Mike:
Yo
Jay-Z:
Thank you, thank you, thank you
You’re far too kind

Mike/Jay-Z:
Can I get an encore, do you want more
Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy
So for one last time I need y’all to roar

Chester:
Now what the hell are you waiting for?

Jay-Z:
After me, there shall be no more
So for one last time, make some noise

Mike:
Get em Jay

Jay-Z:
Who you know fresher than Hov’? Riddle me that
The rest of y’all know where I’m lyrically at
Can’t none of y’all mirror me back
Yeah hearin me rap is like hearin G. Rap in his prime
I’m, young H.O., rap’s Great from Dead
Back to take over the globe, now break bread
I’m in, Boeing jets, Global Express
Out the country but the blueberry still connect
On the low but the yacht got a triple deck
But when you Young, what the fuck you expect? Yep, yep
Grand openin, grand closin
God damn your man Hov’ cracked the can open again
Who you gon’ find doper than him with no pen
just draw off inspiration
Soon you gon’ see you can’t replace him
with cheap imitations for DESE GENERATIONS

Jay-Z:
Can I get an encore, do you want more
Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy
So for one last time I need y’all to roar

Chester:
Now what the hell are you waiting for?

Jay-Z:
After me, there shall be no more
So for one last time, make some noise

Chester:
What the hell are you waiting for?

Jay-Z:
[sighs] Look what you made me do, look what I made for you
Knew if I paid my dues, how will they pay you
When you first come in the game, they try to play you
Then you drop a couple of hits, look how they wave to you
From Marcy to Madison Square
To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years (yea)
As fate would have it, Jay’s status appears
to be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye
When I come back like Jordan, wearin the 4-5
It ain’t to play games witchu
It’s to aim at you, probably maim you
If I owe you I’m blowin you to smithereeens
Cocksucker take one for your team
And I need you to remember one thing (one thing)
I came, I saw, I conquered
From record sales, to sold out concerts
So muh’fucker if you want this encore
I need you to scream, ’til your lungs get sore

Chester:
I’m tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
I don’t know what you’re expecting of me
put under the pressure
of walking in your shoes

Mike/Chester:
[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
every step that I take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
and every second I waste is more than I can take

Chester:
I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I’m becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you

Chester/Jay/Mike:
I’ve become so numb
Can I get an encore, do you want more? [more, more, more]

I’ve become so numb
For one last time I need y’all to roar [One last time I need y’all to roar]



Lyrics submitted by xueying

Track duration: 03:25


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    General Comment:Hey Guys, This is a forum where you can post the MEANINGS of a song, and not fight about if the song is good or not!! I mean it's enough when one person writes: "I like it" and another one: "I hate it" and the ones who agree to whatever, would rate +1 ! ! !

    simple and easy: it's a song about god :D
    Flag Jacky97on October 08, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:to this day i stil cannot figure out why linkin park would ruin the emotion and purity of a song lyk numb(or any song for that matter)by including a 'its all about pimpin and shootin people' ass lyk jay-z.as a rule i neva listen 2 any of their hip hop collaboration cause i do not believe they are representative of what l.p truly are as a band
    Flag fungion December 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:People seem to forget that this isn't supposed to be Linkin Park with Jay-Z, it's Jay-Z with Linkin Park. In all honesty, it's his album, with Linkin Park to help boost Record sails. Having said that, I love this remix, and think it's better than the original.
    Flag Kaharaon July 11, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:simply amazing

    words do not describe this song

    simply amazing
    Flag 1nick4alexon June 09, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i thought it was raps greatful dead
    Flag back10minuteson February 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:huge LP fan,huge Jay-z fan=bliss for me
    .)
    Flag gunner-chicaon September 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:hahaha lol because you opened this, you will have the BEST LUCK this week
    1) your gonna get a girlfriend/ boyfriend
    2) your gonna have the best 3 weeks starting tonight!
    3) your gonna get 2 NEW FRIENDS
    4) your gonna fall in love
    **If u dont repost this, you will have bad luck forever !BUT, you have to repost this bulletin with any of these names:
    1) I GOT MY LIP PIERCED [[PICS]]
    2) I LOVE HIM , SO WHAT ?
    3) I LIKE SOMEONE<3
    4) GOLD DIGGER
    5) I NEED A TRUE BOYFRIEND
    6) OMG WE KISSED ! Heres the pic
    7) I NEED A GIRLFRIEND
    8) I THINK I MIGHT BE GAY
    9) I NEED A BOYFRIEND
    10) MY SUICIDE LETTER
    11) I DYED MY HAIR BLONDE[[PICS]]
    12) IM GOING BACK TO JAMAICA MONDAY
    13) I DYED MY HAIR PINK AND PURPLE HERE ARE PICS
    14) FUCK WE GOT CAUGHT
    15) I DYED MY HAIR BROWN HERE ARE PICS
    Flag pnkprncss90on August 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song. i didnt ever hear the original numb until a few days ago, and i loved it. because i had only ever heard it was jay-z, i never got the maening out of the song. so when i heard it, i almost cried, it was so beautiful.

    one thing i hate about rap though, is that its about living in the hood, sex, drugs, and whatnot, ever single time. GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    and this one isnt. but it still destroys the song because it doesnt talk about what numb does. it talks about rapping. that killed it.

    i mean seriously massacred it.
    Flag hott temperon August 08, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:hmmm well this versions ok.. but the original is wayy better.. this is like chavvy..
    Flag x-music-is-life-xon January 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Wtf all this Jay-z guy was doing was telling everyone how amazing he thinks he is then adds the beginning of numb to the end. =\ that's so uncreative
    Flag ErikDroidon November 18, 2007   Link

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