I wrote this in the course of yesterday and today. It's a take from Dr. Dre's "The Watcher" and turned into what seems to be today's defining view of 'rappers'. I also throw in I myself. Peep it...
© 2005
Verse 1
Thangs just ain't the same for rappers
Signin' contracts to be scripted actors
in their videos wit b****es and platniums
Flows as tight as their faction, don't want nothin to happen
But if it's gotta go down like that
They'll rep dey hood and bust dey gat
The biggest in their spot; listeners addicted to em like crack rocks
They'll murder U lyrically, leave ya ass in a ziplock
Rap has been corporate since '79
Everybody's cookie cut to tell the same grime
I guess it ain't hard to believe
that if it gets money, then U be just like me
Sit, speak, roll over, and make some hits
What's the mutha****in' thanks U get?
A couple cents for every unit U move
Yeah, your really gettin paid for what U love to do
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Everywhere that I go, I hear the same old flow
bout what they have and they know, but they just after the dough
When I turn on the TV, I see the same old wack MCs
We need diverser things, I'm sick of one-sided themes
Verse 2
Ain't nothin' wrong wit tryna earn dead presidents
so U can pay bills and rent, afford ya residence
Just try to understand, we can't all be doin' the same
How else do U expect us to 'Change The Game'
I been rappin since late August 2001
Ever since that time, I just been havin' fun
Keep writin til my bones get brittle
and freestyle whenever, until my brain functions little
Misconceptions, thinkin I'm gettin weeded
but I don't need it, to write these rhymes, they can't believe it
I do for flow and show of it
Not the 20+ inch rims that's rollin da whip
I ain't tryna live a lifestyle where I gotta be hard
Everybody's got a choice, that shouldn't be your job
U better recognize and define right
when U feel that rap is ya life
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Verse 3
Thangs just ain't the same for rappers
Against one another, they all wanna act up
Get cash stacked up, get b****es f***ed up
Knockin somebody off, they ready to buck buck!
I think it's time for the dice to roll different
Hip hop's gone global, we should get plenty specifics
Like me, I struggle findin' who I am
and all things in the world I try to understand
I observe and give words to my visions
There like motion pictures, but there's no need for admissions
I'll admit, I ain't perfect
but I worked hard, and I ain't worthless
If ya feelin' it cool, if not, that's on U
Just know for a fact, I love what I do
Who took the time to explain the cut?
Signing off, FuQ - The Rapper
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