcole pretty little fear

    • @iBOXRIVER
      @iBOXRIVER 5 лет назад +4

      Biggie would have ate this shit up ( no pun)💯❤️

    • @mike_t_007
      @mike_t_007 5 лет назад +2

      iBOXRIVER He already did! What's Beef!!! 😊 But for real he would have ate this track alive again in 2018

    • @kingkemet2527
      @kingkemet2527 5 лет назад +1

      Mike T lol 😂 super facts!!!

    • @kingkemet2527
      @kingkemet2527 5 лет назад +1

      kizito ko j cole is hella talented but even he lll tell you jay got the verse of the year

  • @tamaracdibie
    @tamaracdibie 4 года назад +657

    Hov's verse gives me goosebumps. Every. Time.

  • @Kwethudube21
    @Kwethudube21 2 года назад +3

    The Unrelenting Braggadacio brought by Hov here on this verse...brooooo🤧🤧🤧
    #RIPBIGGY

  • @59BRIMHATBOY
    @59BRIMHATBOY 8 месяцев назад +4

    Jigga smoked the track like a loud pack.😤

  • @AaronLightMedia
    @AaronLightMedia 5 лет назад +159

    Jay left the planet on this on one... wooooo!

  • @kushtrimgashi2743
    @kushtrimgashi2743 5 лет назад +146

    Jay Zs verse got us all shook

    • @douglascrudup8902
      @douglascrudup8902 5 лет назад +2

      JayZ late ...better late than never...send them free shooters at our enemies...raise an army🤔or keep talking

  • @datdotguy7041
    @datdotguy7041 2 года назад +8

    Hardest part when he stopped himself from say "my spouse Betta than yours"he like come on I ain't even gotta say it😂🔥🔥🔥

  • @nairaj79liggens92
    @nairaj79liggens92 3 года назад +3

    God is the Greatest but satan been on his shiitt.... Bruh idc Ross came wit that 💯

  • @MacBoyProductions
    @MacBoyProductions 5 лет назад +1207

    How many people keep coming back just for Jay Zs verse?

  • @MichiganHendough
    @MichiganHendough 5 лет назад +154

    Ross WAS IMMACULATE Jay LEFT EARTH Meek AKA Voice of the streets

  • @alexmwangi4342
    @alexmwangi4342 3 года назад +6

    God is Greatest but Saitain been on his shit

  • @Top_Pulla
    @Top_Pulla 6 месяцев назад +3

    Jay Gave y’all the game through that verse

  • @justwanna007
    @justwanna007 5 лет назад +100

    There is something resounding about Jay’s verse here. There are echoes from his 4:44 album. Again, he’s reminding everyone that there is freedom in self-awareness, understanding one’s purpose and elevating the black consciousness by promoting the idea of working together. There is freedom he reminds us in designing out own billboards and not necessarily waiting for the acknowledgement of the whites for blacks to feel better. The whole verse is a scripture.
    And, finally, the track tells us to question the whole ideology of freedom. Who is really free in democratic America?

    • @jeremykyan523
      @jeremykyan523 5 лет назад +5

      Why does it have to be about blacks all the fucking time?! Fuck you and fuck everything you stand for. You racist bitch.

    • @mrtinhrri9173
      @mrtinhrri9173 5 лет назад +1

      Mykey Irene "WORKING TOGETHER" 😂😂 you actually believe all that bull💩 coming outta j's cockhole 🤦‍♂️ Only thing he knows about working together is not to work together unless it benefits his ass more but your probably to young or just don't know . Ever heard of Earl Simmons ? = DMX ? Yeah you know J you know X and that's why you still know J cuz of X. "Working Together " 💯%💩 search 🔍 DMX ~ jay-z beef

    • @um010
      @um010 5 лет назад +2

      flwtchs _ he’s been speaking out about the shady music industry and how blacks end up being robbed after deals. Where have you been?

    • @battlefielding
      @battlefielding 5 лет назад +1

      Mykey Irene you sound like a bitch

    • @Zenfluence81
      @Zenfluence81 5 лет назад

      @@mrtinhrri9173 X real but he had his shot..he jacked up *his own* own career over and over and over. Acting like J ain't put nobody on lol😅