Tell It Like It Is
Ludacris
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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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Written by: WAYNE SHORTER
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