Let me tell you a little story the slave master Use a whip on your ass so you behave You got chains on your and the man's respect You'll all damn day but you will never see a check in the field
Cotton you yield, your skin peels off your From the of the whip, it won't heal Ya wish, you had a shield 'cause he iron So when you act up, he ya and keeps firing and it's tiring
about recreation One wrong move and death you're facing White mothafuckaz got the ball and On leg and in the form of religion on your brain
They say, you the devil, you say, who the Some of us was house niggers, of us was rebels Some tried to get along the best could And nobody use the phrase, it's all good, would you?
They got you living like a They throw you pig lips and chicken gizzards then you make a They give us a white to appease us We talk among ourselves and hope sees us
had our brothers beating us, called us creations Plus monkeys, they just mistreating us The master said, "If you don't 'em, you're dead" It was fucking his head but he beat us instead and we bled
Red flowing like a flood Then he'd rape your mother stick her in the mud They were ruthless! If you tried to front, be toothless Some tried to run even though it seemed
Virginity was torn, soon babies was That was half white and now his skin is kind of You think you're special, they let you oversee the carnage? But I bet you will get hung, if you stick out your tongue 'Cause they pull out the and stick it right through your lung
Now 96 and white people say, forget it, it's all in the past And some even regret it 'cause think we'll set it Now my to get federal So I can raise a family with a true devil And you how that goes
The slave watching over you Always trying to tell you what the to do The slave master watching you But nothing gonna stop me and my crew
The slave master over you Always trying to tell you what the to do The slave master over you But ain't nothing stop me and my crew
This is for you kids to get signed Just a little something you should in mind The labels are masters, artists are slaves get too raunchy, they want you to behave
You get signed, you're this is great But wait you never knew was at stake control they withhold, you sell your soul When you on the dotted line hoping to go gold
But never see that, not without promotion The label'll just throw your shit out and got it You think your shit is potent but ain't nobody it If they ain't never of it, ain't nobody trying it If they ain't never heard of it, your record' they it You can complain but are not concerned a bit
when they signed you, they thought you'd make a hit 'Cause of who you were affiliated with and all bullshit Frustrations, all these and regulations Just so you can have your shit heard by the nation and be
'Cause by the time they find a lead release, shit is ancient You think they're working your album? mistaken And if you flop, you get dropped, 'cause you the star You didn't go pop, just up hip hop, time to get a mop 'Cause without no promotion, of sales drop
the break down if tapes cost ten You'll probably only get to see a in the end That you cannot spend your budget gets recouped So you never get cash unless record is shoop
You better hope you get shows, which will not If you don't have a record that's the attraction Even if you a million, you'll get burned they keep half your cash just in case of returns
For a while, you wonder why rappers don't 'Cause to them, you're not an artist, you're another file Another nigger used to make another don't give a fuck and if your shit don't blow up, tough
But the star gets both and devotion From the whole fucking staff, at you, laugh The star probably don't know that he the house Thinking he 'cause he's the, pick of the litter
labels think backwards They push the acts that need it the So they can get all the money they can it's released They you to a restaurant for a feast And then expect you to up the check?
That's why I give props to who is independent 'Cause they make they own money, plus how to spend it Splendid and end it and don't get offended
The master watching over you Always to tell you what the fuck to do The master watching over you But nothing gonna stop me and my crew
The master watching over you Always trying to tell you what the to do The master watching over you But nothing gonna stop me and my crew