Jay-Z: That beat is hot Mike: This is how it goes Welcome one and all to the show We're wired up, fired up, fuckin ready to go In the back of the parking lot outside of the bar Twenty deep, twenty feet from the boulevard Black hoodies, black caps, black label in glasses Previewing the new shit before all the masses Cause the first thing I need when I got a new beat Is to see how it sounds echoing off the street I just take it for a spin, pop the CD in Slide it up to ten and get that rear view shaking Then play it again so there's no mistaking San Andreas, the block get this bitch earthquaking like [Chorus] Oh-oh Ready for it? Here we go We got the whole block rockin' in stereo We're taking control, letting everybody know And if you feel it let me hear everybody go Oh-Oh You're not ready, I got plenty cups But twenty months drop steadily Plenty tracks to empty on you wack pedigree I'm backed heavily while you're back peddling Forget the chit chat, on me homie kick back I'm on that shit that can get your homie bitch-slapped So zip your lip back, listen and watch We got the whole block rockin off the way the beat knocks You don't have to warn the people on the corner - they know That if you're standing on that corner then you're getting that show World premiering you're hearing that Machine Shop flow San Andreas the block, get this bitch earth quaking like [Chorus] Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll right, roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is about Turn it up, y'all, burn that system out Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll right, roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is about Turn it up, y'all, burn out that system like [Chorus] Let's go ahead and test out the speakers You ready? Let's go, like this