"In My Lifetime" is the debut single by American rapper Jay-Z. It is produced by

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and contains samples from "Oh Baby" by Aretha Franklin and two

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songs: "

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" and "Get a Life". The original

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version of the single was sold by Jay-Z and his friend Damon Dash out of Dash's car in 1994. It was originally released as a

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release by

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in 1994, but later re-released the single on

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in 1995, but Jay-Z had royalty conflicts with the label and soon decided to grow Roc-A-Fella Records. The single features a remix by Big Jaz and the B-side, "Can't Get Wid That" produced by Clark Kent. The song is not featured on either of Jay-Z's first two albums, but the Big Jaz remix is featured on the '' Streets Is Watching'' soundtrack.

Formats and track listings

CD

# "In My Lifetime (Big Jaz Radio Remix)" (4:18) # "In My Lifetime (Original Ski Radio Version)" (4:10) # "In My Lifetime (Skistrumental)" (4:28) # "In My Lifetime (Big Jazmental Remix)" (4:05)

Vinyl

A-Side

# In My Lifetime (Original Ski Radio Version) (4:10) # In My Lifetime (Original Ski Street Version) (4:28) # In My Lifetime (Ski instrumental) (4:28)

B-Side

# In My Lifetime (Big Jaz Radio Remix) (4:48) # In My Lifetime (Big Jazmental Remix) (4:05) # Can't Get Wit That (DJ Clark Kent Version) (4:10)

Vinyl b/w "I Can't Get Wid Dat"

A-Side

# "In My Lifetime" # "In My Lifetime (Radio Edit)" # "In My Lifetime (Instrumental)"

B-Side

# "I Can't Get Wid Dat" # "I Can't Get Wid Dat (Radio Edit)" # "I Can't Get Wid Dat (Instrumental)"

Formats and track listings

CD

Vinyl

A-Side

B-Side

Vinyl b/w "I Can't Get Wid Dat"

A-Side

B-Side

References

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