Hospital dazed, reflecting when my man laid up
On the uptown high block he got his side sprayed up

from Jay-Z – Dead Presidents II Lyrics on Rap Genius

Jay is in the hospital meditating on existence, while doctors treat his buddy Dehaven (who would later turn on him) for gunshot wounds to the torso

Dehaven was shot right before the release of Reasonable Doubt (in Uptown Manhattan)

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