Then you gotta bid it, good riddance
Goodbye, this is my second major breakup
My first was, with a pager
With a hooptie, a cookpot, and the 'caine
This one's with the stu, with the stage, with the fortune
Maybe not the fortune, but certainly the fame

from Jay-Z – My 1st Song Lyrics on Rap Genius

This his second big life change. First he retired from the drug game (the pager, hooptie, cookpot and cocaine were the tools of his trade) and now he’s retiring from the rap game (the “stu” (studio), the stage where he performed and got rich)… well, he still wants the money but he’s willing to give up his celebrity status

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