Mr. Carter

This features Jay-Z who contributes a verse in a lyrical slugfest with Lil Wayne. Both rappers actually go by the name of Mr. Carter. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. is the name by which Lil Wayne's mom knows him, while Jay-Z was christened Shawn Corey Carter.

In Lil Wayne's opening verse he describes how nature's seasons hate him because they both have similar attributes. ("Winter hatin' on me cuz I'm colder than ya'll").

DJ Infamous, who is a three-time world champion DJ, produced this together with Andrews "Drew" Correa. Drew told Rhapsody about this song: "I used to be his recording engineer for three years. I did Tha Carter II and Like Father Like Son. Infamous knew Wayne through passing beats to him. We actually met through Wayne. My friend Sha-ron Prescott helped me write the hook and sang the chorus. I sped him up and purposefully made it sound like a sample. We told [Wayne] it was a sample that we found. I think Wayne still thinks it's a sample. Me and Infamous went to the studio and as soon as [Wayne] heard it, he absolutely lost his mind. That's the reason he shouted us out in the beginning because we were right there with him. Jay literally got on the song [in mid May]. 'Mr. Carter' was the last song [on Tha Carter III] to get mixed and mastered."
Infamous added: "I was talking to everyone I knew who knew Jay-Z to find out what was going on. Finally, he did it last minute and the song was wrapped."