Switch Lanes
Baba Brinkman

To some people rap is just a lot of manure

Others say the planet’s sick and hip-hop is the cure

Some people say commercial rap isn’t pure

But to me every rapper is an entrepreneur

You wanna make a difference? You wanna to make a living?

You wanna teach the children? You wanna make a million?

Either way, you gotta find a way to get their attention

And if you don’t then no one’s gonna listen

I know a few anti-capitalist rappers

Whose activism consists of selling anti-capitalist

Raps to their fans in fancy little packages

While ranting about how rap is cash-obsessed

Try to not give yourself an aneurism

Or get your panties twisted, just ‘cause your angst-ridden

Anti-business existentialism

Is just a strategy to get more fans to listen


It’s like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I keep from goin' under


It’s like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I feed my growin’ hunger


You’re gonna make a lotta mistakes

It’s okay, you take a hit, you switch lanes

Competition is extreme

To get ahead you gotta switch


Every record gets the fans it deserves

Hip-hop is a business first

You wanna make a difference? Word

Then go find yourself some customers

A couple artists will hate this for sure

And say “success is just a curse”

Sour grapes get squished to syrup

C’mon, don’t shoot the messenger

Hip-hop started in the streets

And then it spawned a whole industry

Sorry if I’m bein’ indiscrete

But I’m in it for the spinach and it isn’t just me

So if your songs are interest-free

Then I doubt they’re gonna interest me

Integrity makes you poor? Interesting…

I pay for things that impress me



It’s like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I keep from goin' under


It’s like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I feed my growin’ hunger


You’re gonna make a lotta mistakes

It’s okay, you take a hit, you switch lanes

Competition is extreme

To get ahead you gotta switch


Rappers are crabs in a bucket, just ask ‘em

They’re stuck with a tiny fanbase that happens to love it

But they can’t expand it without angering someone

I couldn’t handle that, man, I had to do somethin’

Here’s a business plan for you: self-promote

And grab onto some driftwood to help you float

And when you got enough, built yourself a boat

And fill it with like-minded folks to help you row

You got two choices, you do it yourself

Or you find somebody else with a use for your skills

You take the red pill or blue pill

Most businesses do fail, but you don’t think you will?

I’m not tryin’ to say you ain’t different

But it takes creativity to change directions real quick

And go where the competition ain’t headed

So if you get stuck in a single lane, switch it


It’s like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I keep from goin' under


It’s like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I feed my growin’ hunger


You’re gonna make a lotta mistakes

It’s okay, you take a hit, you switch lanes

Competition is extreme

To get ahead you gotta switch


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