[Intro: Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z]

Yeah, haha, Blueprint shit

3 in the morning on the Westside highway

Top down, baby

The motivation for me – It's The Blueprint, baby (Fuck y'all)

Is them telling me what I could not be – oh well

Aye! Uhh, yeah Hey! Ohh! Hey! Hahaha

Aye, this a special dedication, thank y'all

Hey! I wanna thank you for the fuel (No, really, thank you!)

Hey! Y'all gotta hear this shit!

Hey! Hehehe, hey!

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]

I felt so inspired by what my teacher said

Said I'd either be dead or be a reefer head

I'm not sure if that's how adults should speak to kids

Especially when the only thing I did was speak in class

I'll teach his ass, even better's what my uncle did (What'd he do?)

I pop my demo tape in, start to beatin' my head (Damn)

Peeked out my eye, to see if he was beatin' his (Yeah)

He might as well said, "Beat it, kid" – he's on the list

It's like I'm searching for kicks, like a sneakerhead

It gon' keep pushing me until I reach the ledge

And when I reach the ledge, I'll tell 'em all to eat a dick

Take a leap of faith and let my eagle wings spread

Spread, spread

[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]

The motivation (Word up) for me (Fuck y'all)

Is them telling me what I could not be (Hoo!) – oh well

Hey! Hey!

I'm so ambitious (Hey!)

I might hit two sisters (Hey!)

Hey, I'm on a mission (Hey!)

No matter what the conditions (Hey!)

Forget personal issues (Hey!)

When you go what I been through (Hey!)

Hey, if you believe it (Then be)

Then you can conceive it (You see?)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Jay-Z]

I had to lace up my boots even harder

Father is too far away to father

Further–more all the – kids either–smoke reefer

Or either move whites, there's few writers in my cipher

So they made light of, my type of

Dreams seem dumb, they said "Wise up,

How many guys-a, you see making it from here?

The world don't like us, is that not clear?" Alright, but

I'm different, I can't base what I'm gon' be

Off of what everybody isn't, they don't listen

Just whispering behind my back

No vision, lack of ambition, so wack!

[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]

The motivation (Word up) for me

Is them telling me what I could not be (Ooh!) – oh well

Hey! Hey!

I'm so ambitious (Hey!)

I might hit two sisters (Hey!)

Hey, I'm on a mission (Hey!)

No matter what the conditions (Hey!)

Forget personal issues (Hey!)

When you go what I been through (Hey!)

Hey, if you believe it (Then be)

Then you can conceive it (You see?)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3: Jay-Z]

Had a couple of meetings, no offers yet

Maybe I ain't good enough for these offices

Back to the drawing board, ducking officers

It's all good, 'cause the streets is A&R'ing this (Yup)

So with or without any of your involvement

We coming for all of this, respect my conglomerate

I went from pauper to the President

'Cause every deal I ever made set precedent

Niggas probably thought I'd fall without old buddy (Hehehe)

Oh, buddy, what I do is make more money

Dear Teacher, you're probably somewhere near a speaker

I'm balling outta control, can you hear my sneakers?

Fuck y'all

[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]

The motivation (Word up) for me

Is them telling me what I could not be (Ooh!) – oh well

Hey! Hey!

I'm so ambitious (Hey!)

I might hit two sisters (Hey!)

Hey, I'm on a mission (Hey!)

No matter what the conditions (Hey!)

Forget personal issues (Hey!)

When you go what I been through (Hey!)

Hey, if you believe it (Then be)

Then you can conceive it (You see?)

[Outro: Pharrell Williams]

The motivation for me

Is them telling me what I could not be