Jay Electronica - Exhibit C Lyrics






When I was sleeping on the train
Sleeping on Meserole Ave out in the rain
Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
Too proud to beg for change masterin' the pain
When New York niggas was calling southern rappers lame
But then jackin' our slang
I used to get dizzy spells, hear a little ring
The voice of a angel tellin' me my name
Tellin' me that one day I'm a be a great man
Transformin' with the MegatronDon spittin' out flames
Eatin' wack rappers alive shittin' out chains
I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless
Fightin', shootin' dice, smokin' weed on the corners
Tryna find the meaning of life in a Corona
Till the Five Percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him

"You either build or destroy, where you come from?"
"The Magnolia projects in the 3rd Ward slum"
"Hmm, it's quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
And that you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru"

Question 14, Muslim lesson 2: Dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say the Our Father
Abracadabra! You rockin' with the true and livin'
Shout out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens,
Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd, Tasker
6 Mile, 7 Mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
Where niggas really would pack a U-Haul truck up
Put the high beams on
Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop up out the back like "what's up"
"Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, buss up"
That's why when you talk that tough talk I never feel ya
You sound real good and you play the part well
But the energy you givin' off is so unfamiliar
I don't feel ya

Nas hit me up on the phone said "what you waitin on"
Tip hit me up with a Twit said "what you waitin on"
Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin "when you gon drop that verse nigga you takin long"
So now I'm back spittin that He could pass a polygraph
That Reverend Run rockin Addidas out on Hollis Ave
That F.O.I., Marcus Garvey, Nikki Tesla
I shock you like a eel, electric feel, Jay Electra

They call me Jay Electronica
Fuck that, call me Jay ElecHannukah
Jay ElecYarmulke
Jay ElectRamadan Muhammad Asalama'Aleykum Rasul'Allah subhana wa ta'Allah through your monitor
My uzi still weigh a ton, check the barometer
I'm hotter then the mothafuckin' sun, check the thermometer
I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
My momma told me "never throw a stone and hide your hand"
I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man
I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
Out in London, smokin', vibin' while I ride the tram
Givin' out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs,
And, by the time they get they seats hot,
And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops,
I'm chillin' out at Tweetstock,
Building by the millions,
My light is brilliant





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  1. J.... ....

    Still playing this on the bus im 2019 while having people telling to stop listening to it it's so old and I say





    You are old

  2. T.... B....

    wow he sound like he from up north

  3. n.... o....

    Biggest flop of the decade...

  4. J.... C....

    It's amazing that no matter how many times I hear this, it's like the first time.....

  5. D.... G....

    Yea yea

  6. G.... 7....

    This jawn Hotter than a jalapeño fart

  7. R.... B....

    When I was sleepin' on the train
    Sleepin' on Meserole Ave out in the rain
    Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
    Too proud to beg for change, mastering the pain
    When New York niggas were calling southern rappers lame
    But then jacking our slang
    I used to get dizzy spells, and hear a little ring
    The voice of a angel telling me my name
    Telling me that one day I'mma be a great mane
    Transforming with the Megatron Don spittin out flames
    Eatin' wack rappers alive, shittin' out chains
    I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless
    Fightin', shootin dice, smokin weed on the corners
    Tryna find the meaning of life in a corona
    Till the 5 percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him
    You either build or destroy, where you come from?
    The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum
    Its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
    And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru
    Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2, dip diver, civilize a 85er
    I make the devil hit his knees and say the "Our Father"
    Abracadabra!
    You rockin with the true and living
    Shot out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens
    Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
    While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
    I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd
    Tasker, 6 mile, 7 mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
    Where niggas really would pack a U-haul truck up
    Put the high beams on
    Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like what's up
    Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, bust up
    That's why when you talk the tough talk I never feel ya
    You sound real good and you play the part well
    But the energy you givin off is so unfamiliar
    I don't feel ya
    Nas hit me up on the phone, said what you waitin on?
    Tip hit me up with a tweet, said what you waitin on?
    Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin
    When you gon drop that verse nigga you taking long
    So now I'm back spittin that he could pass a polygraph
    That Reverend Run rockin Adidas out on Hollis Ave
    That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Niki Tesla
    I shock you like an eel, electric feel, Jay Electra
    They call me Jay Electronica
    Fuck that
    Call me Jay ElecHannukah
    Jay ElecYarmulke
    Jay ElectRamadaan
    Muhammad Asalaamica RasoulAllah
    Subhanahu wa ta'ala through your monitor
    My uzi still weighs a ton, check the barometer
    I'm hotter than the muthafuckin' sun, check the thermometer
    I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
    My momma told me never throw a stone and hide your hand
    I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
    That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man
    I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
    Out in London, smoking, vibin' while I ride the tram
    Givin' out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs
    And, by the time they get they seats hot
    And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops
    I'm chillin out at Tweetstock
    Building by the millions
    My light is brilliant

  8. c.... A....

    "My mama told me never throw a stone and hide your hand" . Still loving this song and every lyric

  9. T.... M....

    “2019 and I’m still asking what you waiting on..”

  10. B.... ....

    3rd verse...EPIC

  11. L.... J....

    6mile 7mile hartwell gratiot (detroit)

  12. T.... L....

    No way u can dislike this....🤔

  13. J.... D....

    I’m still mad at this man

  14. 4.... E....

    Jay is easily T5DOA! Who's here wit me in 2019 man?

  15. s.... ....

    "Too proud to beg for change, Mastering The Pain" 2009 - 2019 n Beyond.

  16. B.... ....

    Heading into 2020 and this still FIRE!!!!

  17. S.... D....

    Omg I can hear Ghostface Killa and Raekwon on this with Jay. That would be a sick colab.

  18. I.... N....

    What sample was used here?

  19. M.... J....

    Jay Elec is goin to need his own 30for30

  20. N.... E....

    THIS IS THAT TIMELESS SPIRITUAL LYRICS

  21. A.... H....

    When u high as fuck listening to this...its like being on a new level.

  22. j.... w....

    This beat has been HEAT since Jim Crow.

  23. T.... A....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

  24. T.... F....

    He will make the devil hit his knees and say OUR FATHER, brilliant my Bro.!

  25. A.... J....

    What kind of deal did this cat sign?

  26. I.... I....

    9 years later, still top 10 hip hop songs ever made

  27. M.... G....

    The greatest that never was

  28. T.... C....

    YO!
    This is my shit, why they not playing this on the radio!

  29. B.... C....

    LISTEN TO THIS ON REPEAT SHAWTY 🗽

  30. I.... R....

    If Jay electronica releases an album with Andre 3000 and called it detox

  31. A.... C....

    First heard this song when I was 16 im 22 now and I'm still learning new shit Everytime i listen to it ! This one of the grittiest ancient knowledge I ever heard been spit before ! Damn shame Jay retire 🤦🏾‍♂️

  32. H.... C....

    Dis song so old the Verizon nigga switched up to sprint ☠️☠️😭😭

  33. F.... B....

    This shit is timeless

  34. a.... ....

    Great lyricism and flow!🔥

  35. C.... B....

    10 yrs later, 2019 and beyond... still

  36. B.... S....

    I think this might be my favorite hip hip track of all time

  37. S.... A....

    I can't believe it's been a decade. wow

  38. G.... W....

    Classic track

    Side note : The fallen angels taught the ancient Egyptians.

  39. k.... a....

    Jay Electronica made me go and look up his lyrics, not because I didn’t understand anything, but because I wanna see how he structured his verse, his rhymes and punchlines. First artist in a long ass time to make me do so. This man is the goat

  40. J.... F....

    Hes supposed to be better than eminen

    J.... F....

    Em has great flows but he lacks depth.

  41. I.... A....

    Still banging....



    https://www.instagram.com/galatea_llc/

  42. l.... s....

    What's the story behind Jay? Was he blackballed? Or just lazy widdit?

    l.... s....

    Pause, of course

    l.... s....

    He married a Rothschild. He doesn't need to do anything anymore. He's set for life.

  43. J.... L....

    Best rap song ever ?

  44. J.... B....

    "I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless, fighting, shootin dice, smoking weed on the cornas, trying to find the meaning of life in the coronas, until the 5% rolled on a nigga an informed him"

  45. L.... D....

    DROP. AN. ALBUM.

  46. K.... B....

    still waiting for jay to drop

  47. C.... L....

    Who still bumping in 2025

  48. F.... S....

    With me for so Fuckn long. Thank you

  49. K.... C....

    Real music never dies

  50. M.... N....

    Jay electronica fans are the most patient ever

  51. s.... ....

    This might be the greatest rap song ever made

  52. P.... P....

    "That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man."

  53. F.... ....

    10 years and no album...

    F.... ....

    Lol. This song is the Album. We still dissecting it 10 Years later. There's artists out here who have released an album a year for the past decade and after a day there's nothing left to dissect.

  54. O.... A....

    Here 856

    O.... A....

    Where he at? 👀

  55. J.... S....

    Jay z signed him to shelf him! Then hooked him up with a Rothchilds wife...... He would of changed the game forever still did.

  56. C.... C....

    I had this track on during the hardest times in my life & always put that swagger in my step

  57. s.... ....

    plot twist, jay electron is mf doom unmasked

  58. J.... B....

    YouTube won't stop recommanding this to me

  59. D.... C....

    Question 14. Muslim lesson 2? Dip diver, civilize a 85er, I make the devil hit his knees and say to our father! Abracadabra, you rocking wit the true and living!!!😤😤😤😤

  60. F.... K....

    This dude is the truth.

    He remind me of
    Mac from no limit and
    Nas the god mc from ny( not the dick riding nasx)

  61. B.... ....

    Anyone else feel genuinely upset about what he coulda been? Like imagine!

  62. D.... J....

    New Orleans Bros got that HEAT, ya heard!!

  63. S.... P....

    Had such high hopes for this man... Those damn Rothschilds!!!!

  64. T.... H....

    One of the finest pieces of hip hop ever produced ... period!

    T.... H....

    That's because we hear, we dont listen....

    T.... H....

    You speaking jewels bruh...

  65. H.... E....

    Damn amazing

  66. p.... ....

    My God this is straight 🔥🔥🔥

  67. l.... o....

    where else did i hear this shit? i know i have memories tied to it but i ant place that shit. love this track

  68. C.... D....

    True Hip Hop For Life Man.

  69. C.... D....

    Billy Stewart-Cross My Heart!!!

    C.... D....

    yo what bro?

    C.... D....

    @Sasha Hill What are u talking about man???

    C.... D....

    Good song,just blaze knows how to sample classics and old songs.

    C.... D....

    @action802 👍👍👍

  70. D.... G....

    Too bad that a Rothschild had to come into his life and make him fuck his entire music career and catalogues potential up

    D.... G....

    Youd think that a rothchild would send ur career into fifth geer its bizzare its killed jays, especially after learning the depths of the banking world as a rapper

  71. A.... V....

    💥🔥🔥💣

  72. C.... G....

    The Verizon man is with sprint now, and we still don't have that album Jay 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

  73. s.... m....

    Giving out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs

  74. T.... R....

    You rocking with the true and living

  75. B.... G....

    2010 fabulous mixtape brought me here *exhibit F

  76. J.... T....

    Exhibit A or Exhibit C?

  77. M.... C....

    Beast beat.

  78. E.... W....

    Hip Hop's dead beat dad.

  79. A.... A....

    Who's here because of Lord Jamar?

  80. T.... P....

    i was born in the wrong generation, all the kids in my school listen lil durk and cardi b and I'm the only one who listens to jay electronica.

    T.... P....

    How you listen to jay when he got like 5 full songs in existence lmao

  81. P.... G....

    Can someone say RUN THAT BACK

  82. D.... A....

    aye tell me why kids sayin polo g and g hebrno better than eminem they dont know real hip hop

  83. I.... N....

    In 2019?.......2020?.....forever?

  84. L.... 1....

    That’s should be a NBA 2K song.

  85. D.... t....

    "Eating whack rappers, shitting out chains".lol

  86. A.... K....

    Lyrics : :
    When I was sleepin' on the train
    Sleepin' on Meserole Ave out in the rain
    Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
    Too proud to beg for change, mastering the pain
    When New York niggas were calling southern rappers lame
    But then jacking our slang
    I used to get dizzy spells, and hear a little ring
    The voice of a angel telling me my name
    Telling me that one day I'mma be a great mane
    Transforming with the Megatron Don spittin out flames
    Eatin' wack rappers alive, shittin' out chains

    I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless
    Fightin', shootin dice, smokin weed on the corners
    Tryna find the meaning of life in a corona
    Till the 5 percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him
    You either build or destroy, where you come from?
    The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum
    Its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
    And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru
    Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2, dip diver, civilize a 85er
    I make the devil hit his knees and say the "Our Father"
    Abracadabra!
    You rockin with the true and living
    Shot out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens
    Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
    While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
    I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd
    Tasker, 6 mile, 7 mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
    Where niggas really would pack a U-haul truck up
    Put the high beams on
    Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like what's up
    Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, bust up
    That's why when you talk the tough talk I never feel ya
    You sound real good and you play the part well
    But the energy you givin off is so unfamiliar
    I don't feel ya

    Nas hit me up on the phone, said what you waitin on?
    Tip hit me up with a tweet, said what you waitin on?
    Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin
    When you gon drop that verse nigga you taking long
    So now I'm back spittin that he could pass a polygraph
    That Reverend Run rockin Adidas out on Hollis Ave
    That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Niki Tesla
    I shock you like an eel, electric feel, Jay Electra

    They call me Jay Electronica
    Fuck that
    Call me Jay ElecHannukah
    Jay ElecYarmulke
    Jay ElectRamadaan
    Muhammad Asalaamica RasoulAllah
    Subhanahu wa ta'ala through your monitor
    My uzi still weighs a ton, check the barometer
    I'm hotter than the muthafuckin' sun, check the thermometer
    I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
    My momma told me never throw a stone and hide your hand
    I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
    That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man
    I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
    Out in London, smoking, vibin' while I ride the tram
    Givin' out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs
    And, by the time they get they seats hot
    And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops
    I'm chillin out at Tweetstock
    Building by the millions
    My light is brilliant.

  87. 5.... ....

    Should change his name to #JustVolcano

  88. s.... ....

    How in the hell is this song already almost 10 years old? Where did all the time go?

  89. T.... ....

    Exhibit M by M1 deadprez look it up

  90. A.... G....

    10years later and it still sounds new! Timeless!

  91. S.... C....

    CLASSICK

  92. D.... M....

    Man to be in the studio when this was going down....

  93. d.... j....

    i just knew he had next after this, b.u.t. he stopped and started messing with that rothschild chick.. here's to what could have been.... still peace to the god.

  94. E.... T....

    the greatest rapper without a studio album