(Rap) Superstar

You know, people just don't-
 People just don't see how much work is really involved in this rap shit
 I didn't know it
 I didn't see it
 I never saw it until I was actually in it
 You really gotta be in it to understand what it's like
 But you always gotta-
 People always gotta see you smile
 You always gotta put on that fake, you know what I'm sayin'?
 Like, no matter what you just been through
 So you wanna be a rap superstar (Shit just gotta be right)
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 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 honeys
 Sign autographs and whatever the people want from me
 Shit's funny
 How impossible dreams manifest in the games that be comin' with it
 Nevertheless 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
 Through the years past, gone by
 Hopefully you don't manifest for the wrong guy
 Egomaniac in the brainiac
 Don't know how to act
 Shit's deep, 48 tracks, studio gangsta mack
 Sign a deal, thinks he's gonna make a mil but never will
 'Til he crosses over still
 Fillin' your head with fantasies
 Come with me
 Show the sacrifice it takes to make the 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
 Feel trapped in what you rappin' about
 Tell me what happened when you lost clout
 The route you took started collapsing
 No fans, no fame, no respect, no change, no women
 And everybody shits on your name
 So you wanna be a rap superstar
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 Comin' up in the world
 Don't trust nobody
 Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
 To be a rap superstar
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 Comin' up in the world
 Don't trust nobody
 Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
 When you sign to a record label (Assassin)
 You don't know you sign your life over (Assassin)
 And these white boys don't care about you
 'Cause the minute you fall off
 They'll find another Noreaga (Assassin)
 And they'll find another Capone-n-Noreaga (Assassin)
 And they'll find another B-Real
 So you need to just... keep (Assassin)
 Stack your chips up
 Do what you gotta do while you hot (Assassin)
 And motherfuckin' get out the game
 Just stick to the drug game (Assassin)
 It's even worse because in the drug game (Assassin)
 If somebody jerk you, you can shoot 'em and kill 'em
 And if you- in this game if somebody jerk you
 You gotta be humble
 No matter what you just been through
 Shit has gotta be right
 You gotta approach people
 You gotta be on the up and up
 And everything's gotta be all good
 When you see somebody, slap hands with 'em
 You know what I'm sayin'? Give 'em a pound or whatever it is
 You know, but you always gotta act like it ain't shit
 So you wanna be a rap superstar
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 Comin' up in the world
 Don't trust nobody
 Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
 To be a rap superstar
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 Comin' up in the world
 Don't trust nobody
 Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
 My own son don't know me
 I'm chillin' in the hotel room lonely
 But I thank God I'm with 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 honeys at the paladium
 Who just wanna cling on, swing on
 And so on, go on and fall off
 The hoes fall off
 To the next rap superstar
 With no shame (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 so cheesy
 They talkin' evil
 Assassin (Assassin)
 Assassin (Assassin)
 So you wanna be a rap superstar
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 Comin' up in the world
 Don't trust nobody
 Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
 To be a rap superstar
 And live large, a big house
 Five cars, you're in charge
 Comin' up in the world
 Don't trust nobody
 Gotta look over your shoulder constantly