Kanye West and Jay-Z go “H•A•M” (Hard as a M***********) on the first offering from their highly-anticipated joint album, Watch the Throne. The two rappers kill their verses over a hard-hitting, operatic production courtesy of Lex Luger.

“I’m about to go H•A•M, hard as a m************, let these n***** know who I am,” declares Kanye, before Hov goes in for the kill, rapping, “I swam waters with great whites/ Ya’ll m************ would’ve been chewed.”

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Lyrics for Kanye West & Jay-Z – H•A•M

[Kanye West]
It was all good just a week ago
N***** feel theyselves and then Watch The Throne drop
N***** kill themselves
What N***** gon do Hov?
This a new c**** on a new stove
I’m in the two-door, true that
N***** tellin’ me “You back”
Like a n**** ever left up out this b****, huh?
and if life a b**** **** ** d*** huh?
and I bet she f***** the whole clique, huh
By the way n****, you should f*****’ quit, n****
Just forget it, you talk it, I live it
Like Eli I did it, jokes on you m********** and I get it
No paper h**, but you can have some more of me
Or-gy, or are we speakin methaphorically
Historically, I’m kickin’ b-tches out like Pam, n****
Goin’ HAM n****, me and Jigga
and a n**** still young, wanna have no kids
But I’ve been practicing with some actresses as bad as s***
And a few white girls, a**** flat a s***
But the head so good, d*** a n**** glad he hit
Got em jumpin’ out the building
Watch out below, a million out the door

I’m about to go HAM
Hard As a M**********,
Let these N***** know who I am
I’m about to go HAM
Hard As a M**********,
Let these N***** know who I am

[Jay-Z]
F*** y’all mad at me for?
You don’t even know what I’ve been through
I play chicken with a Mack truck
Y’all M**********s woulda been moved
I swam waters with great whites
Y’all M**********s woulda been chewed
I hustle with vultures late nights
Y’all M**********s woulda been food
F*** wrong with these dudes
Try to walk around in these shoes
See the s*** I saw growing up
And maybe you can take a peek at these boo’s
N***** fantasize about the s*** that I do daily like
These rappers rap about all the s*** that I do really
I’m like really half a billi n****
Really you got baby money
Keep it real with N*****
N***** aint got my lady money
Watch the Throne dont step on our road
Bad enough we let you step on our globe
When my nephew died, daddy dead
N***** took the price on my uncles head
Nobody called the cops as my uncle bled
So I feel like I would like to know my uncles bread
Bow down, brother pay homage
don’t spill hate all on my garments
Commes Des Garcon, F*** your fresh
head shots n**** F*** your vests
F*** the pig, no pork on my fork
Peace God cause you know a n**** just went Ham

Hard As a M**********,
Let these N***** know who I am
Yeah I’m ’bout to go HAM
Hard As a M**********,
Let these N***** know who I am
Yeah I’m ’bout to go HAM

Listen/Download: Kanye West & Jay-Z – H•A•M

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