Tell It Like It Is

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Ludacris

Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper, entrepreneur and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Ludacris has won a Screen Actors Guild, Critic's Choice, MTV, and three Grammy Awards during his career. Along with fellow Atlantans Big Boi and Andre 3000 of OutKast, Ludacris was one of the first and most influential Dirty South artists to achieve mainstream success. more »

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2006

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[Little Kid:] 
Daddy is that your car on TV? 

[Ludacris:] 
You better believe it is baby. Now go in the other room. 
It's about to be some grown folks talkin' here, ok...alright 

Thangs ain't always what they seem or cracked up to be 
Like all these faking a** rappers in this industry 
Talkin' bout what they got, and they don't got a damn thing 
How you own three cars, but you don't own ya own name 

Get your business right boys, the first class is in session 
Get an entertainment lawyer in the music profession 
Start up ya own company, trademark the name 
That's goin' run you bout a grand so start savin ya change 

Open a bank account quick, and then follow these steps 
Sign yourself to yourself, and start signin ya own checks 
Hit the booth and start recordin at the speed of need 
Whatever gets ya juices flowin, could be speed or weed 

Get it mixed and mastered, pressed up and plastered 
Sell it to ya whole hood, out the trunk ya bastard 
Show all the non believers what you destined to be 
And in just a couple years, you could be rich like me 

[Chorus: x2] 
I can't hold my tongue (I'm a tell it like it is) 
This biz ain't all fun (I'm a tell it like it is) 
Give it to you, straight no taste (I'm a tell it like it is) 
Look you straight in ya face and I'm a tell it like it is  

See mostly all ya favorite artists got some serious problems 
The money could be the problem but money can't solve 'em 
Some get addicted to drugs and flat out lazy 
Some taste a little fame and go flat out crazy 

I'm close cause those close wanna live off my fame 
And that type of s*** alone will drive a n**** insane 
Not to mention all the vultures, the scandalous promoters 
Crabs will try to sue ya, magazines will misquote ya 

Most of these label heads they don't care nothin' about ya 
If ya stop sellin' records, they'll act like they don't know ya 
Its hard mixin' business with pleasure, so don't play 
Me and my crew argue and fight like every other day 

Rappers ain't above the law but our life is so fast 
That we got a special task force of police on our a** 
All that and this really just a start of it 
Hip-Hop you really wanna be apart of it 

[Chorus x2] 

What's worse than havin' no money, is havin' it and losin' it 
What's worse than havin' some money, is grabbin' and abusin' it 
We never took no money from Chingy, thought I was cool with em 
I wish his a** well, but I don't want nothin' to do with em 

Some don't own they publishin', me I don't fool with em 
I'm down for my artist, try my best to stay true to em 
'Cause outside my label, competition is irrelevant 
Unless I'm still in competition with my president 

And believe that I'm supportin' the hova 
Cause the industry, Shady it needs to be taken over 
But the first rule to accumulation the wealth 
Is don't trust nobody but ya goddamn self 

[Chorus x2] 

[Little Kid:] 
Daddy are you finished with grown folk talk? 

[Ludacris] 
Yea baby, you can come back in here. Come give daddy a kiss. You know I love you right? 

[Little Kid:] 
And I love you always

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