Streets Is Talking Lyrics

[Verse 4: Beanie Sigel]
The streets is not only watchin' but they talkin' now?
Shit, they got me circlin' the block before I'm parkin' now
Don't get it twisted, I ain't bitchin', I'm just cautious now
Sub, under the parka, extra cartridge now
Hit his click Sig' up you fell at it you're dense

I get word to the street like Bell Atlantic and Sprint
I feel the vibes and I hear the rumors
But fuck it, I'm still alive and I'm still in Jumu'ah I know 'stafALLAH
Niggas wanna press me, put my back to the wall
But pressure bust pipes I know, I spat it to y'all
To know me's to love me, you see me, can't be me, hate this
Fuck you, I got guns like Neo in Matrix
Cross the Family, think Mac's sweet like Karo
Or soft like Play-Doh, get knocked off like Fredo Corleone
They find you with a hole in your dome
I roll with niggas that'll follow you and go to your home
Thought you ball, but nigga you fall to my defense
Catch you while you reachin'
Clip you then I cross you then I'm leavin'
Apply full court pressure
Like .44 Taurus get you out of here, pull pressure
To the trigger, bullets fly in three's
You forever rest under bullshit, dirt, lies and leaves
I do bullshit, dirt, tell lies then leave
Look in my eyes, realize it's Beans
Niggas wanna despise the team; 'til I play head coach
And straight up, divide they team
Trade they man for some pies and a couple of things
'Til the bullet.. ah, motherfuckers!! Yeah..

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Streets is Talking is the fourth song on Jay-Z’s fifth studio album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. It was originally supposed to be a Jay solo track, but Beanie asked to lay down a verse when he heard Hov’s bars.

This track marked the first time Just Blaze produced for Jay-Z, after previously working with other Roc-A-Fella Records artists. Blaze made the beat one afternoon at his house using Pro Tools software – one of the first producers to do so. He put it on a cassette and gave it to Lenny ‘Kodaklens’ Santiago, one of Jay’s close friends and the Vice-President of A&R at Roc-A-Fella.

Streets is Talking contains a sample of Hov’s 1997 single “Streets is Watching,” which sampled “I Got The…” by Labi Siffre.

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What did JAY-Z & Beanie Sigel say about "Streets Is Talking"?
Genius Answer

Just Blaze told Complex:

Streets is Talking’ was probably the first beat at that point in my career that I made [on Pro Tools]. It might have been a combination of Pro Tools and the [MPC], I’m not really sure. I made this beat as a test while learning how to use a sample cell card and the many functions of Pro Tools. It came out kind of good, so I put it on a cassette. Jay ended up hearing it from Lenny [Santiago]. When he told me he wrote to it, I was like, ‘Yeah, right,’ because I had been around him for a year already and nothing had come about. Then, I went to see him two days later I realized he did. That’s how that record got made.

What is the significance of this track in Roc-A-Fella history?
Genius Answer

This is the first Just Blaze beat Jay Z ever picked:

“Streets Is Talking” was the first record Jay and I ever did together. I made it in my house… It came out kind of good, so I put it on a cassette. Jay ended up hearing it from Lenny [Santiago]. When he told me he wrote to it, I was like, ‘Yeah, right,’ because I had been around him for a year already and nothing had come about. Then, I went to see him two days later I realized he did. That’s how that record got made.

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Recorded At
Baseline Studios
Release Date
October 31, 2000
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