I'm just trying to stay above water y'know
Just stay busy, stay working
Puff told me like
The key to this joint
The key to staying on top of things
Is treat everything like it's your first project, knahmsayin

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

You’ve got to bust your ass on your first project. You gotta' disrupt the status quo. Once you’ve done this it’s easy to stop innovating and creating new — it becomes a game of defense. You have to keep busting your ass, treating every song you make like you’re trying to break that status quo all over again

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