’03 Bonnie & Clyde
Title | ’03 Bonnie & Clyde |
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Artist | JAY-Z |
Album | The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse |
Release Date | 2002-10-10 |
Description | In their first musical collaboration, Jay-Z and Beyoncé put their own spin on 2Pac’s classic “Me And My Girlfriend”, only with a twist: while 2Pac was referring to his gun, Jay’s talking about his actual girlfriend. Due to the track’s content it was the first indication of Jay and Bey’s romantic status, spawning rumors about a burgeoning relationship. The track reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was, at the time, Beyoncé’s highest charting single as a solo artist. Recorded in August 2002, Hov had implored producer Kanye West to create “the best beat you ever made.” While listening to The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory West realized how perfect the Pac sample would be: So I went home and called my dog, E Base, who plays a lot of instruments up at Baseline for me and Just Blaze. I programmed the drums in 10 minutes, and then he played all the different parts. This version is all live bass, live guitars, live chords on it. I brought it to Hov that night, he heard it, he thought of the video treatment before he thought of the rap. He just knew it was gonna be the one. Tensions arose during the conception of “‘03 Bonnie & Clyde” over the sampling of “Me and My Girlfriend,” as explained by Def Jam A&R Tina Davis in 2003: We only had one day to clear the [2Pac] sample that was used. We were back and forth with Afeni Shakur all day until we got the clearance. And then it’s a hit. This song is the fourth episode in the progression of Jay’s portrayal of women in his raps. As he told NPR: I mean, a song on my first album was “Ain’t No Nigga.” […] It was like, this careless relationship. And then that went to “Big Pimpin” in ‘99. And on that same album was a song called “Song Cry,” and then “Song Cry” became “Bonnie & Clyde” on 2004, which became “Venus vs. Mars” on my last album. So there’s a steady growth in the conversations – that’s being had as it pertains to women, you know, as I grew. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJAEpILeLi8 |
Lyrics | [Intro: JAY-Z] Uhh, uhh, uhh You ready, B? Let's go get 'em [Verse 1: JAY-Z] Look for me! Young, B, cruisin' down the Westside Highway Doin' what we like to do, our way Eyes behind shades This necklace the reason all of my dates been blind dates But today I got my thoroughest girl with me I'm mashin' the gas, she's grabbin' the wheel, it's trippy How hard she rides with me, the new Bobby and Whitney Only time we don't speak is during Sex and the City She gets Carrie fever, but soon as the show's over She's right back to being my soldier ‘Cause mami's a rider and I'm a roller Put us together, how they gon' stop both us? Whatever she lacks I'm right over her shoulder When I'm off track, mami is keepin' me focused So let's lock this down like it's supposed to be The '03 Bonnie and Clyde: Hov' and B holla [Chorus: JAY-Z & Beyoncé] All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend (me and my girlfriend) Down to ride 'til the very end, is me and my boyfriend (me and my boyfriend) All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend (me and my girlfriend) Down to ride 'til the very end, is me and my boyfriend (me and my boyfriend) [Verse 2: JAY-Z] The problem is, you dudes treat the one that you lovin' With the same respect that you treat the one that you humpin' That ain't 'bout nothin' If ever you mad about somethin' It won't be that, oh, no, it won't be that I don't be at places where we comfy at With no be-atch, oh, no, you won't see that And no, I ain't perfect Nobody walkin' this earth's surface is But girlfriend, work with the kid I keep you workin' that Hermès Birkin bag Manolo Blahnik Timbs, Aviator lens Six hundred drops, hercedes Benz The only time you wear Burberry to swim And I don't have to worry, only worry is him She do anything necessary for him And I do anything necessary for her So don't let the necessary occur, yep You might also like[Chorus: JAY-Z & Beyoncé] All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend (me and my girlfriend) Down to ride 'til the very end, is me and my boyfriend (me and my boyfriend) All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend (me and my girlfriend) Down to ride 'til the very end, is me and my boyfriend (me and my boyfriend) [Verse 3: Beyoncé & JAY-Z] (Talk to 'em, B!) If I was your girlfriend I'll be there for you, if somebody hurts you Even if that somebody was me (That’s right!) Yeah-hee (Break it down for 'em, B!) Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be And so I put this on my life Nobody or nothing will ever come between us And I promise I'll give my life My love and my trust if you was my boyfriend (One more time!) Put this on my life The air that I breathe in, all that I believe in I promise I'll give my life My love and my trust if you was my boyfriend [Chorus: JAY-Z & Beyoncé] All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend (me and my girlfriend) Down to ride 'til the very end, is me and my boyfriend (me and my boyfriend) All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend (me and my girlfriend) Down to ride 'til the very end, is me and my boyfriend (me and my boyfriend) |