There's no myth or fable about the pimpin' at your label   What goes on under the table, why you think your deal is so unstable?    Now, whose the macaroni, a&r's acting phony   Once you make the matrimony, then he start to slackin' don't he   Or could it be the president that's being hesitant   Playin' his artist like a corner workin' specimen   And I ain't kidding you when I say it's political   The way they make a ridicule of artists can be pitiful   You know damn well there shouldn't be no company co   Trying to show me about rap that's 53 or so   But yet and still they want to add advice, trying to keep their status right   When they should be working records for gladys knight   Who shape artists, man they catching rape charges   Once you sign on the dotted line, they lead you in the blind   Then you find, your state of revenue remains the same   Cause you getting less points than steve kerr be getting in a game   And just because it be too hardcore to judge it   They won't even touch it, and get to frontin' on the budget   When new artists come out, I can foresee the worst outcome   Cause everybody I know got beat their first album   So I took my contract to a lawyer so he can check it out (he don't know)   Then I took it to dionne warwick so she can read my hand (she don't know)      Chorus   It's a shame, when artists gotta deal with cheats   They got game, for every young rapper they see out on the streets   You sign your name, they get like big red on the five heartbeats   Now who the blame, when you starvin' and your record label eats      Verse 2   Preach brother   They say the truth will set you free, but I see signs of treachery   Go on perpetually, here's how they get you g   They use the tricks, just to juice your mix   But cross be in their heart like a vampire stabbed with a crucifix   I had the enemy in my vicinity with the false identity   Of a friend to me to injure me   They ride along just to guide you wrong   Play like they beside you strong, and start to faking moves like olajuwon   Who side you on, revealing all that low down dirty dealing   I can see your skin peeling it changed like a chameleon   First you believe in them, but once you disagree with them   They try to get magilla repertoire and that ain't even them   And all those who has betrayed, be fast to fade   Cause they cast a shade, with the masquerade   What's dealt, is low blows below the belt   Lord have mercy, I know how julius caesar must have felt   I start to think back when I was just a youth   I should have listened to the words of the God born truth   He said, "look out for black snakes they all up in your cypher   Black snakes you can't see therefore they sneak up and they bite ya'"   They get to flippin' cause they think you slippin'   So remember, don't get to slippin' cause they get to flippin'   And trippin', what's that you grippin', beside your hippin'   You think my heart is skippin', go save that game for scottie pippen      Chorus   It's a shame, to see how far left people be going   They got game, to think that all this time you said you know them   It ain't the same, aah, so now you see the way they flowin'   Now who they blame, ain't nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing      Verse 3   Now, wait a minute, I'm starting to see lotsa, hip-hop imposters   Is rap a category at the oscars?    Too much nino brown up in your life   Cause since then, man I done seen wesley snipes playin' a drag queen   But yet and still you want to mimic the stars of cinema   Pretending huh? so full of it they need an enema   Cause see dig, they all like to talk big   But then they want to renege, when there's a curling iron in their wig   You talking loud and saying nothing, what's the world becoming?    The frontin', now pay attention you may learn something   Now, I ain't knocking you, but come on let's be logical   You know that it's impossible to stop the unstoppable   I would suggest that they, go back and check my resume   Cause tunes that I made yesterday, can hang out with the best today   Peace to easy mo, cause he makes the beats to flow   And I grab the microphone and flip it like pizza dough      Chorus   Shame   Now who the blame   I need to be the mayor, so I can change the things around here   I need to be the governor, I need to be the governor