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Rules 2 Tha Game
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Yeah man
I was just tellin' my man
I was like, I don't know how he's not signed
Got skills man, this guy is bad
I'm tellin' you he is bad
Musically, totally different, original
But he's still not signed and people are not tryin' to hear his style
So I had to sorta like, hip him to the rules to the game
The rules to the game ladies and gentlemen
I'ma break it down for everybody out here just in case you don't know
You tryin' to get into this music biz?
Well this is what you got to do
Rules to the game
The heart is not to be discussed in a rhyme
Makes you seem soft, it's a hip-hop crime
Love is not to be brought up in what you wrote
Unless you love is for money, weed, your niggas or your coast
Your video has to be bright, directed by hype
And filled with girl dancers but out with gear tight
Your attitude, don't dare smile, act vile
Unless you're pretty then dress like you work at Magic City
Your interviews, don't act like you really care
Act like you don't really wanna be there, try not to stare
Marriage, not to be discussed 'cause that would imply trust
And that can't describe none of us
God, that won't be too odd
As long as you ain't really tryin' to live right
Just front it in the rhymes you write
If you do it this way you'll be fine
Just sign on the dotted line, these is the rules to the game
I been in this biz since the 80's
Drivin' a Ford Escort, no Mercedes
My first record deal we got 70 grand
Made an album for 60, spent the rest with the band
Toured black colleges in a 12 seat van
With ten months to gas, fightin' the verbiage of sleepin' cramped up
Feel the laughter, anger, weep, amped up
And waitin' for the next stop we was eatin'
I did what I did for all the hip-hop gigs
Grabbed the microphone at venues to rock hip-hop kids
There was many non-believers so we shoved many lids
Then settled with a seller so real, it left 'em mute
Some crushed claimed what I rocked was just puke
Then fans like you put a sock up in they shoe
And left 'em mute, then they boss gave them the boot
Little knowin' we'd get the boot too
Lesson learned, more wisdom next turn
God willing, here I am again, your friend not your villain
You remember me spillin' that X-ray vision that exposes hypocrisy
For all who wanna listen, sure there's always those who dissin'
Talkin' me down, a prophet's never respected up in this whole town
To those who wanna get a tooth in sound
It's all the same, and here's the rules to the game
The heart is not to be discussed in a rhyme
Makes you seem soft, it's a hip-hop crime
Love is not to be brought up in what you wrote
Unless you love is for money, weed, your niggas or your coast
Your video has to be bright, directed by hype
And filled with girl dancers but out with gear tight
Your attitude, don't dare smile, act vile
Unless you're pretty then dress like you work at Magic City
Your interviews, don't act like you really care
Act like you don't really wanna be there, try not to stare
Marriage, not to be discussed 'cause that would imply trust
And that can't describe none of us
God, that won't be too odd
As long as you ain't really tryin' to live right
Just front it in the rhymes you write
If you do it this way you'll be fine
Just sign on the dotted line, these is the rules to the game
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Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
Are these the rules to the game? Is it ever gon' change?
Can I ride in a truck or do I have to rent a Range?
Change names or would you keep it the same?
What a shame, it's funny how they do to stay in the game
I can't complain, everybody wants the fame
And the big change, quick to bring the big thang
Try to rearrange but we spit flames
JT superstars, we ahead of the game
That's why the news you got so hot to me
You could probably strike a match and set fire to me
Get high with me, no they just don't ride with me
AD never fallin' in the trap you see
From MTV to BET, NAACP that's who? AD
To SNL, supreme clientele
'Cause if our records sell that's who? AD
Six million sold in the States and overseas
Don't act brand new, that's who? AD
Doin' shows in states most artists can't pronounce
Makin' foreigners bounce, that's who? AD
Now I could talk about you chicks with the ice on your wrist
But you'll probably get pissed and spit up all your Cris'
And uh, to you girls that be hangin' backstage
With your high class look makin' minimum wage
I'm tellin' you to play the game another way
Get up, get out, get your own pay
Lookin' for rapper ball players and thug niggas
With seven figures hopin' and wishin' to make you bigger
But oh no, you're labeled as a ho
You been seen backstage at every show
They don't respect you, girl you got a ways to go
You ain't know industry boys got change to blow
'Cause you the kinda gold type, DKNY, BMW
325I, know you're tight, all talk, all hype
Livin' up the fast life as long as the price right
Get your game right, know the rules and keep it tight
The dudes don't seem nice, stayin' out the thug life
Ain't nothin' changed, you the only one to blame
Get up out the fast lane, that's the rules to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Get a notion to slow so perform to the game
Rules to the game, is it ever gon' change?
Ever gon' change, ever gon' change
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