| Yeah… ah-hah
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| Yeah… ah-ha! |
| What?
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| I got so much trouble on my mind, refuse, to lose!
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| Since I brought you up to speed in '99, my name’s been news
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| Got my label off the ground, put on, my folks
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| Dropped some classic but right now, we’re all, still broke
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| And everybody’s still lookin at me — because I took the lead
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| And taught 'em to believe, tried to maximize what my crew could be
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| A wise man once said… with great power comes great responsibility
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| Sometimes I wish it was somebody else instead but I took it on willingly
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| My mom showed me the path to follow, how to be a role model
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| Now I can’t do a show without hittin the bottle
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| Come home and pass out like my father would do
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| Up at 9 A.M. |
| load up a van, drive to another city do it again
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| Sell a couple CD’s, get a couple more fans
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| Watch people criticize me like they know who I am
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| Blueprint you spit too slow, your vocals are mixed too low
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| The basslines in your beats be makin my speakers blow
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| Aesop put you on track, RJ got you on his back
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| Stick to production, stop tryin to rap
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| Another good album with bad distribution
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| Another 100 magazines my music’s not reviewed in
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| By the time the fans impressed, realize I’m the best doin it
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| I’ll be makin shitty music
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| Too many people got their hands out, feel like I’ve been takin inventory
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| Not too many livin off of hip-hop, all I hear is hard luck stories
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| You’re either too depressed to make a record, or way too broke to put it out
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| Or too proud to get up off your ass, and go the independent route
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| I used to wanna be signed, I don’t think it’s meant to be
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| Most signed cats I know got less money than me
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| Checkin they mailbox for checks they never see
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| Might as well be puttin they records for free!
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| When they wanna sign you, they’ll put anything you ask for in the contract
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| But when the same cats owe you money — they never call you back
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| All the fans you had from day one start to reject you when your shows get packed
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| They say you’re sellout cause you got more fans
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| And they never did like you and thought you was whack
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| Damned if you do damned if you don’t
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| I’ll be damned if it don’t feel just like a setup
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| But my suggestion box is closed
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| And I wish I could make everybody just shut up
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| The first thing I learned about this rap game
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| Is sometimes it’s best to be quiet and listen
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| There’s a whole lot at stake
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| So don’t be a bigmouth that makes bad decisions
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| Don’t get caught up in the hype
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| Talk numbers before your music is sent in
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| Sometimes the numbers ain’t right
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| So when you get a bum deal send it back with revisions
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| Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrop! |