Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes

Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough

Jay-Z

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• Success
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• Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough

  

  Jay-Z
  • Good
  • She
  • Success