Rap Game's Hijacked
ICE-T
Yeah, too many hardcore muthafuckas out here in this businessAin't gettin' their proper lootYou know what I'm sayin'?Check the techniqueEverybody talkin' 'bout the way hip-hop ain't the sameSuckers kidnapped the gameI know the biggest in the business and no jokeHalf of 'em broke and none of 'em smokeI got into this hip-hop gameJust to try to get a girl and get some light-weight fameThere'd never been no cash made in itSo who thought you could get paid with it?Just crash the club with my crew and then I'm outta thereHit some skins, act bugged, that was a rap careerThen Run-D.M.C. jumped the fuck offGot mad paid, word, kicked the bucks offThere wasn't many rappers out there rockin' the streetsWhen hip-hop was just cuts and beatsI seen Wildstyle dug the sceneI wanna be an MC, rock, rock on, know what I mean?I started crashin' rap contestsShootin' hardcore rhymes through wack MC's chestsI signed on the lines of a wack contractDidn't even read it, fuck thatThey gonna put my record outI'm gonna be large, know what I'm talkin' about?In the first two years I made about three hundred bucksYo, this business sucksBut I got another chance and I came correctGot a lawyer and accountant, now my shit's legitBut many won't get no second chanceAnd get fucked in this biz without a kiss or a danceThe game is to exploit young ghetto kidsA straight pimp game and there ain't no shameAnd the shit's gone too farHundred hip-hop labels with all white A&R'sThe game's hijacked, the rap game's hijackedLet me tell you how it happenedNow while every MC in the gameWas worryin' about a white boy gettin' the fameThey dug out the foundationNow let me give a demonstrationSay, you got a dope group from the hoodTalkin' mad shit, like they're up to no goodYou take 'em to a labelNow who sits behind the table?Some Jewish muthafucka that don't know shitTryin' to tell y'all, what's a fuckin' street hitThe shit's way off courseIt's like me tellin' Johnny Cash how to sing about his horseYou go on tour, the white agency says you're wildTone down your styleThe radio jocks are all popSo how the fuck this nigga know what shit to rock?The shit that make your face turn greenIs when you get dissed by a kidnap magazineI give a fuck about these muthafuckasI'm doin' this jam to save my hip-hop brothersGet your paperwork straight, kidGet a lawyer and accountant just like I didDon't blow your dough, 'cause you will see gsBut this game has no guaranteesLearn about publishin' points, so you won't be blindLearn to read everything you signThen you might have a chanceIf not, bend over, pull down your pantsThe game's hijackedYo, the rap game's hijackedI'm talkin' 'bout a hijackThe rap game's hijackedCheck itYou can go gold and still owe the record label cashYo, kid, check the mathLearn about the word 'recoup', troopAnd stop walkin' 'round, all hyped and soupedYou ain't nothin' but somethin' to be used and workedYou ain't nothin' but a sucker to be duped and jerked'Cause the fuckin' record label don't love ya, palThey didn't love ya on the street and don't love ya nowThey're out to make an end, friend'Cause every dollar you make, they damn near make tenThey'll take you for everything you gotOr else they'll sign you and they put on the shelf to rotI'm tryin' to tell you what's upYou best to listen to this record even if you hate my fuckin' guts'Cause I just can't stand around and watch rap get doneAnd my brothers ain't gettin' noneA nigga like me has gotta spit gameNigga, get that cash flow, fuck that muthafuckin' fame'Cause the white man's rippin' us off once againFool, the rap game's hijackedYou need to listen, niggaThe rap game's hijackedNeed to play this record about ten timesThe rap game's hijackedBlack people don't own shitThe rap game's hijackedCheck itR&B's hijackedBlack acting is hijackedJust being black is hijackedNigga, stupid muthafuckas, they rippin' us offYou better get a end while the money's there, boySilly ass bitch, runnin' around with a gold chainAll niggas gotta get some real estateMuthafucka, come up, fuck a bitchBetter get somethin' you can own, assholeWhite man ain't givin' up shitWord o' lifeAlthough I got a white engineerBut he's gettin' minimum wageSo it's cool, yeahShit's been hijacked
Lyrics by ICE-T
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