Do I find it so hard When I know in my heart I'm letting you down every day Letting you down every day Why do I keep on running away Look I apologize often womanize Took for my child to be born See through a woman's eyes Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles Took me too long for this song I don't deserve you I harass you out in Paris Please come back to Rome you make it home We talked for hours when you were on tour Please pick up the phone pick up the phone I said Don't embarrass me instead of Be mine That was my proposal for us to go steady That was your 21st birthday You mature faster than me I wasn't ready So I apologize I seen the innocence leave your eyes I still mourn this death and I apologize for all the stillborns 'Cause I wasn't present your body wouldn't accept it I apologize to all the women whom I Toyed with your emotions because I was emotionless And I apologize 'cause at your best you are love And because I fall short of what I say I'm all about Your eyes leave with the soul that your body once housed And you stare blankly into space Thinkin' of all the time you wasted it on all this basic shit So I apologize I'm never gonna treat you I'm never gonna treat you like I should I apologize Our love was one for the ages and I contained us And all this ratchet shit and we more expansive Not meant to cry and die alone in these mansions Or sleep with our back turned We supposed to vacay 'til our backs burn We're supposed to laugh 'til our heart stops And then meet in a space where the dark stop And let love light the way Like the men before me I cut off my nose to spite my face I never wanted another woman to know Something about me that you didn't know I promised I cried I couldn't hold I suck at love I think I need a do-over I will be emotionally available if I invited you over I stew over what if you over my shit I'm never gonna treat you I'm never gonna treat you like I should And if my children knew I don't even know what I would do If they ain't look at me the same I would prob'ly die with all the shame You did what with who What good is a menage a trois when you have a soulmate You risked that for Blue If I wasn't a superhero in your face My heart breaks for the day I have to explain my mistakes And the mask goes away and Santa Claus is fake And you go online and see For Blue's tooth the tooth fairy didn't pay I'm never gonna treat you like I should
제이지(JAY Z)-4:44
힙합의 제왕, '제이지(JAY Z)'의 13번째 정규 앨범 [4:44]
그래미 어워즈 21회 수상을 비롯해 통산 6000만 장에 가까운 앨범을 판매한 자타 공인 힙합의 제왕이자 뉴욕의 제왕으로 불리는 '제이지'가 새 앨범 [4:44]로 돌아왔다. 아내 비욘세(Beyonce)와의 이야기를 다루며 큰 화제를 모은 트랙 "4:44", 카니예 웨스트(Kanye West)를 언급하며 무수한 추측을 쏟아낸 곡 "Kill Jay Z", 그리고 제이지의 어머니 글로리아 카터(Gloria Carter)가 직접 음반 작업에 참여한 "Smile"등, '제이지' 자신을 비롯한 가족들의 개인적인 이야기들을 담아냈다.
앨범의 총괄 프로듀싱은 전설적인 프로듀서 노 아이디(No. I.D)가 담당했으며, 제이지의 아내이자 빛나는 디바 비욘세, 최고의 인기를 누리고 있는 알앤비 스타 프랭크 오션(Frank Ocean) 그리고 레게 음악의 전설, 밥 말리의 아들로 그래미 어워드 3회 수상에 빛나는 레게 뮤지션 데미언 말리(Damian Marley) 등이 앨범에 참여하였다.
