[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]
