Yeah

Uh

Taking the pain away

Smoking the pain away

Uh

Drinking the pain away



[Verse 1: JAY-Z]

Look at all we been through since last August

Skating through the rumors like, "Aw, shit!"

Still came back, f**ked up the red carpet

Shows how big your heart is

On the run, we took a hundred together

More than the money was the fact that we done it together

Uh, healing in real time

Song Cry to Resentment, that was real crying

Bonnie and Clyde things, we hold it down

Had we surrendered then, that'd be the real crime

Got through it, got blessed times two with them

New Bel-Air estates with four pools in it

I told my bro, "You gotta go home" over vino

Goodfella, don't gamble with your life, this ain't Casino

Cost him two mill plus the child support

We'll get the money back, but not the child support

It's getting too late, we can't afford mistakes

Woulda broke me down had you got away

Woulda broke me up had you took my child away

I'm glad we found a way

Sexin' the pain away

Vacay the pain away

Drinking the pain away

Smoking the pain away

Yeah



[Verse 2: James Blake (JAY-Z)]

Too perfect to wonder

We created flame that would warm us 'til it's over

We invented lovers from company for the sound

I was many faces, at least I was willing to cave

I was worried that the way I was would end me up alone (Shit feels so beautiful, don't you agree!)

I was worried that the way I was would end me up alone