“Holy Grail”
“This fame hurt, But this chain works, I think back, You asked the same person ‘If this is all you had to deal with, N—a deal with It,’ this shit ain’t work, this light work, camera snapping, my eyes hurt, N—s dying back where I was birthed, F–k your iris and IRS, Get the hell up off of your high horse, You got the s–t that n–s die for.”
Fame can have it’s downside, but Jay-Z knows that it can be worse. Raised in the Marcy Projects, Jay-Z comes from a place where the stakes are much higher than being chased by paparazzi. There are people who would give all they had to experience such success. Speaking indirectly to other celebs, Jay-Z tells them to get off their high horse and be thankful for the opportunity to touch fame.
