Just recently I was asked about the latest Jay-Z video "I Know". The first thing brought up was that Jay-Z is not even in the video. "It doesn't make any sense!!!" is what I was told. SO, I decided to do some investigating of my own. I watched the video and followed the lyrics. And here is my interpretation: The song of course is an allusion to drug usage. Jay is describing himself as the woman's drug of choice, namely heroin in the first verse. In the second verse he's fashion, shopping, expensive clothes etc., and the third verse I see as the withdrawl. Ultimately he is what the lady wants and "he knows" what she likes.
The video itself is very trippy, as to be expected given the lyrical content of the song. You see the woman having the ULTIMATE drug trip, and another woman is shown looking so in need of something, shortly afterward we see she is in need of her male counterpart, he is her drug. And this is the gist of the video. Hopefully that cleared any hazy parts of this video, if not let me know and I'll try again.
Here's the video, ENJOY!
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