Show Business chords by A Tribe Called Quest
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Verse 1
Let me (G minor) tell you 'bout the snakes,
the fakes, the lies
The highs at all of these
(B minor) industry shing-d (G minor) ings
Where Where you see the (B minor) pretty girls
In the (A major) high anim (B major) ated (B minor) world
(G minor) Checkin' for a rapper with all the dough
If you take a shit they want to (B minor) know
An (G minor) d if you're gonna fall,
they won't be around, y'all
So you still wanna (A sharp#m) do the show (A sharp#) business?
(A sharp major) And you think that you
(G minor) got what it takes?
I mean you really gotta rap
and be all that
And prepare yourself for the breaks
Check it out (A sharp major)
Verse 2
(F major) Do you wanna (A sharp major) be in the business?
(the business)
The ups and downs with the hoes
(the business)
Always (G minor) gettin' fronted (A sharp major) on at shows
(G minor) (the business)
People gotta (A sharp major) stick their (G minor) nose
(in the (A sharp major) business)
Yo, I gotta (G minor) speak on the cesspool It's the
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Verse 3
(G minor)
rap industry and it
(B major) ain't that cool (B minor)
(G major) Only if you're on stage (B major) or if you're
(G major) speakin' to your (G minor) people (G major)
(A sharp major) Ain't no one your equal
Espe (G minor) cially on (A sharp#m) the industry side
(G minor) Don't let the games just (A sharp#) glide
(G minor) Right through your fingers,
you (A sharp#m) gotta know the (G minor) deal
So Lord Jamar speak,
(A sharp major) because you're real
Verse 4
They're givin' you the busi (G minor) ness
and puttin' on a (A sharp major) show
You're a (G minor) mil lion dollar man
that ain't (A sharp#m) got no (A sharp major) dough
But you (G minor) got a ho tickets
backstage to a show
Sedated (A sharp#) an d at that fact (G minor) they elated
Time pass and your (A sharp#) ass say,
"Where's my loot?"
The reply (G minor) is a (A sharp#) kick in the ass
from a (C major) leg and a boot
(A sharp major) All you wanna do is (A sharp#) taste the fruit
(G minor) But in the (A sharp major) back they're makin' fruit juice (A sharp#)
(A sharp major) You ask for (F major) slack and wanna
(G minor) get cut loose from the label
Not able (A sharp#m) 'cause you signed at the (A sharp#) table
For a (G minor) pretty cash ad (B major) vance,
now they got a song and (G minor) dance
That you didn't recoup,
(B flat#) more (G minor) soup wit' ya meal?
'Cause (F major) this is the (B flat#) real when you
(B flat#m) get a record (G minor) deal
And I say (B flat major)
Verse 5
(G minor) Shucks, (B flat#) look what the cat hauled (B flat major) in
It's Phife Dawg from A (B minor) Tribe Called Quest,
let me be (G minor) gin
Like Chuck D,
I (B flat#) got so much (B flat#m) trouble on my (G minor) mind
'Bout these no-talent artists (A flat major) artists gettin' signed,
they can't rhyme
And if that ain't bad, (G minor)
you (B flat#m) got bootleggers
Goin' (A sharp major) out like (B minor) suckers, mother (B major) fuckers
(A sharp major) Feel it's time (B minor) that I let loose the (B major) lion
(G major) And if not that (B major) then I'll commence
to head (A sharp major) fly in'
(B major) Seems in (B minor) '91 everybody
want a (B major) rhyme
And then you (A sharp major) go and sell my
(B minor) tape for only (A sharp major) $5.99?
Please (F major) nigga, (A sharp#) I've worked too hard for this
No (G major) more will I take (A sharp#m) the
booty end of the (A sharp major) stick
Bogus (G minor) brothers makin' (A sharp major) albums when
they (A sharp#m) know they can't (A sharp major) hack it
Cos they lyrics is played (A sharp#)
like (G minor) 8-Ball jackets
Now tell me I (A sharp#) can 't tear it up
Go get (A sharp major) yourself some toilet paper
'cause your lyrics is but (C major) t
Verse 6
(A sharp major) Do you wanna be in
the business? (the business)
People can't walk a straight
line in (the business)
Some of these (F major) brothers can't (A sharp major) rhyme
in (the business)
Ayo, I'm tryna get mine (the business) The (G minor) party scene is cool,
but then again it's all the (G major) same
You see the same (A sharp#) faces,
(G minor) but at different places
When you're up and rid (A sharp#) in' high
everything is palsy-palsy
(G minor) Get (A sharp major) Get a million (A sharp#) pounds and all
the (A sharp major) skins give you hugs
Well that's (F major) cool, I can (A sharp major) dig it,
(A sharp#m) it really ain't my (G major) bag
Prefer to max on the (B major) side
and let my pants (G major) sag
"Oh, he's a (B flat#m) cutie", yeah, real (B major) cute
But I (B flat major) wasn't that cute when
I didn't have no loot
Although I hit a (G major) pound of herbs
I'm still nice with the verbs
So fuck what you heard
The born cipher,
cipher mas (A sharp#) ter makes me think much (B flat major) faster
(B flat#m) But critics still continue to (B flat major) plaster
My name and (B flat#) dis credit my fame
(B flat major) All that shit is game
And I don't really give a damn
Eat from the tree of life and throw
(A sharp#) away the verbal ham (B flat major)
Verse 7
Well, (B flat major) excuse me, (E flat#)
I gotta add my two (B flat major) cents in
Don't be alarmed,
the (B minor) rhyme was (B flat major) con densed in
A matter of (B minor) minutes so it must be told
All that glitters, not gold
Everybody wants a (B major) deal,
help me make a demo
See my (A major) name in bright (A sharp major) lights,
ride around in a limo
My moms keeps beefin'
(boy, get a job)
But I (A flat major) wanna make jams, (B major)
(B flat#m) dam n, I know I'll slam
Huh, well it's not that easy
You gotta get a (B minor) label that's
willin' and able
To market and promote,
and you better hope
(G minor) (For what?) That the product is dope
(A sharp major) Take it from (B minor) Diamond,
it's like mountain climbin'
(G major) When it comes to (B flat major) rhymin'
(B flat#m) you gotta put your time in
Get a good lawyer so problems
won't pile
You don't wanna make a pitch
(A flat major) that's wild
Outro 1
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