JAY-Z was completely snubbed at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in New York, almost.

Hov, who is one of the most decorated artists in the history of the Grammy, went home empty-handed at this year’s awards. The “4:44” rapper went into the ceremony the Madison Square Gardens with the most nominations, but lost on each of his eight nods to either Kendrick Lamar or Bruno Mars. In fact, K-Dot and Mars almost sweep every category they were nominated in.

Thankfully, the good folks at the Recording Academy recognized JAY-Z’s contribution to music the night before by honoring him with an industry icon award. But that was not enough to appease fans who were very vocal about their discontentment on social media on Sunday night. JAY-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was this year’s Salute to Industry Icons honoree. The rap legend received a tribute performance from Alicia Keys and thus received the President’s Merit Award.

“We can pretend that we don’t care, but we really care, ’cause we seen the most incredible artists stand on those stages and we aspire to be that,” the rap mogul said while accepting the award. “So I was like, I have to be here. That is the idea for us to all get involved and to push this thing further. For the people that come before us, it’s our duty. It’s our duty to make sure that, you know, not only are we making the greatest art, that we upholding and supporting the things that’s super real. I’m super humble, and I’m super appreciative of the Academy and everybody here tonight.”

During her performance, Alicia Keys belted out some vocals to her collaboration with JAY-Z, “Empire State of Mind,” before performing some of his classics including “Dead President II” and “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).” Jay also turned down a chance to perform at the Grammy’s as if he had an idea that he would be snubbed in the end. Nevertheless, it was a bit embarrassing to watch Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Childish Gambino, and others accept one after another Grammy and Hov just sitting there.

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[Ashanti]
You were all that I wanted
I fell in love with all of your heart and your soul
From that moment couldn’t imagine
You went from hurting me you’re mistreated in your love
I should have loved

Rivers of tear drops
These sharp pains in my heart
This was the way that you loved
You never should have loved me

You never should have loved me
You never should have touched me
You never should have
Never should have told me you loved me and you would never leave me.
‘Cause everything that you would do
It made me fall in love with you
Until you left and you made that mistake
Now I can’t take you back if I wanted too

(Ohh ohh ohh ohh…)

Balled up, laying in my bed thoughts racing through my head
How did we start in love and end up here
You said you loved me and I believed you
Seems like you don’t even mean what you say.

Rivers of tear drops,
These sharp pains in my heart
If this was the way that you loved
You never should have loved me

You never should have loved me
You never should have touched me
You never should have, never should have told me you loved me and you would never leave me.
‘Cause everything that you would do
It made me fall in love with you
Until you left and you made that mistake
Now I can’t take you back if I wanted to

You were all that I wanted
I fell in love with you ’cause you loved me and I thought that you were ready
I thought that we were gonna be a family
And if you werent then you should of let me
Keep all my love to give
To someone who was.

You never should have loved me
You never should have touched me
You never should have
Never should have told me you loved me and you would never leave me.
‘Cause everything that you would do
It made me fall in love with you
Until you left and you made that mistake
Now I can’t take you back if I want it too

Uh, camo shorts and bubba kush
Yeah, we can talk, she’d rather fuss
This and that ’bout such and such
Man, damn, where is the f*ckin’ trust?

I’m tired of the hoot and hollerin’
I’m ’bout to take the coupe to Collins
Then take a female to the island
Then take her clothes off and do the ‘inas

Yeah, now she harem with them other bitches
I told ’em mind her f*ckin’ business
Said she probably out there f*ckin’ niggas
I’m f*ckin’ her friends, now her friends ain’t even f*ckin’ with her

Damn, she text me all day and night
So pissed off, she ain’t even spellin’ sh*t right
I text her back and tell her it’s life
Now somebody tell them ho’s I’m single for the night

Yeah, I’m single
Nigga had to cancel that bitch like Nino
I ain’t trippin’ on nothin’, I’m sippin’ on somethin’
And my homeboy say he got a bad bitch for me

And I’m single, yeah, I’m single
And I’m single, tonight I’m single
And I ain’t trippin’ on nothin’, I’m sippin’ on somethin’
And my homeboy say he got a bad bitch for me tonight

Uh, dreads braided to the back
I’m chillin’ but my swag on full attack
And my girl actin’ like a brat
So when she call, I don’t answer, I just write her back

She hate it when I do that sh*t
And when I get home she go through my sh*t
She call numbers back to see who that is
Man, I hate it when she do that sh*t

Polo t-shirt, Polo drawers
Now make me take this Polo off
Girl, you can get broken off
Yeah, I f*ck you for an hour then I smoke it all

Swimmin’ trunks and bathing suits
Then go in the bedroom and tell the naked truth
Don’t want to fuss, ain’t tryin’ to fight
Man, somebody tell ’em ho’s I’m single for the night

Y-yeah, I’m single
Nigga had to cancel that bitch like Nino
I ain’t trippin’ on nothi’g, I’m sippin’ on somethin’
And my homeboy say he got a bad bitch for me

And I’m single, yeah, I’m single
A-and I’m single, tonight I’m single
And I ain’t trippin’ on nothin’, I’m sippin’ on somethin’
And my homeboy say he got a bad bitch for me tonight

Now she got on her “f*ck ’em” dress
And I got on my double-breast
And he been fussin’ all day with her
And I make her feel special like a place kicker

She want to be Weezy F. Babysitter
Say she wish she could cut my dick off and take it with her
I say hold up, she say she just playin’
Then I falls in that n*gger like quicksand

Uh, hot sex and cold wine
She left that nigga hangin’ like a clothes line
I cut my phones off, both lines
It’s about to get nasty, pork rinds

She came hard, both times
We both say we single and we both lyin’
We both frown, but it feel right
Put your hands up if you’re single for the night

Yeah, I’m single
Nigga had to cancel that bitch like Nino
I ain’t trippin’ on nothin’, I’m sippin’ on somethin’
And my homeboy say he got a bad bitch for me

And I’m single, y-yeah, I’m single
And I’m single, tonight I’m single
And I ain’t trippin’ on nothin’, I-I’m sippin’ on somethin’
And my homeboy say he got a bad bitch for me tonight

If you’re single, put your hands up
If you’re single, put your hands up
I-if you’re single, put your
If you’re single tonight

If you’re single, put your hands up
If you’re single, put your hands up
If you’re single, put your hands up
If you’re single tonight

[Verse One]
Caught A Place So I’m Lit, Me And Bro So We Split
Promise That I Won’t Quit, Certain Shit I Don’t Get
These Fuck Niggas Like Crickets, So Annoying All Gimmicks
I Don’t Play Bout Business, Blow ? No Chemist
She Like “I See You On Videos”
I Tell Her “I’m Good On The Pro Tools”
She Like “I Heard You Be Speaking French”
I Tell Her “That Shit Is Old News”
She Like “I’m Not A Groupie Or Nothing But I Couldn’t Say I Didn’t Know You, You Should Come Kick It With Us And Roll Up While I’m Whipping My Daddy New Old School”
I Tell Her “Fuck It Let Do It But Really I Got Shit To Do So I’m In And Out”
She Done Got Me In The Whip With A Friend And They Talking That Shit Like They With It Now
I’m In The Back And They Pull Out A Bottle Of Henny Like Fuck It They Sippin Now
They Trippin And I’m On The Same Shit, I Grab The Blunt And I Hit Now
This Shit Got Me Floating Over Enemies, Aye This A Different Type Of Energy
Might As Well Just Stick With Y’all Or Y’all Just Stick With Me
I Don’t Know How This Came Up But Take A Trip With Me

[Hook]
Yeah, I Got Angles And They Flying With Me
You Can Fuck With Me, Girl You’ll Be Fine With Me
Yeah, Fuck Around And Have You On A Grind With Me
Yeah, Tryna Stack My Faces Ain’t Got Time To Be
Fucking With Nobody Cause These People Change
But I Need Some Company Want Me To Heal The Pain
They Wanna Hit The Light With Me But Never Feel The Rain
Lucas Coly, You Can Kill Me But Can’t Kill The Name

[Verse Two]
We Hit The Light And She Hitting The Breaks
Friend With The Blunt Telling Me How It Taste
I Tell Her “Shit I Take Those To The Face”
And She Say They Do Too, They Got More At Place
So She Like “Fuck It Might As Well Pull Up, I Know The Plug So You Know I Get Hookups, I’m Finna Hit His Line And Let Him Know Then We Can Go, It’s Right Down The Road”
Damn, Pull Up And Shit Looking Fishy
They Telling Me Shit But I Really Don’t Get It
They Saying He Coming We Just Gotta Wait, He Gon Come With The Weed And They Just Gotta Pay
But The Way That He Looking, It Feel Like A Setup
And I Should’ve Known Man This Shit So Ridiculous
I Seen The Nigga He Came Out The Crib With A Strassy
I Knew That This Shit Was Suspicious, Fuck Nigga Shot At Me, I Had To Run
I Got Away But Lil Bro Could’ve Got Me
These Bitches Really Really Really Try Me
I Was Alone, Man Lil Bro Could’ve Rob Me
Back On My Own I Just Wanna Go Plot, The Shit Got Me Hot, I Wanna Get It Poppin
Swimmin In That Fucking Water Nigga, Yeah, Might As Well Be A Dolphin

[Hook]
Yeah, I Got Angles And They Flying With Me
You Can Fuck With Me, Girl You’ll Be Fine With Me
Yeah, Fuck Around And Have You On A Grind With Me
Yeah, Tryna Stack My Faces Ain’t Got Time To Be
Fucking With Nobody Cause These People Change
But I Need Some Company Want Me To Heal The Pain
They Wanna Hit The Light With Me But Never Feel The Rain
Lucas Coly, You Can Kill Me But Can’t Kill The Name

Walk of life
Walk of life, oh

Let me care for someone else
I don’t wanna talk about myself
I need to shed the light on you
To understand the things you do

Could we share a little time?
Break the bread and sip the wine
Now’s no time to hesitate
Save me from this heavy weight

Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
Are you gonna see more than you dreamed you’d see?
Are you gonna walk hand in hand with me?
(Can you be the one that sets my shadow free?)
Are you gonna try and understand with me?
Are you gonna be the best that you could be?
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?

Walk of life
Walk of life, oh

Losing my reality
You can bring this back to me
With you I wanna spend my youth
With you I wanna live the truth

Could we pass a golden hour?
Sow the seed and grow the flower
Reap the one and clear our sins
This is where our life begins

Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
Are you gonna see more than you dreamed you’d see?
Are you gonna walk hand in hand with me?
(Can you be the one that sets my shadow free?)
Are you gonna try and understand with me?
Are you gonna be the best that you could be?
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?

Don’t let me walk alone
Now that I have touched my home
There’ll always be a place for you
A time, a perfect space for you
Where you can rest your tired mind
My body’s temple you will find

Walk the walk of life with me
See more than you dreamed you’d see
Walk the walk of life with me
Yeah, yeah

Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
Are you gonna see more than you dreamed you’d see?
Are you gonna walk hand in hand with me?
Can you be the one that sets my shadow free?
Are you gonna try and understand with me?
Are you gonna be the best that you could be?
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?

Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
See more than you ever dreamed you’d see
Be the one to set my shadow free
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
Be more than all the best in me
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?

Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
See more than you ever dreamed you’d see
Be the one to set my shadow free
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
Be more than all the best in me
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?

Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?
Be more than all the best in me
Are you gonna walk the walk of life with me?