Show Business (Explicit)

Let me tell you 'bout the snakes the fakes the lies the highs
At all of these industry shing dings
Where you see the pretty girls
In the high animated world
Checking for a rapper with all the dough
If you take a sh*t they want to know
And if you're gonna fall they won't be around y'all
So you still wanna do the show business
And you think that you got what it takes
I mean you really gotta rap and be all that
And prepare yourself for the breaks
Check it out
Do you wanna be in the business
The business
The ups and downs with the hoes
The business
Always getting fronted on at shows
The business
People gotta stick their nose
In the business
Yo I gotta speak on the cesspool
It's the rap industry and it ain't that cool
Only if you're on stage or if you're speaking to your people
Ain't no-one your equal
Especially on the industry side
Don't let the gains just glide
Right through your fingers you gotta know the deal
So Lord Jamar speak because you're real
They're giving you the business and putting on a show
You're a million dollar man that ain't got no dough
But you got a ho tickets backstage to a show
Sedated and at that fact they elated
Time pass and your a** say
Where's my loot
The reply is a kick in the a** from a leg and a boot
All you wanna do is taste the fruit
But in the back they're making fruit juice
You ask for slack and wanna get cut loose from the label
Not able cause you signed at the table
For a pretty cash advance now they got a song and dance
That you didn't recoup
More soup with your meal
Cause this is the real when you get a record deal
And I say
Aw shucks look what the cat hauled in
It's Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest let me begin
Like Chuck D I got so much trouble on my mind
'Bout these no-talent artists getting signed they can't rhyme
And if that ain't bad you got bootleggers
Going out like suckers motherf**kers
Feel it's time that I let loose the lion
And if not that then I'll commence to head flying
Seems in '91 everybody want a rhyme
And then you go and sell my tape for only $5.99
Please ni**a I've worked too hard for this
No more will I take the booty end of the stick
Bogus brothers making albums when they know they can't hack it
Cause they lyrics is played like 8-Ball jackets
Now tell me I can't tear it up
Go get yourself some toilet paper cause your lyrics is butt
Do you wanna be in the business
The business
People can't walk a straight line in
The business
Some of these brothers can't rhyme in
The business
A-yo I'm tryna get mine
The business
The party scene is cool but then again it's all the same
You see the same faces but at different places
When you're up and riding high everything is palsy palsy
Get a million pounds and all the skins give you hugs
Well that's cool I can dig it it really ain't my bag
Prefer to max on the side and let my pants sag
Oh he's a cutie yeah real cute
But I wasn't that cute when I didn't have no loot
Although I hit a pound of herbs I'm still nice with the verbs
So f**k what you heard
The Born Cipher Cipher Master makes me think much faster
But critics still continue to plaster
My name and discredit my fame
All that sh*t is game and I don't really give a damn
Eat from the tree of life and throw away the verbal ham
Well excuse me I gotta add my two cents in
Don't be alarmed the rhyme was condensed in
A matter of minutes so it must be told
All that glitters not gold
Everybody wants a deal help me make a demo
See my name in bright lights ride around in a limo
My moms keeps beefing
Boy get a job
But I wanna make jams damn I know I'll slam
Huh well it's not that easy
You gotta get a label that's willing and able
To market and promote and you better hope
For what
That the product is d**e
Take it from Diamond it's like mountain climbing
When it comes to rhyming you gotta put your time in
Get a good lawyer so problems won't pile
You don't wanna make a pitch that's wild