Super Ugly [I Got Myself A Gun] Lyrics

[Hook: Jay-Z]
I got myself a gun
Uh-oh! Uh-huh, ugh, ugh, geah
Yeah, I got myself a gun


[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
Listen, I'm the J, the A, to the fuck-this-broad (Oh)
This nigga never sold Aspirin—how you Escobar?
Had to buy your chain back last time you got robbed (Goddamn)
The nerve of this coward nigga, oh my God
And I don't rap rumors or innuendos

I bring it to you live, lift up your window
Let the public peek in, see your dirty laundry
Y'all don't want me to continue, ho!


[Interlude: Jay-Z, Knoc-turn'al, & Dr. Dre]
Super ugly (Nigga!)
I don't give a fuck

[Hook: Knoc-turn'al]
All I really know is your ho wants to be with me
And she ain't playing
And what I'm saying (She creeps, she creeps)
With me and sleeps between the sheets


[Verse 3: Jay-Z, Dr. Dre]
Me and the boy A.I. got more in common
Than just balling and rhyming—get it? More in Carmen

I came in your Bentley backseat (Damn)
Skeeted in your Jeep (Woo)
Left condoms on your baby-seat (Woo)

Here, nigga—the gloves is off, the love is done
It's whatever, whenever, however, nigga (One!)

And since you infatuated with saying that gay shit: (Faggot)
Bitch, you was kissing my dick when you was kissing that bitch! (Oh)
Nasty shit,
you thought I was boning Renette
You calling Carm' a hundred times, I was boning her neck
You got a baby by the broad, you can't disown her yet

When does your lies end? When does the truth begin?
When does reality set in, or does it not matter?

Gotta hurt: I'm your baby mama's favorite rapper (Haha)
And ask your current girl, she know what's up
Holla at a real nigga! Jigga! (I don't give a fuck!)
[Hook: Knoc-turn'al]
All I really know is your ho wants to be with me
And she ain't playing
And what I'm saying (She creeps with me)
And sleeps between the sheets


[Outro: Godfather clip]
"That's all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so. Ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. It's been ten years since the last one."

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Genius Annotation

This is the last notable diss song in the 2001-02 beef between Jay-Z and Nas, recorded after Nas released the classic “Ether.”

Jay had already hinted at a lil' something something with Nas' baby mother on “Takeover,” but was somewhat discreet about it. After Nas went personal on “Ether,” Jay decided to tell the world about the affair.

Right after the tune premiered on Hot 97 in December of 2001, Jay-Z received a call from his mother letting him know, “That went too far.”Jay returned to the station the day after and said:

I apologize. I felt like I didn’t think about women’s feelings or [Nas' former girlfriend’s] feelings, or even my mom. It was really like, let me meet your level of disrespect with this level of disrespect.

Music on the track is from Nas' own “Got Ur Self A…” and Dr. Dre’s “Bad Intentions.”

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What did JAY-Z say about "Super Ugly [I Got Myself A Gun]"?
Genius Answer

Jay-Z never expected “Supa Ugly” to get such heavy rotation on the radio:

Freestyles usually go away in two weeks. I didn’t know it was gonna be the official battle of the beats, seven-hour marathon. It was an answer to disrespect. I didn’t go in the studio to make a song. I made a two-minute freestyle.

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Baseline Studios
Release Date
December 11, 2001
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