Jay-Z: Beach Chair (The Lyrics)

Kingdom Come is at the bottom of my Jay-Z discography list, but “Beach Chair” has Jay in his introspective/self-reflective mold.

The gem can be found in verse one:  “I got demons in my past/ So i got daughters on the way/ If the prophecy’s correct/ Then the child should have to pay/ For the sins of a father/ So I barter my tomorrows/Against my yesterdays/ In hopes that she’ll be OK“

Dope.

Lyrics (OHHLA) and Youtube after the cut.

“Beach Chair” (Verse 1)

“Life is but a dream to me
I don’t wanna wake up
Thirty odd years without having my cake up
So I’m about my paper
24/7, 365,366 in a leap year
I don’t know why we here
Since we gotta be here
Life is but a beach chair
Went from having shabby clothes
Crossing over Abbey Road
Hear my angels singing to me
Are you happy HOV?
I just hope I’m hearing right
Karma’s got me fearing life
Colleek are you praying for me
I got demons in my past
So i got daughters on the way
If the prophecy’s correct
Then the child should have to pay
For the sins of a father
So I barter my tomorrows
Against my yesterdays
In hopes that she’ll be OK
And when I’m no longer here
The shade of face from the glare
I’ll give her my share of Carol’s Daughter
and a shiny new beach chair”