Numb / Encore (feat. Jay-Z)

Yeah
Thank you, thank you, thank you
You're far too kind
Ha, ha
Uh, yeah
Ready?
Let's go

Can I get an encore? Do you want more?
Cookin' raw with the Brooklyn boy
So, for one last time, I need y'all to roar
Now, what the hell are you waiting for?
After me, there shall be no more
So, for one last time, nigga, make some noise

Get 'em, Jay

Who you know fresher than Hov? Riddle me that
The rest of y'all know where I'm lyrically at
Can't none of y'all mirror me back
Yeah, hearin' me rap is like hearin' G. Rap in his prime
I'm young H.O.: Rap's Grateful Dead
Back to take over the globe, now break bread
I'm in Boeing jets, Global Express
Out the country, but the Blueberry still connect
On the low, but the yacht got a triple deck
But when you young what the fuck you expect? (Yep, yep)
Grand openin', grand closin'
God damn, your man Hov cracked the can open again
Who you gon' find doper than him with no pen?
Just draw off inspiration
Soon you gon' see you can't replace him (him)
With cheap imitations for these generations

Can I get a encore? Do you want more?
Cookin' raw with the Brooklyn boy
So, for one last time, I need y'all to roar (yeah)
Now, what the hell are you waiting for?
After me, there shall be no more
So, for one last time, nigga, make some noise
What the hell are you waiting for?

Look what you made me do, look what I made for you
Knew if I paid my dues how will they pay you?
When you first come in the game they try to play you
Then you drop a couple of hits, look how they wave to you
From Marcy to Madison Square
To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years (years)
As fate would have it, Jay's status appears
To be at an all-time high-perfect time to say goodbye
When I come back like Jordan wearin' the four-five
It ain't to play games with you
It's to aim at you, probably maim you
If I owe you, I'll blow you to smithereens
Cocksucka', take one for your team
And I need you to remember one thing (one thing)
I came, I saw, I conquered
From record sales to sold-out concerts
So mo'fucka', if you want this encore
I need you to scream till your lungs get sore (c'mon)

Can't you see that you're smothering me?
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control
'Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you

(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware

I'm becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you

I've become so numb
Can I get an encore? Do you want more? (More)
I've become so numb (ooh)
So, for one last time, I need y'all to roar
One last time, I need y'all to roar

A Fusão de Gigantes: Analisando Numb / Encore de Linkin Park e Jay-Z

A música 'Numb / Encore', uma colaboração entre a banda de rock Linkin Park e o rapper Jay-Z, é um exemplo marcante de como dois gêneros musicais distintos podem se fundir para criar uma obra única e poderosa. A faixa combina elementos do sucesso 'Numb' do Linkin Park, do álbum 'Meteora' de 2003, com versos de 'Encore' de Jay-Z, do álbum 'The Black Album' de 2003. A música foi lançada no álbum 'Collision Course' em 2004, que consiste em mash-ups de músicas de ambos os artistas.

A letra de 'Numb / Encore' aborda temas de realização, legado e a pressão do sucesso. Jay-Z, conhecido por sua habilidade lírica e sucesso comercial, usa sua parte para refletir sobre sua carreira e status na indústria da música. Ele questiona quem poderia sucedê-lo ('After me, there shall be no more') e celebra suas conquistas ('I came, I saw, I conquered'), enquanto também reconhece a natureza efêmera da fama e a inevitabilidade de ser substituído eventualmente. A referência a 'Jordan wearin' the four-five' alude ao retorno de Michael Jordan ao basquete com o número 45, simbolizando o retorno triunfal de Jay-Z ao rap após um breve hiato.

Por outro lado, a parte do Linkin Park, cantada por Chester Bennington, expressa um sentimento de alienação e perda de identidade ('I've become so numb'), que é um tema recorrente em muitas músicas da banda. A letra reflete a luta interna para manter a autenticidade em meio às expectativas externas ('All I want to do / Is be more like me / And be less like you'). A combinação das letras de Jay-Z com o refrão emocional do Linkin Park cria um contraste dinâmico que ressoa com ouvintes que enfrentam suas próprias batalhas internas e externas. A música se tornou um hino para aqueles que buscam reafirmar sua própria voz em um mundo que muitas vezes tenta silenciá-la.