Primetime
Jay-Z & Kanye West Lyrics

We in the time of our lives baby
We are currently experiencing the best time of our lives.

Turn the music up, Primetime
Let's turn up the music because it's primetime - the perfect moment to enjoy life.

Yeah, Primetime,beat by Dion, our third eon
We are currently in the prime time of our lives, with a beat produced by Dion and this being our third phase of greatness.

That's what the fuck we on
This is what we are currently focused on and working towards.

Mo' money, forty year old phenom
Being in our forties and successful, we are seen as a phenomenon with plenty of money.

My fifteen minutes of fame has stretched beyond
My moment of fame in the spotlight has lasted longer than expected.

At forty two be better than twenty fours,
Despite being 42 years old, I am still able to outperform those in their twenties.

I carried the four five, that's the forty eighth law
Carrying a gun (a .45 caliber) is like abiding by the forty eighth law- always be prepared and protect yourself.

Still wearing my twenty three's they can't fuck with the boy
I still wear my Jordans (23's) and nobody can beat me or bring me down.

Far as them sixteen's, I'm twenty three of it all
I am 23 steps ahead of anyone who thinks they can challenge me or my success.

Primetime, riding that six deuce
Currently in our prime time, we are cruising down the street in a '62 Chevy Impala.

That nine eleven I only subtract the roof
In our car (the '62 Chevy) which resembles the shape of the twin towers, the only thing we are missing is the roof.

Started in eighty eight,
Our rise to success began in the year 1988.

Got warm in ninety two,
Our success continued to gain momentum in 1992.

I landed in ninety six
Our success reached its peak in 1996.

That's the year I came through
That's the year I made my mark on the world.

I hit the club, ordered some gray Goose
At the club, I ordered a bottle of Grey Goose vodka to drink.

Switched it for Ciroc to give Puff's stock a boost
Later on, I switched to drinking Ciroc vodka to support and boost Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs' business.

New money, I found the fountain of youth
Having newfound wealth and success has made me feel young and revitalized.

I'm headed to Miami to fuck up the Fontaine Bleu
I'm going to Miami to cause trouble at the Fontainebleau hotel.

A case of Ace, make it two, nigga we rolling, beat the deuce
We're bring two cases of Ace of Spades champagne and rolling down the street, beating our opponent (the deuce) in style.

The night is young, what the fuck we gon' do (ooh)
We still have plenty of night left, so what are we going to do next?

Primetime, basking in the lime
Still in our prime time, we are soaking up the glory and attention.

Cassius in his prime, coloring out of the line
We are like Muhammad Ali at his best, going against the norm and coloring outside of the lines.

Cause they don't want nobody that's colored out of the lines
Mainstream society doesn't want anyone who veers away from the norm.

So I'm late as a motherfucker, colored people time
I may be late, but it's just a cultural thing known as 'colored people time' where arriving on time isn't considered as important in our culture.

Damn Yeezy, they all gotta be dimes?
Kanye West questions why everyone he desires has to be a perfect ten (dime).

Well, Adam gave up a rib so mine better be prime
Kanye compares his search for the perfect woman to Adam sacrificing a rib to create Eve, so his choice must be perfect (prime).

Niggas gon' kill me, I swear they better be lying
Kanye believes that he is so important that people may want to kill him, but he hopes they are just rumors.

I never live in fear, I'm too out of my mind
Kanye doesn't live in fear because he is so unpredictable (out of his mind) that he feels nothing can harm him.

Primetime, never hit these heights
This is the pinnacle of our success, we've never been this successful before.

I mean it's like, it's like our first 1st class flight
Our current success feels like we are taking our first ever first class flight - it's a completely different experience.

I'm trippin' on it, socks on marble floors
Kanye is in awe of his success and experiences, walking around with expensive socks on luxurious marble floors.

I'm slippin' on it, champagne, I'm sippin' on it
Kanye finds it hard to keep his balance on the marble floors while sipping on champagne.

Shit taste different, don't it?
Everything tastes and feels different in this successful lifestyle, which is both exciting and overwhelming.

You know what, you right
Jay-Z agrees that everything does feel different in this successful lifestyle.

It's like the best damn champagne I had in my life
The champagne tastes better than any other champagne Jay-Z has ever tasted before.

"When you coming home" That's a text from my wife
Jay-Z's wife is asking him when he will be returning home through a text message.

I told her, run a bubble bath
Jay-Z instructed his wife to run a bath full of bubbles.

And float in that motherfucker like a hovercraft
Jay-Z wants his wife to enjoy the bath so much that she feels like she's floating on a hovercraft.

And soak in that motherfucker til I call you back
Jay-Z wants his wife to stay in the bath for as long as she pleases, and won't call her back until she's done.

I mean who says shit like that, and doesn't laugh (un-huh)
Jay-Z is aware that his luxurious lifestyle and ways of speaking can come across as ridiculous, but he still enjoys it and doesn't feel the need to laugh at himself.

The night is young, what the fuck you wanna do, huh
The night is still young and there are endless possibilities - what do you want to do?

The night is young, what the fuck we gon' do, huh
There's plenty of time left in the night, so what do we want to do next?

The night is young, what you really wanna do, huh
With so much time left, what are your true desires for the night?