[00:00.167]Chorus: Adele Adkins[00:00.367]I won't go[00:02.600]I can't do it on my own[00:05.120]If this ain't love, then what is?[00:07.674]I'm willing to take the risk[00:10.247]I won't go[00:12.921]I can't do it on my own[00:15.565]If this ain't love, then what is?[00:17.949]I, I'm willing to take the risk[00:19.295]Verse 1: Jay-Z[00:19.524]You can catch me on top now, playin' the club[00:23.203]Throwin' a shot down, tryin' to stay above[00:25.494]Ground, another round–breakin' day in the club[00:28.017]Surrounded by my own thoughts, playin' a cut[00:30.796]Reminiscin' on days I ain't have a pot to piss in[00:33.532]No watch to glisten, no V's with hot systems[00:36.214]Missin' my homies that passed right in front of my eyes[00:38.883]Due to the fast life; we told wonderful lies[00:40.907]On how we would live forever, time proved us wrong[00:43.563]Had to get our shit together and move it along[00:46.198]Had dreams of being Big niggas, Jig niggas[00:49.007]Drivin' the hottest cars, movin' out with our moms and I'm –[00:51.807]Chorus: Adele Adkins[00:51.988]I won't go[00:54.381]I can't do it on my own[00:56.172]If this ain't love, then what is?[00:58.819]I'm willing to take the risk[01:01.358]I won't go[01:03.948]I can't do it on my own[01:06.649]If this ain't love, then what is?[01:09.408]I, I'm willing to take the risk[01:11.818]Verse 2: Jay-Z[01:12.294]Thoughts interrupted by this chicken that I used to cluck with[01:14.973]Back in the days when I was movin' much shit[01:16.850]"What up, chick?"[01:17.904]"Maintainin', it's the same old thang[01:19.703]A little stress, a little bullshit, ain't too much changed[01:22.347]I see you kept it movin', you see I kept improvin'?"[01:25.081]She nodded her head in agreement[01:26.555]"Remember when I used to walk up and down the cement, puttin' it down[01:30.020]Knew the 'Streets was Watching', stay hooded down?[01:32.890]Just to earn a rep, but what good is it now?"[01:35.274]She said, "Damn, I just stopped to say hi... bye"[01:37.920]I was too deep for you from day one[01:39.774]That's why we never had relations, continued in my own zone[01:43.005]Chorus: Adele Adkins[01:43.500]I won't go[01:46.082]I can't do it on my own[01:48.376]If this ain't love, then what is?[01:50.470]I'm willing to take the risk[01:53.043]I won't go[01:55.733]I can't do it on my own[01:58.562]If this ain't love, then what is?[02:00.702]I, I'm willing to take the risk[02:03.500]Verse 3: Jay-Z[02:03.727]We used to play tap-tap for rap tracks[02:06.111]Run, catch, and kiss in the back park until it got dark[02:08.728]Wanted to be like the older males, sneak and drink older Champale[02:11.959]Dangerous games, we played on the third rail[02:14.553]Fiend for the summer breeze, hopped out the Lee's Dungarees[02:17.221]Into the Hawaiian shorts, relyin' on sports[02:19.384]To take us away from here, but I cut too much[02:21.846]So I had a plan B, used to rhyme with a brush[02:24.376]In the mirror, my siblings used to back me up[02:26.993]Like Doug E. Fresh and Ricky D. – Eric, Mickey, and me[02:29.559]All my niggas, is you with me? Each of y'all[02:32.206]Let's reach for the stars now... Jigga![02:34.787]Chorus: Adele Adkins[02:35.209]I won't go[02:37.107]I can't do it on my own[02:39.728]If this ain't love, then what is?[02:42.262]I'm willing to take the risk[02:44.876]I won't go[02:47.575]I can't do it on my own[02:50.498]If this ain't love, then what is?[02:52.617]I, I'm willing to take the risk[02:56.243]~[03:16.420]I won't go[03:19.066]I can't do it on my own[03:21.268]If this ain't love, then what is?[03:23.961]I'm willing to take the risk[03:26.678]I won't go[03:29.314]I can't do it on my own[03:31.833]If this ain't love, then what is?[03:34.352]I, I'm willing to take the risk