Money For Music
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Nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me Nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me Yo, I got 5K from Kickstarter. Thanks for that And 5K turns to 4K fast as crap Then add to that the fact that suppliers were flaky As pastry and 4K's eaten at great speed Charged a tenner for exclusive shirts and shit Printers took ages and charged me thirty quid What have I learnt from this? You will get burnt from this There's no money in rap verses kids You might be the one in a million that blows up How many successes then end up with no luck? You're stuck You gotta have a contingency Cos ain't no such thing as an industry Just a who-shook-whose-hand-and-who-remembers-shaking-it What is it you're trying to make when you say you're making it? Well for me I just wanted to cut even While at the same time having creative freedom I know a few musicians, most would not survive If music had to be their job for life And we've seen what happened when the music stopped playing The government said, "your option is to retrain" Cos nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me Nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me Merch buying listeners are Gods to me Cos online streaming is robbery You can do some decent cash with lots of streams But listeners drop from millions to none in weeks And then what do you do? Advertise? Give Zuckerburg an Asda carrier bag of fives To show your tracks on them time-bastard-lines If they stop chatting enough to click that they "like" I'm aware of my stats and they're crap We all wanna be Prodigy or Massive Attack Solid body of work and our class intact Not some unknown random act But as for that, what are my choices? I should be happy with my little bit I was privileged enough to have the time to finish this Some people can barely fit in a shit Between getting up, working and feeding their kids But nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me Nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me I give it Mr Mr Mr Ow Much then pay for a haircut And spend more on that than buying my mate's stuff Breathing in through my teeth at records over twenty bish Then buying a takeaway that never sees the fridge Never touched the sides, strange what I decide Isn't worth a tenner and what isn't worth a five Try buy local, not from massive lizards The socialist with a Samsung, Amazon visits Hypocrite lyricist trying to do correct Anarchist with an admin list that I need to check Still got this to do, still got that to do Bills and tax to do, killed my attitude Still the rap's for you...and a bit for me No point competing in the little leagues Made 19K from my music in three years Spent 18K on my music in three years Trying to balance the books, but the rapping is just Not a hobby, that's too noddy, but I have to be blunt If I relied on my music for feed I wouldn't just be hungry to succeed I'd be famished for actual nourishment Government's no encouragement Art stays undiscovered Unless you're good at sucking up So I'll just keep working in a job that's not related If you bother buying it, believe that I'm elated But nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me Nobody's got money for music Everybody's got money for weed Everybody's got money for 5 quid pints Nobody's got money for me
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