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

It is produced by Ski and contains samples from "Oh Baby" by Aretha Franklin and two Soul II Soul songs: "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" and "Get a Life".

The original white label version of the single was sold by Jay-Z and his friend Damon Dash out of Dash's car in 1995.

However, 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.