If you don't want to hear the truth, then just skip past this one
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Keep telling lies because the truth hurt, keep telling lies cause the truth hurt
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Signed a deal, then they lie about they net worth
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You can't make Forbes and have a 360 deal
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I know everybody tryin' to get that water deal
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Everybody tryin' to get that Rocawear deal
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Evreybody tryin' to get that 80/20 deal like I did
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[Hook: x2]
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This the realest shit I ever wrote, This the realest shit I ever spoke
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This the shit they don't want you to know, But if you get money, this the shit you need to know
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They give us one percent, we think we own the team
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Signed a record deal but the money don't match a nigga dream
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Then they put these rookies against eachother
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They used to be homeboys, now they tryin' to kill eachother
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Don't even read when they sign these deals
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Just head straight to - and holler 'Shine these grills'
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And when you hot, they gone let you use their house
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And when you not, that's the day they kick you out
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While Richard Branson havin' fun flying in space
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These artists out here starvin' catchin' a case
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I don't know what they did to Mase but I heard Ciroc gave Puffy some cake
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And these hoes and these jewels be a young nigga downfall
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They givin' like 50 mil for playin' roundball
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Then throw your name in the paper and make it easy access for the haters
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[Hook x2]
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They got financial advisors just to pay their bills
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Dre hit with Beat now every rapper want that deal
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How you gone make 50 mil and go kill a nigga
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Too many steroids damn you a silly nigga
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Now these athletes want to be rappers
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These rappers make a little money and they want to be trappers
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Buy a phantom and don't have no house
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These niggas backwards from the inside out
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And ya'll want to be Kobe cause he own the team
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I'm tryin' to be that white boy that own the league
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And I pledge allegiance to the American dream
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And educated myself so they won't kill my dreams
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I'm glad Nike gave Lebron a 100 mil but took that same endorsement
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Turned into a couple of bils
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And rappers losin' to these sponsors
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Reality shows think you creatin' stars, they makin' monsters
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I ain't tryin' to be the beats to your headphones
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[Hook x2]
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Why we doin' 360 deals when it's so much technology out there
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We could do our own shit and why you athletes hookin' up with business niggas
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That never even made money before, to watch your money, Shit don't make no sense
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This the realest shit I ever wrote, Wake up man, sign your own check
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Invest like one-third of your money just in case you need that for a rainy day
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You feel me, these strip clubs and cars don't hold no value, that's a bad investment
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You fall down, you get back up, that's how hustlers do it
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And if you could help your people, you help them
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You don't let them starve, you never know who might be the next you
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You get a lot of friends when you got money
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But when you don't have shit, ain't nobody gone fuck with you
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Listen to what I'm sayin' man, don't let this be you
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And don't let no nigga kill your dreams man
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Your never too old, never too young
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To be able to make music or do what you want to do
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You ever seen a rich PD or on-air personality, Anybody ever check their salary
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Muthafuckas always tryin' to kill a nigga dream
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Man don't worry about no radio, I ain't never worried about gettin' my songs on the radio
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Get your shit in the streets to your people
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Nigga get out there and hustle, do what you do man
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Stop all that fuckin' cryin' nobody give a fuck about you
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Everybody got a problem nigga, do you, fuck these haters
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Stop fuckin' with all these broke hoes
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Find you somebody with an education or a job, somebody that could help you
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Say you hang around a bunch of broke muthafuckas then you broke
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You hang around rich muthafuckas then you rich
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You Need To Know
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Master P |