Primetime
Jay Z / Kanye West Lyrics

We in the time of our lives baby
We are living our best lives right now

Turn the music up, Primetime
Let's turn up the music and enjoy this moment

Yeah, Primetime, beat by Dion, our third eon That's what the fuck we on
We are currently at our peak, with Dion providing the beat for our latest masterpiece

Mo' money, forty year old phenom My fifteen minutes of fame has stretched beyond At forty two be better than twenty fours,
We are making more money than ever before, and our fame has surpassed the typical 15 minutes of fame. At 42, we are even better than we were at 24

I carried the four five, that's the forty eighth law Still wearing my twenty three's they can't fuck with the boy Far as them sixteen's, I'm twenty three of it all
I carried a gun and followed the law of the streets. I still wear my iconic Jordan 23 sneakers, and in terms of the newer Jordan releases, I am 23 times better than them

Primetime, riding that six deuce That nine eleven I only subtract the roof Started in eighty eight, Got warm in ninety two, I landed in ninety six That's the year I came through
We are enjoying the prime of our lives, riding in a classic Cadillac (62) and a Porsche 911 with the roof down. Our career started in 1988, gained more momentum in 1992, and we really took off in 1996

I hit the club, ordered some gray Goose Switched it for Ciroc to give Puff's stock a boost New money, I found the fountain of youth I'm headed to Miami to fuck up the Fontaine Bleu A case of Ace, make it two, nigga we rolling, beat the deuce The night is young, what the fuck we gon' do (ooh)
We went to the club, ordered Grey Goose but switched to Ciroc to help our friend Puff Daddy financially. We've found a new source of income and feel young and alive. We're going to party at the Fontaine Bleu in Miami, with lots of Ace of Spades champagne. The night is just getting started and we're ready to have some fun

Primetime, basking in the lime Cassius in his prime, coloring out of the line Cause they don't want nobody that's colored out of the lines So I'm late as a motherfucker, colored people time
We're at the height of our fame, like Muhammad Ali in his prime. We're unafraid to break the rules and be different, but sometimes society doesn't accept that. We operate on our own schedule, which is sometimes known as 'colored people time'

Damn Yeezy, they all gotta be dimes? Well, Adam gave up a rib so mine better be prime Niggas gon' kill me, I swear they better be lying I never live in fear, I'm too out of my mind
Kanye questions if we only choose attractive women (‘dimes'), and compares himself to Adam who gave up a rib to have Eve. He's jokingly nervous that someone might kill him. He never lives in fear because he's too confident and crazy enough to think he's invincible

Primetime, never hit these heights I mean it's like, it's like our first 1st class flight I'm trippin' on it, socks on marble floors I'm slippin' on it, champagne, I'm sippin' on it Shit taste different, don't it?
We've never been this successful before, and it feels like we're experiencing something new for the first time. We're staying in fancy hotel rooms with marble floors, and drinking champagne to celebrate. Everything feels different now that we're at the top

You know what, you right It's like the best damn champagne I had in my life "When you coming home" That's a text from my wife I told her, run a bubble bath And float in that motherfucker like a hovercraft And soak in that motherfucker til I call you back I mean who says shit like that, and doesn't laugh (un-huh)
We acknowledge that everything is going perfectly, and the champagne we're drinking is the best we've ever had. Jay Z receives a text from his wife asking when he'll be home, so he tells her to take a bubble bath and relax like she's on a hovercraft. He jokes about how no one really talks like that and doesn't laugh

The night is young, what the fuck you wanna do, huh The night is young, what the fuck we gon' do, huh The night is young, what you really wanna do, huh
We're still excited to party and have fun, so we're asking each other what we want to do to continue the good time. The night is still young and we're ready for anything