U Don’t Know (Remix) Lyrics
[Intro: Jay-Z & Bobby Byrd]
I'm not trying to be no big thing, no, no
You gotta let this one breathe, Just'
Just let it breathe for a second
I'm not trying to give you no advice
Yup! Hovi's home!
The newest addition to the Roc: M.O.P
I don't claim to be no philosopher
"The Blueprint 2" is on its way
I know y'all hear my footsteps out there, I'm coming!
But I sure know, this is life, baby, baby
Let's go get 'em, Just'!
[Interlude: Lil' Fame & Bobby Byrd]
Time to dump (Fire!)
Dump (Fire!) dump (Fire!) dump (Fire!) dump (Fire!)
You don't know, what you're doing, doing, doing, doing
[Verse 1: Lil Fame & Billy Danze]
It's the MO-P! (Yes!)
And the ZIP code is 1 (1!) 2 (3!) 3
And motherfucker, we coming, 100 miles and gunning (Owwww!)
I'm still running with cats that rob
From the era of SL 80s and hatchback Saabs (Same game!)
Operation for this industry lockdown
We still tote hammers that go BLAKOW!
Run up if you wanna
Believe me, dog, these hammers with they owners
Fuck your G up, have you in blue Pampers, in a coma
And your family now mournin' — look, seventy pounds gone
A little fuck, shriveled up, with a hospital gown on
(We holding it down, homes!) Keep pushing, we fell bastards
To get over, we grind with slippery shell tactics
Chippety-frail bastards, your tracks need tune-ups
Lil' niglet, what the fuck you recording for? Nick Jr.?
(The game ain't changed!) It just got harder
Plus we sponsored by Laze, Dame Dash and Mr. S dot Carter
Brownsville (Yep!) – we stomp through this bitch all day (Oh)
Rock with my cock out, face the crowd and piss on stage (Uh, uh, uh)
I'm from the G side of thangs (Oh), where we ride and bang
With a heat that'll flame, that's how we got the name:
(Warriorz!) Embedded in your brains
And someone should be telling 'em the veterans have came
And we're betterin' the game, you better make it rain
(Twenty-seven a gram) My man, it's better than cocaine
Now everything will change and this Family will rule the world
And you haters can eat a dick up 'til you hiccup and 'url
A decade on the grind (Uh) nigga, I paid mine
So it's my time to shine and for you to ride the pine
I won't sit back and rap like these dumbass kids
I been around, I put it down, I ain't these young ass kids
(M.O.P.!) The OGs repped and survived around this motherfucker
(FIRST Family!) We kept it live around this motherfucker (Oh!)
When it's crunch time, we do it our wizzay
Fo' shizzle, my nigga, learned to grip pistols in BK
[Interlude: Jay-Z]
Woooooo!
Turn my music high, high, high, high-er
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
More fire, more Rocawear attire
Mo' money, mo' murder now that M.O.P.'s hired
Mo' further for the Roc empire, y'all won't serve us
Y'all nervous, know them guns on full service, ready to fire
One body, two body, three body, four
Young sitting on paper, I'm above the law
Young shitting on haters, I ain't fucking with y'all
For all my Brownsville neighbors—"How About Some Hardcore?"
And it just get worser, every time I sign my signature in cursive
Just add another million to these verses
One million, two million, three million, four
And the money's really worthless, I'm pissing you off on purpose
My nephews situated, and my mama is straight
So I'm ready for whatever drama should come my way
And you niggas rapping to me so your drama is fake
You dudes is noodles, I got more ziti to bake
You dudes is cake, I keep two biscuits on the waist
Razor blades under the tongue, I will eat your face
Appetite for destruction, I am starving today
Got a money-hungry lawyer that'll eat the case
And that's just food for thought, don't let it go to waste
Nigga, bite the bullet until you stuffing your face, ha!
I done forgot more than you ever learned
What you don't know'll make your home a permanent urn, nigga!
About
“I always wanted to make [U Don’t Know] bigger and better, and make the drums hit harder, and the bass more in your face. I always say to myself, ‘I wish I got the opportunity to do that over.’
“We always used to say that M.O.P should have been on that record, even though we all like the original.
“… Jay didn’t even tell anybody. I guess he was trying to surprise us, but he walked into the studio one day and was like, ‘Yo, put this in.’ Put in the CD, and it was M.O.P rhyming on ‘U Don’t Know.’
“This was my opportunity to do it all over again. … I had gotten a lot better at time stretching and my mixing had gotten a lot better. So the end result was a dope followup to a classic record, without it being disrespectful to the original. They sound really good back-to-back."
Sampled from “I’m Not to Blame” by Bobby Byrd
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Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The group was signed by Loud Records, and when this situation ended, they were signed to Roc-A-Fella by Dame Dash. This was a show of solidarity, as Jay was using this record to showcase his up and coming artists (Young Chris, Kanye West as a rapper, Sparks, Peedi Crakk, and Freeway).
The original “U Don’t Know” came out in 2001 on Jay’s album The Blueprint. It was produced by Just Blaze, and this is a “remix” because he believes he improved his mixing between the two releases.
- 1.A Dream
- 2.Hovi Baby
- 8.Poppin’ Tags
- 10.The Bounce
- 11.I Did It My Way
- 13.Guns & Roses
- 14.U Don’t Know (Remix)
- 15.Meet the Parents
- 17.Some People Hate
- 18.Blueprint²
- 19.Nigga Please
- 20.2 Many Hoes
- 21.As One
- 23.Show You How
