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