(xzibit): yea. what I'm talking about (ras k.): yea (xzibit): the homie john john up in motherfucker (ras k.): yea (xzibit): mr. x to the z with a public service For all you faggot ass (ras k.): what's (xzibit): they think just a nigga's rapping With a label behind him, all great (ras k.): yep (xzibit): it's modern day pimps and hoes on
Ask epmd, rap is out of control Cause hip-hop plus glocks = scott la rock, tupac and biggie I figure y'all brawl for lack of protocol Now I'm gonna take matters into my own hands, like Another 39 rap is at heavens gate waiting to battle with satan Rassassination: taking heads decapitation (ching!) Trapped in infatuation (really)? up off me Kiss my ass. then wake up n' smell the See, you're broke and unknown, your baby's mama clown you Your family you. don't want your own kid around you You ain't shit. do shit Ain't gone never be shit. so it's Two video's later, on your dick (bitch) When your selling, she "don't worry, be happy." Bragging to her friends: "that's my babies daddy!" And sadly, niggaz start acting like they shit stink But wait: you getting cut like the wedding The music business is mafioso: Jewish, italiano, and My bmi/ascap platinum rap track Bootleg my shit to japan. at swap meets, sell my same shit Long sharks legs. we break beats state to state And record deals? that belong with a fucked up interest rate
(chorus 2x): (parish smith sample): music please, music (color me bad sample): "why you treat me so " (parish sample): music please..music please (other sample): "i know why baby!" (xzibit): just your business
(verse 2) It's sort of like the label is the R&b, pop, to heavy metal They doe pimping the ghet-to Label mates: different in the same rat race The production is the nigga that you learn to hate Management is crimy. your lawyer is your liar And when your famous but po', you set your office on fire like this: they loan you $1 For you to break even, they stack $10 When you make one dollar, your profit is andrew jack-son ($20) You skinny. they got plenty. the before you see any They getting big cheese. No vaseline dope m.c.'s, "so freeze" Call the police chief? it takes a Here's everything you need to about the record industry, a chief. 'cause labels is doing $300,000 Blowing coke smoke up my ass, but we know crack kills. Not very many, rappers ever see a But double platinum is two million units. cost $20. (too true) so here's a Somebody make $40,000,000 and it sho' wasn't you
(chorus 2x): (parish smith sample): music please, music (color me bad sample): "why you me so bad? " (parish sample): music please..music please. (other sample): "i know why baby!" (xzibit): handle your business.
Want to know the relationship between hip-hop and professional athletes, black actors, rappers, and thugs All sleep in the same bed Rich black niggaz kick it with other black people with cheddar lifestyle: legal or illegal It be us, a three fuck getting skeed up with peanuts Which leads up to this: a high turnover Groupies turn and be quick to give fellatio. Mc's get the and fame. Brothers essex with a corporate card And charge it to the rappers But the label make all the real money Just ask david geffrey, gordy, russel, or puffy (ching, ching!) Business? you get what you deserve. you negotiate And is renegotiable based on the sales you generate But hip-hop fans don't buy albums, and, then again, tend to player The that went pop. but before this, I never knew Skills pay the mother fucking bills. money do Is you stupid? how nice I represent don't pay The r&b ho who jock theo on the radio buy cd doe. Rap magazines be they keep it real But it fake on the cover Pulling tennis shoe and advertisements. no wonder common "i used to love h.e.r." Now I just fuck h.e.r. with two
(chorus: repeats end): (parish sample): music please, music please (color me bad sample): "why you me so bad? " (parish sample): music please..music please (other sample): "i know why baby!" (xzibit): just your business