So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly      I remember the days when I was a young kid   Growin' up, lookin' in the mirror dreamin' about blowin' up   To rock crowds make money chill wit the honies   Sign autographs and whatever the people want from me, shits funny      How impossible cream manifest in the games that be comin' with it   Never the less you gotta go for the gusto   But you don't know about the blood sweat and tears   And losin' some of your peers and losin' some of your self      Music has past gone by hopefully you don't manifest   For the wrong guy Egomaniac, in the Brainiac   Don't know how to act, shits deep   Forty eight tracks studio gangsta mack      Sign a deal emcees wanna make a mill   But never will till he crosses over still   Feelin' no hate but fantasies come wit these   Just to sacrifice the taste of makin' cheese      You wanna be a rap superstar in the biz   And take shit from people who don't know what it is   I wish it was all fun and games   But the price of fame is high   And some can't pay to play      Trapped in what you rappin' about   Tell me what happened when you lost clout   The rout you took started collapsing   No fans, no fame, no respect   No change, no women, and everyone shits on your name      So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly      So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly      When you sign to a record label   You don't know just signed your life over   And these whiteboys don't care about you   'Cause the minute you fall off      They'll find another Noreaga   And they'll find another Capone 'n' Noreaga   And they'll find another B Real   So you need to just keep stack your chips up      Do what you gotta do while you hot?   And mafuckin' get out the game   This isn't the drug game   It's even worse      Because in the drug game   Because if someone jerks you   You can shoot 'em and kill 'em   But in this game if someone jerks you   You gotta be humble      So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly      So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly      My own son don't know me   Sittin' up in the hotel room lonley   But I thank god I'm wit my homies   But sometimes I wish I was back home      But only no radio or videos   'Cause they show me no love   The phony gotta hit the road slowly   So the record gets pushed by Sony      I'm in the middle like monie   And the press say that   My own people disowned me   And the best way back      Is to keep your head straight   Never inflate the cranium   Your crew worried about them honies at the paladium   Who just wanna cling on swing on      And so on and go on and fall off   The hoes fall off   To the next rap superstar   Wit no shame give him a year      And they'll be right out the game   The same as the last one   Who came before him   Gained fame started gettin' ignored      I warned him, assured him   This ain't easy take it from weezy   Sleezy people wanna be cheesey   They're fuckin' evil      So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly      So you wanna be a rap superstar   And live large, a big house five cars the rent charged   Comin' up in the world don't trust nobody   Gotta look over your shoulder constantly