Fame Isn't Free chords by Saga

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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This is a business
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where you can have the world
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an d lose it just as fast.
It's not a small issue
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Am 
since it happens to  the mass.
Just listen and ask,
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cause the industry won't tell.
And the MC in this game,
Am 
trust me, the fire we've all felt.
A lot of promises are kept
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in this contract that we've been dealt.
If you don't believe me,
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I suggest you ask someone else
Multi -platinum selling
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isn't just money in the bag
And if it's fame that you want,
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then that costs money to have
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You got skills and no cash?
Hell, there's I .O .U.
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You make the money, and they screw you
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You push more records,
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obligations lift a dude
Keep cranking them hits,
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take out of  your percentages too
With all guts and all glory,
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or  there's no glory at all
Some people get paid,
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even when their efforts seem small
Some artists still broke,
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don't make what they even work for
Now you've written words of business
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in  a custody brawl
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So just, listen to what I'm sayin'
Turned art into a hustle, I'm not lyin'
Am 
Only sustainin' out of just pacifyin'
The one that's somethin'
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for nothin'
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cause fame isn't free
Scandalous industry,
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who's two best friends
is money and greed
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So just, listen to what I'm sayin'
I've seen it from friends to rivals,
and rivals to bitter beefs
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Over gritty beef,
verbal agreement's not legal
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Word is no longer defined
Hold on, please just stop looking,
Am 
listen when I spit to you this song
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200 ,000 just to start labels,
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investing millions and millions of dollars
Money to make your whole
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Am 
family tree holler
Now you're buying cars for them,
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your friends and your kin
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You're losing sight of
what you started in
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Slipped your grip since the beginning
Time to meet your quota,
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but the standards was lacking
Cuts just lacking,
and record execs
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breathing down your neck
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Asking what's happening
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Come time to put your album out
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and it ain't worth shit
Minus a bucket of pence,
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career's now a death wish
Your vibe's turnin' to sales
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and sales turnin' to discounts
Now your label wants a refund
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from your bonus ac  count
Plus everything turned into hell
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from what was once fortune in heaven
But you assumed
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and now you're fallin' to chapter eleven
You bound for seven more albums
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and you feel like you're stuck
Blew the first year,
now the label feels you
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can't earn a buck
It's such a shame to see raw talent
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turn into misery
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Not supposed to be, you think so?
Am 
Fooled you, cause it happens on the down
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So just listen to what I'm sayin',
turn art into a hustle
I'm not lying,
Am 
all this is a handout of just pacifying
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No one does something for nothing
cause fame isn't free
Scandalous industry,
Am 
who's two best friends
is money and greed
E 
So just listen to what I'm saying
I've seen it from friends to rivals,
Bm 
and rivals to bitter beefs
Am 
Over gritty beats,
verbal agreements not legal
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E 
Word is  no longer the bond, hold on
Please just stop looking,
Am 
listen when I spit to you this song
There's a lot of hungry people
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that wanna take it and make it
But there's more grittier people
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Am 
that's willing to use you and break it
I'll you until you lie,
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until you're blue in the face
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And see you're cut,
then find the next star
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and that's new to replace
Doesn't have to be your fate
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if you learn what's behind the scenes
And every contract that you get,
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that doesn't have to be your thing
Make sure you own your words,
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you need to do the research
If not, others will own your music
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and financially you'll hurt
Why do you think
these old school cats
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are still touring?
Haven't made a hit in decades,
yet you see their album
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s are not soaring
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Cause you've signed without reading
and you give a license to steal
Not givin' you no bullshit,
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I'm just tellin' you the real
And if you still disagree,
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a  hard -headed make a soft bottom
Won't take long till you find out
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that this apple is rotten
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Need to heed my words, you think not?
Then your ass is dead
Cause sooner or later,
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another MC  falls through at the end
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So just listen to what I'm sayin'
Turn art into a hustle, I'm not lyin'
Am 
Moments of day and night
are just pacifyin'
No one does somethin' for nothin'
E 
cause fame isn't free
Scandalous industry,
Am 
who's two best friends
is money and greed
E 
So just, listen to what I'm saying
I've seen it from friends to rivals
And rivals to bitter beefs
Am 
Over gritty beef
Verbal agreement's not legal
E 
Word is no longer divine
Hold on, please just stop looking
Am 
Listen when I spit to you this song
So just, listen to what I'm
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Am 
saying
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Am 
you