TELL IT LIKE IT IS

Daddy is that your car on TV? You better believe it is, baby. Now go in the other room, there's about to be some grown folks talk in here, ok? Alright. Things ain't always what they seem or cracked up to be, Like all these fakin'-ass rappers in this industry, Talkin' 'bout what they got and they ain't got a damn thing, How you own 3 cars but you don't own your own name? Get your business right boys, the first class is in session, Get an entertainment lawyer in the music profession, Start up your own company, trademark the name, That's gonna run you 'bout a grand, so start saving your change. Open a bank account quick and then follow these steps, Sign yourself to yourself and start signing your own checks. Hit the booth and start recording at the speed of need, Whatever gets your juices flowin', could be speed or weed. Get it mixed and mastered, pressed up and plastered, Sell it to your whole hood out the trunk, you bastard! Show all the non-believers what you're destined to be, And in just a couple years you sould be rich like me. But I can't hold my tongue, I'mma tell it like it is, This biz ain't all fun, I'mma tell it like it is, Give it to you straight no chase, I'mma tell it like it is, Look you straight in your face and I'mma tell it like it is. I can't hold my tongue, I'mma tell it like it is, This biz ain't all fun, I'mma tell it like it is, Give it to you straight no chase, I'mma tell it like it is, Look you straight in your face and I'mma tell it like it is. See mostly all your favorite artists got some serious problems, And money could be the problem, but money can't solve 'em. Some get addicted to drugs and flat out lazy, Some taste a little fame and go flat out crazy. I'm close 'cause those close wanna live off my fame, And that type of shit alone will drive a nigga insane. Not to mention all the vultures, the scandalous promoters, Crabs'll try to sue ya, magazines'll misquote ya. Most of these label heads, they don't care nothing about ya, If you stop selling records, they'll act like they don't know ya. It's hard mixing business with pleasure, so don't play, Me and my crew argue and fight like every other day. Rappers ain't above the law, but our life is so fast, That we got a special task force of police on our ass. All that and this is really just the start of it, Hip-hop, you really wanna be a part of it? I can't hold my tongue, I'mma tell it like it is, This biz ain't all fun, I'mma tell it like it is, Give it to you straight no chase, I'mma tell it like it is, Look you straight in your face and I'mma tell it like it is. Hey hey, I can't hold my tongue, I'mma tell it like it is Man, his biz ain't all fun, I'mma tell it like it is, I'mma give it to you straight no chase, I'mma tell it like it is. Hey, look you straight in your face and I'mma tell it like it is. What's worse than having no money is having it and losing it, What's worse than having some money is grabbing and abusing it. We never took no money from Chingy, thought I was cool with him, I wish his ass well, but I don't want nothin' to do with him. Some don't own their publishing, me, I never fool with 'em, I'm down for my artists, try my best to stay to true to 'em, 'Cause outside my label, competition is irrelevant, Unless I'm still in competition with my president. And believe that I'm supportin' of Hova, 'Cause the industry's shady and needs to be taken over. But the first rule to accumulation of wealth Is don't trust nobody but your goddamn self. I can't hold my tongue, I'mma tell it like it is, Man, his biz ain't all fun, I'mma tell it like it is, I'mma give it to you straight no chase, I'mma tell it like it is, Look you straight in your face and I'mma tell it like it is. I said I can't hold my tongue, I'mma tell it like it is, This biz ain't all fun, I'mma tell it like it is, I'mma give it to you straight no chase, I'mma tell it like it is, Look you straight in your face and I'mma tell it like it is…