Holy Grail Lyrics

[Intro: Justin Timberlake]
You'd take the clothes off my back and I'd let you (Yeah)
You'd steal the food right out my mouth and I'd watch you eat it

I still don't know why (Yeah)
Why I love it so much (Thanks for warning me; yeah)
Oh (Thanks for warning me; yeah)

You curse my name in spite to put me to shame (Yeah)
Hang my laundry in the streets, dirty or clean, give it up for fame (Yeah)

But I still don't know why (Don't know why)
Why I love it so much (Thanks for warning me; yeah, yeah)
Yeah (Thanks for warning me; yeah, yeah)


[Chorus: Justin Timberlake & JAY-Z]
And, baby, it's amazin' I'm in this maze with you
I just can't crack your code

One day, you're screamin' you love me loud
The next day, you're so cold
One day, you're here (Yeah), one day, you're there (Yeah)
One day, you care (Yeah),
you're so unfair
Sippin' from your cup 'til it runneth over (Uh, uh; yeah)
Holy Grail


[Verse 1: JAY-Z]
Uh, Blue told me remind you niggas, uh
Fuck that shit y'all talkin' 'bout, I'm the nigga, uh (Yeah)

Caught up in all these lights and cameras, uh
But look what that shit did to Hammer (Yeah), uh

Goddamn it, I like it
Bright lights is enticin'
But look what it did to Tyson

All that money in one night
Thirty mil' for one fight

But soon as all that money blows
All the pigeons take flight

Fuck the fame, keep cheatin' on me
What I do? I took her back

Fool me twice, that's my bad
I can't even blame her for that

Enough to make me wanna murder
Momma, please just get my bail

I know nobody to blame
Kurt Cobain, I did it to myself, uh

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The first track released from Magna Carta… Holy Grail deals with the love/hate affair that Jay Z and Justin Timberlake have with fame.

As part of what Hov dubs the #newrules, Samsung users were able to download the Magna Carta app to preview the lyrics for “Holy Grail” which featured his then-forthcoming Legends Of The Summer tour mate Justin Timberlake.

Jay breaks down the track with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 below:

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What did JAY-Z say about "Holy Grail"?
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The track interpolates “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by the band, during the bridge section.

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Credits
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Additional Production
Recorded At
Jungle Studios
Release Date
July 4, 2013
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