| Let me tell you a little story about the slave master
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| Use a whip on your ass so you behave faster
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| You got chains on your neck, and the Man’s respect
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| You’ll work all damn day, but you will never see a check
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| In the field. |
| Cotton you yield. |
| Your skin peels off your back
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| From the crack of the whip. |
| It won’t heal
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| Ya wish you had a shield cause he wields iron
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| So when you act up, he smokes ya and keeps firing
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| And it’s tiring
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| Forget about recreation
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| One wrong move and it’s death you’re facing
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| White motha fuckaz got the ball and chain
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| On your leg, and in the form of religion on your brain
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| They say, «You the devil.»
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| You say, «Who the devil!!!»
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| Some of us was house niggers. |
| Some of us was rebels
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| Some tried to get along the best they could
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| And didn’t nobody use the phrase, «It's all good!»
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| Would you? |
| They got you living like a shrew
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| They throw you pig lips and chicken gizzards. |
| Then you make a stew
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| They give us a white Jesus to appease us
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| We talk among ourselves and hope nobody sees us
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| They had our brothers beating us. |
| Called us createns plus monkeys
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| They just junkies mistreating us
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| The master said, «If you don’t whip 'em, you’re dead!»
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| It was fucking with his head, but he beat us instead
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| And we bled
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| Red blood flowing like a flood
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| Then he’d rape your mother. |
| Stick her face in the mud
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| They were ruthless! |
| If you tried to front, you’d be toothless
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| Some tried to run even though it seemed useless
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| Virginity was torn. |
| Soon babies was born that was half white
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| And now his skin is kind of light
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| You think you’re special, because they let you
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| Oversee the carnage? |
| But I bet you
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| Will get hung, even if you stick out your tounge
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| Cause they pull out the shank and stick it right through you’re lung
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| Now it’s 96 and white people say, «Forget it
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| It’s all in the past.» |
| And some even regret it
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| Cause they think we’ll set it
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| Now my missions to get federal
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| So I can raise a black family with a true devils
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| And you know how that goes
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| The slave master watching over you
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| Always trying to tell you what the fuck to do!
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| The slave master watching over you
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| But ain’t nothing gonna stop me and my crew!
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| This is for you kids trying to get signed
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| Just a little something you should keep in mind:
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| The labels are slave masters. |
| Artists are slaves
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| Don’t get too raunchy. |
| They want you to behave
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| You get signed. |
| You’re thinking, «This is great!»
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| But wait You never knew what was at stake
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| Creative control they withold
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| You sell your soul when you sign on the dotted line hoping to go gold
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| But you’ll never see that, not without promotion
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| The label’ll just throw your shit out, and got it floatin'
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| You think your shit is potent, but ain’t nobody buying it
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| If they ain’t never heard of it, ain’t nobody trying it
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| If they ain’t never heard of it 'your record' they murder it
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| You can complain. |
| But they are not concerned a bit
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| Cause when they signed you, they thought you’d make a hit
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| Cause of who you were affiliated with, and all that bullshit
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| Frustrations. |
| All these rules and regulations
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| Just so you can have your shit heard by the nation
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| And be patient
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| Cause by the time they find a lead release, your shit is ancient
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| You think they’re working your album? |
| You’re mistaken
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| And if you flop, you get dropped
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| Cause you ain’t the star. |
| You didn’t go pop
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| Just straight up hip-hop. |
| Time to get a mop
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| Cause without no promotion, of course sales drop
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| Peep the break down: If tapes cost ($)10
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| You’ll probaably only get to see a dollar in the end
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| That you cannot spend. |
| Cause your budget gets recouped
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| So you never get cash unless your record is «Shoop.»
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| You better hope you get shows, which will not happen
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| If you don’t have a record that’s the main attraction
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| Even if you sell a million, you’ll get burned
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| Cause they keep half your cash just in case of returns
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| For a while, you wonder why rappers don’t smile
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| Cause to them, you’re not an artist. |
| You’re just another file
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| Another nigga used to make another buck
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| They don’t give a fuck. |
| And if your shit don’t blow up, tough
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| But the star gets both promotion and devotion
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| From the whole fucking staff. |
| At you, they laugh
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| The star probably don’t know that he the house nigga
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| Thinking he bigger cause he’s the, pick of the litter
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| These lebels think backwards. |
| They push the acts that need it the least
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| So they can get all the money they can when it’s released
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| They take you to a restarant for a feast
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| And then expect you to pck up the check?
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| That’s why I give props to niggas who is independent:
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| Cause they make they own money, plus decide how to spend it
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| Splendid.And lets end it
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| And don’t get offended
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| The slave master watching over you
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| Always trying to tell you what the fuck to do
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| The slave master watching over you
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| But ain’t nothing gonna stop me and my crew
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| Hieroglyphics! |