Picture your
life as a soap opera,
and everybody in this soap opera
was living proper
No broken home,
you're growing up with mom and papa
Dinner everyday at 6 o 'clock on the dot
At 5 .59 I'm talking your whole
world stopped
This type of shit made family
problems cool to deal with
Nannies and tutors
so you didn't have school to deal with
I got the whole Dean's
List crew to chill with
I'm all American but still be
doing the ill shit
Not stressed for Skrill
cause my pops gon' do the real shit
Living blind not even him to
us the real shit
Blindsided by what life had in store for me
In hindsight I wish that life
would open the door for me
Did so proper then took
a turn for the worse
No God in light
I'm young and restless
all my children coming first
Baptized by this business
in the worst way
Been payin' dues out the ass
since the first day
So say I'm cappin' if you want it
with my Skrillex stack
So Rapper Livin' don't in
fact become the real Jack
I know I'm still black
Make you a plan, hold tight,
and take you a stand
Cause if the blues don't kill ya,
then they make you a man
We white, you said we had
a head with no screws
But it was tight,
we start flexin' them hip -hop blues
Business shady,
versus some of these ladies
Please don't blame me,
I'm just trying to be my babies
You was right when you said
we had to hit it with those screws
But it was tight when we started flexing
them hip -hop blue heels
These be shady versus
some of these ladies
Please don't blame me,
I'm just trying to be my
By any means ne cessary, nigga,
make your squealer
Don't depend on others
when the needy won't deliver
If I'm under pressure,
it's two elevens up front
This rap shit don't always
pay rent every month
That's why I got my hustle on
before I'm on the street
All my ass doing bad,
trying to get back on my feet
Got skills to pay the bills,
if you ain't real I can't deal
This business turns personal,
when I start missing meals
I try to keep things in perspective,
before I click
We trying to come up,
but niggas be do ing some shady shit
Shite fast promoters, producers,
plus I still
Get a bullshit advance
and I'm supposed to be thrilled
Late nights, long discussions
with my team
Cause I'm very unsure
about this thing
Heeding advice from Reggie
Paid too many dues, hate to lose
Now I choose to stress to you niggas,
my hip -hop blues
I'm just sit ting back thinking
on how this rap gang can please me
Never get paid, don't stay low -key,
that's what they told me
Seek some management
before you take a fall
Listen to some people,
cause you don't know it all
Okay, cool, I took the advice,
let it soak in
Got the team together,
now we goin' for the win
At WK's, recognize the real
Long as it ain't no problems,
we gon' keep the guns con cealed
But no matter what, it's business
Don't nobody owe you shit,
so handle up
What is this, a conspiracy?
Gets the click to give it up
Fall short of the better things in life
Never this click, we strong
Stick together even in the wrong,
even in the worst conditions
People see what they wanna see,
I throw my face on and bass on,
they front on me
Shit, I'm tired of hearin'
if I was in your shoes
Oh, I never had a clue,
what I'da done if I was you
And you can say that shit,
and when I become one of the belated,
I still ain't gon' be hearin' it
So you can engrave
it in the pavement
and I'll holla at you
But until then, still payin' dues,
got nothin' to lose
Flexin' them hip -hop blues,
know what I'm sayin'?
hip -hop blues
hip -hop blues
hip -hop blues
hip -hop blues
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