"Ain't I" Lyrics

According to Entertainment Weekly, "Ain't I" was reportedly recorded for Timbaland's "Shock Value" album but didn't make the cut. The song is currently featured on DJ Clue's new mixtape "Dj Clue Desert Storm Radio 8 I am Legend", available here.

Lyrics Transcribed by Samedifference:


Ain't I

Ain't i?
I'm a
I'm a
I'm a
I'm a Hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
Your favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't I
I'm a Hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
Your favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't I
Ain't I


I'm still winning
And i'm nowhere near finished
Its just the first inning and i'm gunnin' for the pennant
And i been this
God made me, ya'll hate me
Ya'll athiests, ya'll safety is at risk
Its the return of the messiah, one and only Hov
No, i ain't God, but i been made in his mold
So when the story is told, let it be said
I refused to fold, i only fold bread
I stood for the peasants, i owed no debt
I represent the hood til' my dying breath
I took a pay cut to become an Exec
So the next muthaf*cka can earn his paycheck
And even though these niggas talk greasy bout me
Ask these niggas how they gone eat without me?
Ask these niggas if they want (?) involved
Even if they don't like me, they respect the God

I'm a Hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
Your favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't i
I'm a Hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
Your favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't i?

I'm hustler's poster child
I'm 'posed to style
I ain't got nothin' to prove
I'm 'posed to smile
I ain't insecure
Invested in a piece of Carol's Daughter
I'm in Sephora
Your bricks are insignificant to him
He's a grown man, you're an infant to him
I'm takin' baby Monday to Berg's, Ha!
I spent that on furniture!
Warhols on my hall's wall
I got Basquiats in the lobby of my spot
I'm so sophisticatedly hood
S. Carter cash, man, premium goods
Thousand dollars for the sneaks
Timbo on the track, 250 for the beat
G4 back and forth, til my flow cease
I spent a couple mil just to lose to The Heat

I'm a Hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
Your favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't i
I'm a Hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
Your favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i
Ain't i
Ain't i


Anything you aspire to acquire, i got
Any gun you say you fired, I shot
Any type of path, but now you eyeing my cellar
I guess its saying that's how i started Roc-a-Fella
Feds all fed up, D. E. A.
Can't tell the dirty money from a Rocawear sweater
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that, oh, never that
And i'm never ever
Going back, back
Oh never that

Whoever rat, he be doing it for practice, nigga
I'm in a 12-step program
I ain't touched drugs so long, i'm a sober man
I'm clean as a whistle, the fish all got away
I'm the king of all kings, its official
Uh, i'm a hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
You're favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i?
Ain't i?
Ain't i?
Well, ain't i?
I'm a hustler's hustler
A gangsta's gangsta
I'm a rapper's rapper
You're favorite, ain't i?
Ain't i?
Ain't i?
Ain't i?
Well, ain't i?