Love & Life (Intro)

Mary J. Blige feat. Jay-Z & P. Diddy

[Voice recorder]
Whassup? This is Mary
Leave a message
And I'll holla back
Peace

[Puffy]
Yo, Yo Mary
Pick up the phone, girl
Hey yo, Mary
Pick up the phone, girl

[Mary] Hello?
[Puff] Hey yo, whassup?
[Mary] Whassup, Puff?
[Puff] Yo, you ready?
[Mary] I'm always ready

[Puffy]
It's about that time again
This the moment they all been waitin' for
Time to take you back to the gutter
The queen of hip-hop soul

[Mary]
Oooooh, live your life cuz life is love
Always thank the man above (Thank you)
The more you give the more you get (That's real talk)
Hey, hey (Lemme warm it up for you)

[Jay-z]
Who better to usher your back through the gutter
Than America's number one hustler
Don't call it a comeback, 'less there's some money attached to that
Then you can call it whatever you like
In fact it's something like a phenomenon
Like I'm a younger braun hittin' my high school games on
TV just for dunking on whoever want it with Sean
We can get it jumpin' like Donkey Kong
We can get it dumpin' like bump bump bum
Travel the way of the gun, come on, come on
No, I'm not only beggin', I'm eggin' you on
Until you dare to gone, that's the vindetta I'm on
This ain't no video game with wrestlers on it
The competitor honest, is on some shit
On this come through all black like the Amish
Hostess under the arm pit, the arm spit
Ha, it's just that Brooklyn Don shit
Along with the queen from Yonkers
Come on, kiss the ring before I let Miss Mary sing
Expose to you a soul into everything
It's classic material, I see you bastards at the burial
Jay go first and then Mary go 'round, I just ride
Hold it down with the fifth by my side, Me and Miss Blige
Look up in the sky it's a bird that came
In the hydro flow that I bought to the game
I could go more, but I'mma let ma do her thing
Brooklyn, we did it again

[Puffy]
I can't really explain what it is about her
I dunno, it's just something special
Ain't nobody like her
There's only one Mary
Only one queen of hip-hop soul
Love and Life
Let's do it