They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am.

Topics: Jay Z Quotes

I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.

I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.

Can I live?

At 42 be better than 24, I carried the 4-5, mastered 48 laws.

At 42 be better than 24, I carried the 4-5, mastered 48 laws.

Being broke is childish and i'm quite grown.

Being broke is childish and i'm quite grown.

When the grief is over, beef is over, Ill be fly when Easters over. I...

When the grief is over, beef is over, Ill be fly when Easters over. I...

I went from the favorite to the most hated, would you rather be underpaid or...

I went from the favorite to the most hated, would you rather be underpaid or...

In sheepskin coats, I silence the lamb. Do you know who I am Clarice? No...

In sheepskin coats, I silence the lamb. Do you know who I am Clarice? No...

B**ch behave, just might let you meet Ye, Chi towns D. Rose, Im movin the...

B**ch behave, just might let you meet Ye, Chi towns D. Rose, Im movin the...

I'm far from God, but I work god damn hard.

I'm far from God, but I work god damn hard.

I'm just chopping off doors, put the front on the back cause I'm back and...

I'm just chopping off doors, put the front on the back cause I'm back and...

Everybody can tell you how to do it, they never did it.

Everybody can tell you how to do it, they never did it.

I spent about a minute, maybe less on it. Fly pelican fly, turn the jets...

I spent about a minute, maybe less on it. Fly pelican fly, turn the jets...

Lets get faded, Le Meurice for like 6 days. Gold bottles, scold models, Spillin Ace...

Lets get faded, Le Meurice for like 6 days. Gold bottles, scold models, Spillin Ace...

The girl is mine. Life's a bitch... so the whole world is mine!

The girl is mine. Life's a bitch... so the whole world is mine!

I mean Marilyn Monroe, shes quite nice but why all the pretty icons always all...

I mean Marilyn Monroe, shes quite nice but why all the pretty icons always all...

Being broke is childish and i'm quite grown.

Being broke is childish and i'm quite grown.

If you dont gimme heaven i'll raise hell.. 'till its heaven.

If you dont gimme heaven i'll raise hell.. 'till its heaven.

I will not lose, for even in defeat, there's a valuable lesson learned, so it...

I will not lose, for even in defeat, there's a valuable lesson learned, so it...

Y'all can miss me with that money talk. The smart money's on Hov, fuck what...

Y'all can miss me with that money talk. The smart money's on Hov, fuck what...

Couldn't sit down, big gun kept stickin' my pelvis Shit, it was either that or...

Couldn't sit down, big gun kept stickin' my pelvis Shit, it was either that or...