[Joe Budden]   Ladies and gentlemen..   You are now listenin' to The Growth (Look)      This my guide to the rappers   Before you go ahead and decide to be a rapper (Talk to 'em)   I know you think it's +Money, Cash, Hoes+   But funny when that goes   You'll be questionin' life after   Like "why did I have to" (I know it)   Seems like "yeah", seems quite clear   But these maggots take your dream and make it a nightmare   You been waitin' for some years   But everything is fake, it's like a rear view mirror, nothin' is as it appears   Can't trust people 'cause it's all about tryina succeed   It's all about the backstabbin' and greed   It's all about the wrong things   Sucks, it's all useless   And it starts to interfere with your love for the music (Damn!)   Catch 22, most dudes'll give it all for their shot   For most niggaz, this is all we got   Should you quit the whole thing?   'Cause it's enough bullshit in the whole thing   To almost make you wanna kiss the whole thing...(Chea!)   Goodbye      [Hook - repeat 2X]   So long, goodbye   Tired, of the game      Let's get there      [Joe Budden]   Sometimes you think you better off with that 9 to 5   Til you remember all the times you got fired   Sometimes you wanna dress down, walk out with no jewelry (But!)   But you can't, you under real heavy scrutiny   You ain't got a truck that's hooked up with rims   Kids'll see you like "damn, why I looked up to him?"   It makes some wanna quit, it makes some stand tall   If you don't sign that autograph, then it's one fan lost   Sometimes you don't feel like it   Everybody wanna be on you   Sometimes you just wanna be normal   Want the afore-mentioned   Sometimes you don't wanna be mentioned   Sometimes you just wanna blend in   Might think the statement's weird   When the world'll trade for your life (On some..)   Real shit I'll trade for theirs   Tell me now what's the answer   When they know you had a death in the family   And you still gotta smile for the camera   You thought everything would be all to the good   You ain't got as much money as you thought you would (Didn't blow!)   Some people sell out, fuck everything they shot   from their heart for that number one spot on the charts   That's what it is, I can't paint it no clearer   How you 'sposed to see straight when it's all smoke and mirrors?   (All smoke and mirrors)   Quit the whole thing, 'cause it's enough bullshit in the whole thing   To almost make you wanna kiss the whole thing...(Chea!)   Goodbye      [Hook]      Arrivederci!      [Joe Budden]   Just when you think you wanna go on without the hype   Is when you go to do a show and see the crowd so hyped (And the...)   Die hard fans say "you changed my whole life"   So I sacrifice mine and gratify you with the rhymes (Yeah!)   Folks from the hood, that see you as a stand out   Outweigh the niggaz in the hood with their hand out   And goin' 5 days a week with no sleep's   A lot better than a cold park bench with no sheets   So fuck politics, fuck inuendo (Oh!)   'Cause you never seen a dropout so influential   Quit the whole thing, 'cause it's enough bullshit in the whole thing   It's my choice so I'm with the whole thing (Chea!)   Like "what"      [Hook]