jay’s reference to “faneto” begins with the song’s opening lines, which have already become the stuff of legend four years later, chief keef looks back on the inspiration behind those bars and remembers the whole song—lyrics and production—coming together all at once “i was at the record plant,” he tells complex “i had a room locked out for a couple weeks i was bringing my computer t every day, making beats and rapping over each beat i was making one of them ended up being ‘faneto ’ the beat felt strong, so that’s the kind of song i wanted to have: it just sounded like a young, successful man ” mentioning jay’s flip of his opening lines, keef adds, “jay-z inspired me to do all this shit anyway it’s always a good feeling to hear people reference my songs and lyrics ” jay’s reference to “faneto” begins with the song’s opening lines, which have already become the stuff of legend

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