Jay-Z - 99 Problems (Lyrics)

Artist/Group: Jay-Z
Album: The Black Album
Released: 2003
Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
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"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 from The Black Album. The chorus hook "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one" is taken from the Ice-T single "99 Problems" from the album Home Invasion (1993). The hook was coined during a conversation between Ice-T & Brother Marquis of Miami-based 2 Live Crew. Marquis later used the phrase in the 1996 2 Live Crew song "Table Dance".
In the song, Jay-Z tells a story about dealing with rap critics, racial profiling from a police officer who wants to search his car, and an aggressor. The song reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 from The Black Album. The chorus hook "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one" is taken from the Ice-T single "99 Problems" from the album Home Invasion (1993). The hook was coined during a conversation between Ice-T & Brother Marquis of Miami-based 2 Live Crew. Marquis later used the phrase in the 1996 2 Live Crew song "Table Dance".
In the song, Jay-Z tells a story about dealing with rap critics, racial profiling from a police officer who wants to search his car, and an aggressor. The song reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The second verse, describing Jay-Z's traffic stop, has received much more attention than the rest of the song.
The second verse was based on an actual experience of Jay-Z in the 1990s in New Jersey. Jay-Z wrote that in 1994 he was pulled over by police while carrying cocaine in a secret compartment in his sunroof. Jay-Z refused to let the police search the car and the police called for the drug sniffing dogs. However, the dogs never showed up and the police had to let Jay-Z go. Moments after he drove away, he wrote that he saw a police car with the dogs drive by. Jay-Z's contention that he was pulled over for being black was later confirmed to have been common practice by the New Jersey police. In a discussion at the Celeste Bartos Forum at the New York Public Library, Jay-Z described the second verse as representing a contest of wills between the car's driver who is "all the way in the wrong" for carrying illegal drugs, and a racist police officer who pulls over a driver not for any infraction but for being African-American. "Both guys are used to getting their way" and thus reluctant to back down, Jay-Z notes, and the driver "knows a bit about the law because he's used to breaking it" and asserts his legal rights.
In 2011 Southwestern Law School Professor Caleb Mason wrote an article with a line-by-line analysis of the second verse of the song from a legal perspective referencing the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, citing it as a useful tool for teaching law students search and seizure law involving search warrants, Terry stops, racial profiling, the exclusionary rule, and the motor vehicle exception. Mason writes that some of Jay-Z's lyrics are legally accurate and describe prudent behavior (e.g., identifying when police ask for consent to search, specifically asking if one is under arrest, and complying with the police order to stop rather than fleeing which would certainly result in a search of the car and might authorize police to use lethal force to stop a high speed chase). However, Mason also notes the song lyrics are legally incorrect in indicating that a driver can refuse an order to exit the car and that police would need a warrant to search a locked glove compartment or trunk (in fact, police would need probable cause to search a car). In 2012, Professor Emir Crowne of the University of Windsor's, Faculty of Law wrote the Canadian Response to Professor Mason's article. In it, he concludes that Jay-Z's lyrics may be legally correct under Canadian Law.
While the song's meaning is widely debated, the chorus "If you're having girl problems, I feel bad for you son/I've got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" was defined in Jay-Z's book, Decoded, as referring to something different in each verse. In verse two, it refers to a police dog.
President Obama quipped, in his humorous monologue at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 27, 2013: "Some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy about Jay-Z going to Cuba - it's unbelievable. I've got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one."
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[@stellarwind1946]

This was Jay-Z at his pinnacle. Innovative, clever, and highly motivated.

[@DetectiveNineHD]

hes also in a cult

[@coreyhutton478]

Ignorant, Racist, Full Of Shit. The Type Of Moron To Marry Beyonce. LOL!

[@elisjongoseni3225]

​@@DetectiveNineHDOh, you 2Pac fans, get away with this BS.

[@jimmycruz8167]

His pinnacle is taking ice t verse? 🗑️

[@robloxazo]

​@@jimmycruz8167what ice t verse did he take? He took the one line that ice t took from his friend

[@alsherrard7524]

That rap is legendary

[@luis13kar_art9]

Renegade 😅😅😅

[@kitaets2365]

For sure

[@dandefish]

FINALLY UNCENSORED

[@ilovejahsehonfroy17]

Fr tho

[@carabistouille95]

was done already,
but can't comment !!!😜😜😜
and fvk it, he's lyricly killing everybody there !!!
Next : Roc Natiion
and ths trent reznor prod bruh 😜🖤

[@isabellaregalado5199]

One of my favorites hip hop old is better than new school !!!!

[@taliaeategg2027]

There's some good new rap out there

[@dmercy8477]

I know he got this from Ice T he even said it himself in some interviews but this is still one of my favorite Jay-Z songs. And will y'all quit hating on the comments.

[@It__From__Bit]

It's no different than a music sample. He took a small sample from Ice-T and made a new song out of it.

[@jademat31]

Yeah, it's only a sample, not the whole thing. 50 takes a line from this, too.
He thought this up in twenty minutes.

[@jordanwright8126]

And bun b

[@youssefben7535]

Jay z is a specialist of "u made it a hot line I made it a hot song" lol

[@fFpoyballvideos]

Jay Z is f***ing amazing

[@candacelee9759]

Here we goat again 😈 how many times have you heard that. I prefer to hear what is on the back of that jersey lol

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Jay-Z is in America hating racist piece of trash

[@PJPer-zs8uj]

Jay in his prime. He is hip hop...

[@aidenkelly2167]

Love some Jay-Z songs

[@semigoth299]

I love the attitude this song has

[@bricktop414]

Rick Rubin layin the beats down like he did for the Beastie Boys! I don't like Jay Z that much but this track booms! Not gonna lie I blare this shit loud as hell when I roll in my car!

[@frankreed5210]

😅m Ng Mn😅😮

[@LD-xn8jj]

Favorite jay z song growing up nigga

[@W1ckedClown]

Fun fact: Rick Rubin came up with the acapella intro.

[@mitdesai55555]

I'm from rags to riches... I ain't dumb...

[@tiffanywilliams5568]

This is my life right now but hopefully that will change soon hopefully.

[@sarahmayjohn]

Tiffany, why is this your life right now?

[@mikkohuikuri531]

So you're hopin that a bitch will become your problem?

[@rachellepierce1243]

Same love...same

[@robbachmann6968]

Did the battlefield 3 trailer bring anyone else here back in the day?

[@landonpeters349]

This song is the best song ever created

[@jackmaehoph4822]

Sounds like someone gota problem wit a bitch..

[@oki_9640]

its just not

[@brayden2502]

@@oki_9640 it close goof ball

[@konnichiwasenpai312]

This was also used in the NYC 2009 movie called: "The taking of Pelham 123"

[@ZacharykyleNecan-eq5cq]

What makes a great song relevancy this shit means something these days XD Gotta love the internet

[@ait-reda]

Even a hustle can become art

[@alfredwu538]

4th verse is fire

[@MadCheddaz]

there's only three verses tf

[@JOSHPROMOCHANNEL]

I got 99 poblems and a xxxxx ain't one. Let the church say amen.

[@Met771]

55 in a 54 😂

[@LETINGGO]

IM BLESSED FOR LIFE....I AM LIFE....LIK3 AS I'M YOUNG AS A CHILD AGAIN....😊...420...😂😊🎉❤YOU

[@parrotpirate9648]

Did not age well the only problem he has is his ......

[@prettybabyface7313]

🤔?

[@sftussami]

what do you mean? fell me in homie

[@marianaptks9933]

@@sftussami well he cheated on his wife a few years ago maybe he's talking about that

[@ajreacts6889]

@@marianaptks9933 99 Problems was before that, 4:44 talks more about him cheating on his wife

[@Himmyjewett]

@@ajreacts6889 "did not age well" read nigga

[@mikheilmikheil4958]

Originally Ice T song :))

[@kneishaneefrancois]

😂😂😂
bih we all has mama daddy issues
don’t lie

[@mohammedwaseem2308]

Pelham movie took me here

[@SupernovaSites]

As a women, I relate to this but for guys. For example, I have money, career, etc problems, so the last of my worries is guys, you know? That's how I interpret that.

[@dr.woozie7500]

I need a sugar mommy I’m very handsome

[@theamazingadventuresofjohn]

Shit I could be your problem! Lmao 🤣

[@MadCheddaz]

ikr, idc about men

[@npg68]

And that is how you should interpret the lyrics/song.

[@PJPer-zs8uj]

Nope your all wrong... It's a guy thing.

[@seankiesling2054]

Props to the ones who knew this was Ice T's song first

[@DONTTREADONME66]

I do like hip-hop. Another awesome form of music! I put the fuckin’ kitchen sink in that shit nigga!!!!

[@tayarikicks0833]

This is not good this a great in a classic

[@terojulku577]

My man ....

[@StickyNote347]

What happened

[@tagrtw]

@@StickyNote347 he kissed Jay-Z’s whole asshole

[@Smearwise]

@@StickyNote347 id guess its that he cheated on his wife lmao

[@frankkinsleyii2600]

Solange is problematic #98

[@baloo_junglist]

99 dudes at Diddys crib

[@AkiniRodriguezTv]

Sick😅

[@tigger693000]

Actually some will have you having no problems but them 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@User-x4w2o]

Cool as

[@aimee9878]

Lol if you had to check your shoes.

[@markmark8826]

Even when you go to cemetery !
Share the vibes with dead they had S0 much
S0 much
make sure !stacked up cash money stashed sm where!
Time to give up to HeemWolf!
HeemWolf always comes back always visits again and again !
It’s a bout time S0 far S0 good🤔

[@reneegoode1155]

😎Ahhhhhh Yessssss😎
When Rap was Rap

[@mollymcbride3046]

Thank god for Hugo

[@HasanDaGreat]

Middle man

[@DanjumaIdabomo]

Sounds like a 50 cent song

[@yellowknife89]

Jay-z looks like a old women now

[@jordionlyone]

Chael Sonnen brought me here

[@elvikingotrh831]

ICE T original 99 problems from 93 is just sooooo much better

[@albertaustin6191]

How about the beginning of the 3rd verse is Bun-B's from a UGK song called "Touched"

[@ig0td0ugh28]

I think I like Ice T & 2 Live Crew version better

[@Lepercon777]

Attitude and spelling

[@tesspeelz]

I’m not the problem

[@Karlos-ks9rt]

Jay-Z and 50 Cent HAVE the same voices...

[@fFpoyballvideos]

They really don’t XD I know both of them well

[@saicharan3359]

Not at all

[@JoseDiaz-zd4sq]

Ice t better.

[@ibstummyhurt8057]

Hit a nerve ?

[@JoseDiaz-zd4sq]

FACTS

[@plankoid6262]

the opening lyrics weren’t his tho lmaoooo

[@jNeal-gj9iu]

Beastie boys wannabes. Lol 🤣😆😅😂

[@johnhill762]

Boring rapper

[@rhysbell464]

This is awful,😂 gave me a headache 😭

[@dustypawz1871]

What a stupid song lmao

[@christophersimmons5396]

Ice cube better

[@pufflord4230]

tf does ice cube got to do with this?? 💀

[@ghostman390]

Wrong ice

[@andrewhajny8992]

I got one problem and that's no shit paper