"people often warn me that the fame ain't for the faint of heart" - jay-z, "hollywood"

probably my favourite jay-z / beyonce collabo to date, even if it isn't the most popular.. and i probably liked this song a lot more a couple months ago when i first checked the album, but it came on and matched my current frame of mind a little bit.. lyrics to the entire song are listed below.

first i'll write a bit about what's been up of late though.. in short, i've been busy busy busy.. been going through a few changes with a couple of big events coming up, so its been hectic just about every day, working out details/logistics and preparing for things.. a couple of isolated incidents i didn't really need to deal with kinda came up, and i'm a bit disappointed that i will have to deal with them accordingly but in the end it all works out though, even if i'm tired/stressed at this point.. jus gotta keep working hard, and not worry too much about what i can't control.. if one of my secondary hard drives (with a lot of photos & allllllllll of my old recording files) hadn't died earlier tonight, i'd even say that i'm generally happy these days, despite the craziness that is my life..

i've also had the chance to think a little bit ahead lately, so that's been good.. lotta even more ambitious projects are on the horizon for 2008, so the rest of the year's just gonna be about gettin set up for that and tying up loose ends.. not sure if the fact that i haven't been able to stay 200% focused all the time (which i'm usually like) is the problem, or its simply a matter of being too physically tired most of the time.. but, that vacation's still a ways away haha, so its back to work for the time being =)

[Beyonce]
I see your jealousy as you're watching (I see you watching)
You're watching ( It's all good)
It's kinda sexy to me (I Love it)
How you're watching, you're watching
I see your face (i see your face)
You want to touch it (you want to touch it)
Come to my place (come to the crib)
And let's discuss it (let's chop it up)
Tonight you'll be (you 'gon be a superstar baby)
A superstar
Come let me sign you up (let's get into it)

[Chorus]
Ooh it's the lights (you're blinded by the...)
Action! (you need that...)
Hollywood (Uh Uh Uh Uh)
Ooh it's the lights (you're blinded by the...)
Satisfaction (you need that...)
Hollywood (Uh Uh Uh Uh c'mon)

[Verse 1]
Paparazzi spots me in the lobby of my high rise
I hide, behind my shades because the fame is blindin my eyes
My god, I know how Ozzy Oz must have felt when he was As high
Cuz i have got, i have got to make this stop
People often warn me that the fame ain't for the faint of heart
It'll change those cuz if they had love for you into strangers
When the fame starts, A chain reaction
Locomotion like when a train departs
Stranger things have happened
Rappers stackin platinum plaques and
Born in Brooklyn, Got a place in Manhattan
Goin back to Brooklyn to escape the madness when your friends is
Chris & Gwyneth when your girl is more famous than you
Then it's time to get all your windows tinted
Keep your eyes squinted it's gon flash any minute
The music biz is like musical chairs about where your standing
When the music stop spinnin and I

[Chorus]

[Beyonce]
You got to get it (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Do you want it? (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
But you don't need it (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
'Til you do, 'til you do (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)

[verse 2]
Hey Mister, page sixer
A-Lister, you're in the midst of
The ride of your life, but you gotta keep them hits up
Can't put your guard down, gotta keep your mits up
Take a sip sir, it's so intoxicating ain't it?
Try not to get jaded
Hollywood's been good to ya
Startin to feel like buzz to ya
Don't lie, go on fly, you're addicted to the light
Without the fame, how you gonna survive?
It's like livin on heroin, you so high

[Beyonce]
And everybodies warning you about it (I tried to told you)
And once you taste it you can't live without it (It's addicting)
Not cuz you choose to not live without it (you sure you want this baby)
It's now a part of you, it's now a part of you (It's a part of you)
And everybodies warning you about it
And once you taste it you can't live

[chorus]

[verse 3]
Wanna be seen now, groupies
Now you've become what you once despised
James Dean, John Belushi, blow your whole life trying to live in the lights
Heroin's following Marilyn hopping over the edge
It's like Janis Joplin,
River phoenix, Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Morrison all them ended by Hollywood
Thank God for Hollywood
Hollywood...
you sure you want this baby?
Hollywood, it's the most addicting drug in the world
Want the fame
Want the lights