Holy Grail

歌曲的器樂的早期版本於2011年被The-Dream製作出來。歌曲的錄製於2013年完成。當專輯《Magna Carta Holy Grail》的錄製工作開始時，提姆巴蘭和J-Roc將其器樂進行了重新編排從而製作出了第一段的背景音樂 ^[4]  。Jay-Z表示《Holy Grail》是專輯的地圖，它指示專輯的方向，暗示了專輯的主題 ^[5]  。歌曲對涅槃樂隊的歌曲《Smells Like Teen Spirit》進行了採樣 ^[6]  。

Holy Grail - Jay-Z,JustinTimberlake

You'd take the clothes off my back and I'd let you

You'd steal the food right out my mouth

And I'd watch you eat it I still don't know why

Why I love you so much oh

You curse my name

In spite to put me to shame

Air all my laundry in the streets

Dirty or clean

Give it up for fame

But I still don't know why Don't know why

Why I love it so much yeah

And baby

It's amazing I'm in this maze with you

I just can't crack your code

One day you screaming you love me loud

The next day you're so cold

One day you here one day you there

One day you care you're so unfair

Sipping from the cup 'till it runneth over Holy Grail

Uh Blue told me to remind you niggas

Uh fuck that shit y'all talkin' about I'm the nigga

Uh caught up in all these lights and cameras

Uh but look what that shit did to Hammer

Uh goddammit I like it

The bright lights is enticing

But look what it did to Tyson

All that money in one night

30 mill for one fight

But soon as all the money blows

All the pigeons take flight

Fuck the fame keep cheatin' on me

What I do I took her back fool me twice that's my bad

I can't even blame her for that

'Nough to make me wanna murder Momma please just get my bail

I know nobody to blame

Kurt Cobain I did it to myself uh

And we all just entertainers

And we're stupid and contagious

Know we all just entertainers

And baby

It's amazing I'm in this maze with you

I just can't crack your code

One day you screaming you love me loud

The next day you're so cold

One day you here one day you there

One day you care you're so unfair

Sipping from the cup 'till it runneth over Holy Grail

Now I got tattoos on my body

Psycho bitches in my lobby

I got haters in the paper photo shoots with paparazzi

Can't even take my daughter for a walk

See them by the corner store

I feel like I'm cornered off

Enough is enough I'm calling this off

Who the fuck I'm kidding though

I'm getting high sittin' low

Sliding by in that big body

Curtains all in my window

This fame hurt but this chain works

I think back you asked the same person

If this is all you had to deal with

Nigga deal with it this shit ain't work this light work

Camera snapping my eyes hurt

Niggas dying back where I was birthed

Fuck your iris and the IRS

Get the hell up off of your high horse

You got the shit that niggas die for

Dry yours why you mad take the good with the bad

Don't throw that baby out with that bath water you're still alive

Still that nigga nigga you survived

You still getting bigger nigga living the life

Vanilla wafers in a villa illest nigga alive

Michael Jackson thriller

And baby

It's amazing I'm in this maze with you

I just can't crack the code

One day you screaming you love me loud

The next day you're so cold

One day you here one day you there

One day you care you're so unfair

Sipping from your cup 'till it runneth over Holy Grail

You get the air of my lungs whenever you need it

And you take the blade right out my heart

Just so you can watch me bleeding I still don't know why Don't know why

Why I love you so much

Yeah

And you play this game in spite to drive me insane

I got it tattooed on my sleeve forever in ink with guess who's name

But I still don't know why

Why I love you so much

Yeah

And baby

It's amazing I'm in this maze with you

I just can't crack your code

One day you screaming you love me loud

The next day you're so cold

One day you here one day you there

One day you care you're so unfair

Sipping from your cup 'till it runneth over Holy Grail

Don't know why ^[7] 

你褪下我的衣裳

我不做聲

你從我嘴邊竊取食物

我看着你品嚐

卻依然不知

為何我們的愛如此深厚

噢

你咒罵着我的名字

讓我羞愧難當

在大街小巷曝光我的衣物

不分淨醜

為名聲歡呼喝彩

卻依然不知

我為何如此愛它

耶

寶貝

不可思議的是 我為你陷落迷津

我看不穿

有天你尖叫着愛我

隔天卻冷若寒冰

你一時在這 一時在那 一時在乎

你如此不公端聖盃酌飲

享受至極，聖盃

讓我提醒你們黑鬼

你們説的都是廢話

我就是那黑鬼 交織在燈光與鏡頭間

可是 瞧這東西對Hammer

該死，我就是喜歡這樣

強光如此誘惑

可是 瞧它對Tyson做了什麼

一夜暴富

一場拳擊換下三千萬美元

但只要錢財不再，白鴿自是逃離

該死的名聲 一再出賣着我

而我卻把她帶回身邊 一再愚弄自己

都是我的錯 我無法責怪她

這足以讓我想謀殺 , 媽媽幫我保釋吧

沒有人可以怪罪

我對自己做了這些，Kurt Cobain

我們只是藝人

我們愚鈍 我們蔓延

我們只是藝人

寶貝

不可思議的是 我為你陷落迷津

我看不穿

有天你尖叫着愛我

隔天卻冷若寒冰

你一時在這 一時在那 一時在乎

你如此不公 端杯酌飲

享受至極

我帶着紋身

休息室有神經質的婊子

報紙上有恨我的人

和狗仔同照

卻無法帶女兒散步

在街角店遇見他們

我只覺被逼至絕路

夠了

我叫停

我在開誰的玩笑？

我正過癮

低坐着

滑過人羣

在那碩大的車身裏

帷幕緊閉

名聲傷人

可這枷鎖有效

我回想

你曾問同一個人

這就是你要面對的一切嗎

黑鬼處理好它 這東西沒用

而燈光奏效

鏡頭猛閃

刺痛了我的眼睛

黑鬼在出生之地漸漸死去

去他的虹膜和國税局

別給我高高在上

你們有黑鬼想要的玩意

別玩假慈悲

為什麼生氣

學着把好壞一併承受

壞事裏總有好事

你還活着

你還是那個黑鬼

你存活了過來

黑鬼 你還在成長

生活着

香草味酥餅

在郊區別墅

病態黑鬼存活着

MJ的驚悚片

寶貝

不可思議的是 我為你陷落迷津

我看不穿

有天你尖叫着愛我

隔天卻冷若寒冰

你一時在這 一時在那 一時在乎

你如此不公 端杯酌飲

享受至極 聖盃

只要你想

你可以隨時讓我窒息

將利刃從我的心口拔出

只為看我血流不止

我卻依然不知

為何我們的愛如此深厚

而你如此遊戲

只為讓我發狂

我將之紋身於袖,在永遠的墨色下

猜猜是誰的名字

我卻依然不知

為何我們的愛如此深厚

寶貝

不可思議的是,我為你陷落迷津

我看不穿

有天你尖叫着愛我

隔天卻冷若寒冰

你一時在這,一時在那,一時在乎

你如此不公端杯酌飲

享受至極,聖盃 ^[1] 

《Holy Grail》的音調以D小調為主，拍子記號為四分之四拍，擁有每分鐘72次的速適度節拍。作為聲樂錄音歌手，賈斯汀·汀布萊克的音域必須控制在G3到C6之間 ^[8]  。《Holy Grail》是對一張優秀專輯的誇張介紹。這首歌足夠深思熟慮地釋放自己的力量了，它是立馬就可以端出來的開胃菜 ^[9]  。歌曲的歌詞是對每一個飽受一段苦難折磨藝術家的隱喻的陳詞濫調 ^[10]  。

2013年8月2日，Jay-Z宣佈MV開始拍攝。MV由安東尼·曼德勒執導，2013年8月29日釋出。 ^[11-12] 

MV中，Jay-Z在一間陰暗髒亂、富麗堂皇的豪宅裏思考着名利的陷阱，觀看詹姆斯·道格拉斯擊倒泰森的視頻，而賈斯汀·汀布萊克則在晚餐中亮相，在熊熊烈火前歌唱，與此同時，一羣舞者懶散地移動，最後，芳香四溢的香檳酒疊成的金字塔轟然倒塌，頗具象徵意義。 ^[13]