Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love) Songtext
von JAY‐Z

Listen, first the Fat Boys break up, now every day I wake up
Somebody got a problem with Hov
What′s up? You niggas all fed up 'cause I got a little cheddar
And my record′s movin' out the store?

Young fucks spittin' at me, young rappers gettin′ at me
My nigga B.I.G. predicted this shit exactly
"Mo′ Money, Mo' Problems", gotta move carefully
′Cause faggots hate when you gettin' money like athletes

Youngins ice-grillin′ me, oh, you not feelin' me?
Fine, it cost you nothin′, pay me no mind
Look, I'm on my grind, cousin, ain't got time for frontin′
Sensitive thugs, y′all need hugs

Damn, little mans, I'm just tryin′ do me
If the record's two mil I′m just tryin' move three
Get a couple of chicks, get ′em to try to do E
Hopefully they'll ménage before I reach my garage


I don't want much, fuck, I drove every car
Some nice cooked food, some nice clean drawers
Bird-ass niggas, I don′t mean to ruffle y′all
I know you waitin' in the wing, but I′m doin' my thing
Where′s the love?

Ain't no love in the heart of the city
I said, where′s the love?
Ain't no love in the heart of town

And then the Fugees gon' break up
Now everyday I wake up, somebody got somethin′ to say
What′s all the fuckin' fussin′ for?
Because I'm grubbin′ more and I pack heat like I'm the oven door?

Niggas pray and pray on my downfall
But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like roundball
Now, I don′t wanna have to kill soundboys
Don't wanna have to cock back the four pound bar

Look, scrapper, I got nephews to look after
I'm not lookin′ at you dudes, I′m lookin' past ya
I thought I told you characters I′m not a rapper
Can I live? I told you in '96 that I came to take this shit

And I did handle my biz, I scramble like Randall with his
Cunningham, but the only thing runnin′ is numbers, fam
Jigga held you down six summers, damn
Where's the love?


Ain′t no love in the heart of the city
Niggas, where's the love?
Ain't no love in the heart of town

Ain′t no love in the heart of the city (take ′em to church)
My nigga, where's the love?
Ain′t no love in the heart of town

Then Richard Pryor gon' and burn up
And Ike and Tina Turner break up
Then I wake up to more bullshit
You knew me before records, you never disrespected me
Now that I′m successful you'll pull this shit

Nigga, I′ll step on your porch, step to your boss
Let's end the speculation, I'm talkin′ to all of y′all
Males shouldn't be jealous, that′s a female trait
What, you mad 'cause you push dimes and he sell weight?

Y′all don't know my expenses, I gotta buy bigger plates
And more baggies, why you all aggie?
Nigga, respect the game, that should be it
What you eat don′t make me shit, where's the love?

Where's the love?

Ain′t no love in the heart of the city
Ain′t no love in the heart of town
Ain't no love in the heart of the city
Ain′t no love in the heart of town

Ain't no love in the heart of the city
Ain′t no love in the heart of town
Ain't no love-