Hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnYou need a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnFirst up, it's important that you keep your shit originalnTry and keep that copycat shit to a minimalnPeople want something that they never heard beforenIf it's been done leave it, they don't wanna hear no morenSecondly, here's another clever thing that you can donFind yourself a good manager who's really got a cluen'Cause there's so many to choose from, they all look the partnBut it's difficult to come across the ones that's really smartnAnd can stand firm and steady when the label's talking shit, will respect it, keeps it gangsta, but does everything legitnAnd dependable, you can trust to handle your biz, and can really make you sure of what the situation isnNext up, find a record label that ain't full of pricksnOne that lets you breathe artistically but makes you come with hitsnCongratulations now you've got your deal you're set to gonLemme fill you in on just a couple things you need to knownnYou need a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnYou need a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnNext up change your number, change your phone and change your chipn'Cause there's gonna be a lot of people ringing talking shitnWhether bredrens wanting money 'cause now suddenly you're richnOr some dumb hating fassies trying to take you for a bitchnYeah I know it's minor and you can handle it, it's nothing, but eventually you're really gonna wanna do somethingnAnd that's counter-productive, beefing over bullshitnYou can never stop those dumb bredrens trying to bullshitnnPlus you're in the limelight, well-paid verbalist, which leads me onto my next subject; journalistsnThese are the people that could put your name aboutnSo be careful what you're saying when you're talking out your mouthnAnd avoid being ignorant, tone down the thug-shitnCome to interviews buzzing - tone down the drug shitnKeep your eye on the ball, mind on the job, and before you know you'll have the whole world on your knobnnYou need a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnYou need a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnHere's something that I shoulda stressed early on, don't go spending all your money till it's gonen'Cause the tax man's gonna want his paper when it's due and there's nobody above the tax man especially younAnd another thing, buy your house before you buy your carnDon't tell no-one where you are, even better if you're farnEverybody knows you're gangsta and that Porsche looks great but do you really want it sitting on that council estate?nDifferently, watch where you choose to socialisenKeep an eye out for trouble, watch for devils in disguisenPlease don't be fooled by no pretty females, play it safenNever let 'em know your full detailsnI ain't saying be para', I'm just saying be surenYou can never know if that bitch will be bragging what she sawnAnd aside from making money keep loving what you donI ain't saying nothing more because the rest is up to younnI got a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be ballingnnYou need a hardback, stern facenPlay your position and know your placenOnly move when the money's callingnTake my advice you'll be balling