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Verse 1
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Let me tell you 'bout the snakes,
the fakes, the lies
The highs at all of these
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industry shing-dings
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Where Where you see the pretty girls
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In the high animated world
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Checkin' for a rapper with all the dough
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If you take a shit they want to know
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And if you're gonna fall,
they won't be around, y'all
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So you still wanna do the show business?
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And you think that you
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got what it takes?
I mean you really gotta rap
and be all that
And prepare yourself for the breaks
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Check it out

Verse 2
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Do you wanna be  in the business?
(the business)
The ups and downs with the hoes
(the business)
Gm Gm 
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A# A# 
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Always gettin' fronted on  at shows
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(the business)
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Gm Gm 
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People gotta stick their nose
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(in the business)
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Yo, I gotta speak on the cesspool It's the

Verse 3
Gm Gm 
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rap industry and it
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ain't that cool
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Only if you're on stage or if you're
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Gm Gm 
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G G 
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speakin' to your people
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Ain't no one your equal
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Especially on the industry side
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A## A## 
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Don't let the games just glide
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Right through your fingers,
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Gm Gm 
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you gotta  know the deal
So Lord Jamar speak,
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because you're real

Verse 4
Gm Gm 
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They're givin' you the business
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and puttin' on a show
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You're a mil lion dollar man
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that ain't got    no dough
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But you got a ho tickets
backstage to a show
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Gm Gm 
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Sedated an    d at that fact they elated
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Time pass and your ass   say,
"Where's my loot?"
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A## A## 
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The reply is a kick  in the ass
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from a leg and a boot
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All you wanna do is taste the fruit
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But in the back they're makin' fruit juice
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You ask for slack and wanna
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get cut loose from the label
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Not able   'cause you signed at the table
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B B 
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For a pretty cash advance,
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now they got a song and dance
That you didn't recoup,
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Gm Gm 
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more soup wit' ya meal?
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'Cause this is the real  when you
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Gm Gm 
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get    a record deal
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And I say

Verse 5
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Shucks,    look what the cat hauled in
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It's Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest,
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let me begin
Like Chuck D,
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Gm Gm 
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I got so much trouble on my mind
Ab Ab 
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'Bout these no-talent artists artists gettin' signed,
they can't rhyme
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And if that ain't bad,
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you got    bootleggers
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B B 
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Goin' out like suckers, motherfuckers
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B B 
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Feel it's time that I let loose the lion
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B B 
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And  if not that then I'll commence
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to head fly in'
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Bm Bm 
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Seems in  '91 everybody
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want a rhyme
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And then you go  and sell my
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tape for only $5.99?
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Please nigga, I've  worked too hard for this
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No more will I take the
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booty end of the stick
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A# A# 
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Bogus brothers makin' albums when
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A# A# 
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they know they can't hack it
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Cos they lyrics is played
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like 8-Ball jackets
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Now tell me I can   't tear it up
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Go get yourself some toilet paper
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'cause your lyrics is butt

Verse 6
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Do you wanna be in
the business? (the business)
People can't walk a straight
line in (the business)
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A# A# 
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Some of these brothers can't rhyme
in (the business)
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Ayo, I'm tryna get mine (the business) The party scene is cool,
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but then again it's all the same
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You see the same faces,
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but at different places
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When you're up and ridin' high
everything is palsy-palsy
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A# A# 
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Get Get a million pounds and all
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the skins give you hugs
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A# A# 
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Well that's cool, I can dig it,
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G G 
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it really ain't my bag
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Prefer to max on the side
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and let my pants sag
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"Oh, he's a cutie", yeah, real cute
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But I wasn't that cute when
I didn't have no loot
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Although I hit a pound of herbs
I'm still nice with the verbs
So fuck what you heard
The born cipher,
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cipher master   makes me think much faster
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Bb Bb 
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But critics still continue to plaster
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My name and dis   credit my fame
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All that shit is game
And I don't really give a damn
Eat from the tree of life and throw
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Bb Bb 
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away the verbal ham

Verse 7
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Well, excuse me,
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I gotta add my two cents in
Don't be alarmed,
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Bb Bb 
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the rhyme was con densed in
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A matter of minutes so it must be told
All that glitters, not gold
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Everybody wants a deal,
help me make a demo
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See my name in bright lights,
ride around in a limo
My moms keeps beefin'
(boy, get a job)
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B B 
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But I wanna make jams,
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dam    n, I know I'll slam
Huh, well it's not that easy
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You gotta get a label that's
willin' and able
To market and promote,
and you better hope
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(For what?) That the product is dope
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Take it from Diamond,
it's like mountain climbin'
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When it comes to rhymin'
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you gotta put your time in
Get a good lawyer so problems
won't pile
You don't wanna make a pitch
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that's wild

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