The Starving Artist
The Starving Artist

The Starving Artist easy guitar chords by Substantial

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    really 
    think 
    sometimes 

    that 
    people 
    don't 
    respect 
    this 
    shit 

    And 
    really 
    think 
    it's 
    a 
    fuckin' 
    game 

    Listen, 
    yo, 
    I do 
    this 
    for 
    the 
    love 
    of 
    the 
    music 

    But 
    it 
    never 
    hurts 
    to 
    get 
    a 
    little 

    somethin' 
    to 
    do 
    it 

    Especially 
    when 
    these 
    dummies 

    gettin' 
    paid 
    out 
    the 
    ass 

    And 
    those 
    nices 
    at 
    it ain't 

    makin' 
    no 
    cash 

    Youngins 
    gettin' 
    signed, 

    labels 
    rapin' 
    they ass 

    And 
    those 
    I once 
    respected 

    have 
    been 
    makin' 
    some 
    trash 

    Who 
    think 
    they're 
    pure 
    hip 
    -hops 

    takin' 
    the 
    dash 

    All 
    along, 
    I've been 
    keeping 

    this 
    ailing 
    moustache 

    For 
    a 
    rainy 
    day, 

    it's 
    been 
    pouring 
    for 
    years 

    Know 
    the 
    culture 
    that 
    suffered, 

    I've been 
    ignoring 
    the 
    tears 

    Now 
    I'm 
    fighting 
    for 
    her, 

    through 
    expression 
    and 
    self 

    And 
    I 
    fight 
    for 
    my 
    fam, 

    at 
    times 
    getting 
    no 
    help 

    But 
    I 
    keep 
    at 
    it, 
    and 
    at 
    times 
    my 
    story, 

    it 
    may 
    seem 
    tragic 

    But 
    I 
    changed 
    a 
    miracle, 

    man, 
    you 
    thought 
    you 
    seen 
    magic 

    Cause 
    you've 
    never 
    seen 

    a 
    struggle 
    so 
    beautiful 

    It's 
    my 
    everyday, 
    this 
    is 
    nothing 
    unusual 

    This 
    is 
    more 
    than 
    street 
    shit 

    This 
    is 
    it, 
    but 
    I 
    don't make 
    it, 

    we 
    won't 
    eat 
    shit 

    People 
    need 
    this, 

    more 
    than 
    a 
    wraparound 
    into 
    the 
    beat 
    shit 

    Life 
    reenacted 
    on 
    this, 
    repeat 
    this, 

    more 
    than 
    street 
    shit 

    This 
    is 
    it, 
    bottle 
    man, 

    you 
    reap 
    what 
    you 
    eat 
    shit 

    People 
    need 
    this, 

    more 
    than 
    a 
    wraparound 
    into 
    the 
    beat 
    shit 

    Life 
    reenacted 
    on 
    this, 
    repeat 
    this 

    Been 
    rhyming 
    over 
    a 
    decade, 
    far 
    from 
    rich 

    But 
    I'm 
    blessed 
    enough 
    to 
    be 
    paid 

    for 
    the 
    bars 
    I 
    spit 

    Ironic 
    because 
    the 
    microphone, 

    I 
    never 
    thought 
    to 
    grab 
    it 

    At 
    least 
    I 
    turned 
    this 
    art 
    form 

    to 
    a self 
    -supporting 
    habit 

    I'm 
    roller 
    than 
    the 
    mofo, 

    can't 
    live 
    off 
    show 
    though 

    Thank 
    god 
    I 
    can 
    draw, 

    there 
    goes 
    my 
    logo 

    Gotta 
    be 
    enough 
    to 
    wake, 

    I ain't 
    got 
    the 
    dough 
    cuz 

    So 
    I'm 
    forced 
    to do 
    it 
    all 

    like 
    one 
    half 
    of 
    Loto 

    Please 
    someone 
    to 
    do 
    it, 

    I 
    can 
    do 
    man 
    for 
    what 

    But 
    the 
    constant 
    grind 

    I'm 
    on to 
    make 
    a 
    man 
    go 
    nuts 

    Playing 
    phone 
    tag 

    with 
    these 
    cold 
    ass 
    executives 

    To 
    the 
    point 
    I 
    barely 
    have 
    time 

    to 
    call 
    my 
    relatives 

    Three 
    times 
    negative, 

    it's 
    like 
    I 
    gotta 
    schedule 
    it 

    Cause 
    at 
    times 
    I 
    forget 
    to 
    sleep 

    Feels 
    like 
    time 
    wasted 

    when 
    you're 
    on 
    the 
    grind, 
    face 
    it 

    This 
    shit 
    here 
    has 
    never 

    been 
    for 
    the 
    weak 

    How 
    would 
    you 
    know 

    you 
    ever 
    been 
    in 
    the 
    streets? 

    Blocks 
    hot 
    to 
    the 
    point 

    that 
    it 
    singes 
    our 
    feet 

    When 
    dawn 
    cracks, 

    it's 
    all 
    black, 
    though 
    I 
    tie 
    it 

    Early 
    bird 
    gets 
    the 
    worm, 

    it 
    soars 
    much 
    higher 

    This 
    is 
    more 
    than 
    street 
    shit 

    This 
    a sip, 
    I 
    don't 
    make 
    it, 

    we 
    won't 
    eat 
    shit 

    People 
    need 
    this 

    more 
    than 
    a 
    wrap 
    -around 
    to 
    the 
    beat 
    shit 

    Life 
    reenacted 
    on 
    disc, 
    repeat 
    this 

    Like 
    my 
    own 
    rhymes, 

    you 
    ain't 
    tellin' 
    me 
    nothin' 

    Cover 
    designs, 
    mine 
    also 
    secret 
    production 

    But 
    this 
    beat 
    you're 
    hearing 

    is 
    that 
    of 
    swaggery 

    Illustrating 
    my 
    pain 
    in a 

    track 
    you 
    made 
    for 
    me 

    So 
    what 
    can 
    you 
    say 
    to 
    me? 

    You 
    ain't 
    understandin' 
    me 

    Pressin' 
    my 
    own 
    CDs 

    and 
    cuttin' 
    the 
    covers 
    manually 

    Choppin' 
    back 
    in 
    that 
    quality 
    product 

    Just 
    for 
    cash 
    to 
    download, 

    it gotta 
    be 
    my 
    luck 

    Youngin', 
    do 
    you 
    know 
    how 
    much 

    I'm 
    payin' 
    for 
    this? 

    My paper's 
    out 
    of 
    here 

    like 
    DHS 
    or 
    Laserdisc 

    Shit! 

    Broke 
    and 
    forced 
    to 
    promote 
    online 

    The 
    dudes 
    I 
    grew 
    up 
    with 
    don't 
    go 
    online 

    So 
    the 
    ones 
    that 
    need 
    to 
    hear 
    it 
    most 

    don't 
    know 
    I 
    exist 

    Meanwhile, 

    hip 
    -hop 
    music 
    is 
    going 
    to 
    shit 

    Gotta 
    eat 
    before 
    I 
    starve, 

    and my 
    brits 
    are 
    showin' 

    But 
    that's 
    what 
    you 
    get 

    when 
    you 
    live 
    for 
    flowin' 

    This 
    is 
    more 
    than 
    street 
    shit 

    This 
    is 
    hip 
    -hop, 
    make 
    it, 

    we 
    won't 
    eat 
    shit 

    People 
    need 
    this 

    More 
    than 
    a 
    wrap 
    -around 

    into 
    the 
    beat 
    shit 

    Like 
    reenacting 
    on 
    disc, 
    repeat 
    this 

    More 
    than 
    street 
    shit 

    This 
    is 
    hip 
    -hop, 
    I make 
    it, 

    we 
    won't 
    eat 
    shit 

    People 
    need 
    this 

    More 
    than 
    a 
    wrap 
    -around 

    into 
    the 
    beat 
    shit 

    Like 
    reenacting 
    on 
    disc, 
    repeat 
    this 

    This 
    is 
    my story, 
    cats 
    have 
    no 
    idea 

    This 
    is 
    my 
    in 
    the game 
    man, 
    this 
    is my 
    life 

    I'm 
    looking 
    real 
    as 
    shit 

    This 
    my story, 
    you're a 
    struggle, 

    bigger than 
    me 

    This 
    is 
    Hofstra, 
    we're 
    my 
    family 

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