| Uh…
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| Yeah. |
| yeah.
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| Yeah. |
| yeah. |
| yeah.
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| Know the game!
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| You ain’t got to lie to me
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| Ain’t got to lie to me
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| You ain’t got to lie to me
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| Ain’t got to lie to me
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| You ain’t got to lie to me
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| Ain’t got to lie to me
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| You ain’t got to lie to me
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| Ain’t got to lie to me
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| Everything was good, we signed up on the dotted line
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| Bullshit advancement thinkin everything was fine
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| Up in the studio workin every night and day
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| For some strange reason, the work don’t match the pay
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| Now I’m feelin like a slave, Kunta Kente
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| The A&R tellin me, what we can’t say
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| Brand Nubian y’all on some different shit B
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| It’s gon' be kinda hard to get y’all on MTV, yeah
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| Now we on a roll, promo tryna blow (Uh-huh)
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| Family can’t see 'em, livin off bullshit pediem
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| Runnin around the country, assed-out and half-naked
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| Three niggas splittin a dollar-fifty off a record
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| Listen here yo, this shit here better blow
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| Cuz we ain’t gon' see no paper till they get back all they dough
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| From the studio, photo shoots and dough for clothes
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| Advancement and shit, and not to mention videos
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| The way we gon' eat, then we gotta do these shows
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| I’ma keep it real witcha, that’s how this shit goes
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| The name of the game is «tough luck» if you don’t know
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| I wish somebody woulda schooled me a long time ago
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| About the samplin and shit (Uh-huh)
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| How much those artists get
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| The mechanicals of royalties and publishin and splits
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| We was happy y’all just being on tour (Yeah)
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| Until we learned the game, then the attitudes inflamed
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| Household names, pockets didn’t match the fame
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| And at the same time drop knowledge for your brain
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| Before you sit down and sip the Cris' and celebrate (Yeah)
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| Be sho' fo' sho' nigga that you got yo' business straight
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| Cuz once you sign on the dotted line it’s too late
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| For the next five years, the recors label got yo' fate
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| You ain’t got to lie to me… |