Before Paris

If you're starting to try to be a musician or artist
 Or something like that
 Because you wanna make money
 Because you wanna do a job
 That's the wrong way
 You have to do this because you love it
 And it doesn't matter if you're broke
 You still gon' do it
 I mean, I go out to jam sessions
 And I play
 Regardless of whether I'm getting a check or not
 It's about whether, I, uh, it's-
 You have to love this thing, man
 You have to love it and breathe it, and
 It's your morning coffee
 It's your-, it's your food
 That's why you become an artist
 Art is a mirror of society, you know, uh...
 
 If you're starting to try to be a musician or artist
 Or something like that
 Because you wanna make money
 Because you wanna do a job
 That's the wrong way
 You have to do this because you love it
 And it doesn't matter if you're broke
 You still gon' do it
 I mean, I go out to jam sessions
 And I play
 Regardless of whether I'm getting a check or not
 It's about whether, I, uh, it's-
 You have to love this thing, man
 You have to love it and breathe it, and
 It's your morning coffee
 It's your-, it's your food
 That's why you become an artist
 Art is a mirror of society, you know, uh...