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