Текст песни Masta Ace - The Ways
Masta Ace - The Ways слова песни
So you want to be in music business?ListenA life in rap`s like a knife in the backThis life attracts some of the trifest catsNiggaz getting deals with pipes and batsIf that don`t work then they strike with gatsI know a few dudes got label deals`Cause they crew pack steel like Navy S.E.A.L.SAnd I ain`t too smooth or too cool to mentionI done ran up in the label with cruel intentionsListen, a label guy`s like a bitch in disguiseHe just trying to stay alive, see the twitch in his eyes?A punch and a slap put his lunch in his lapAnd a kick to the gut`ll put a hunch in his backNo teeth and gummy and now he talk funnyBut he set to sign off on that tour support money (that`s right)This nation`s built on violent intimidationsTurn cats to hospital patients they more graciousNo promotion? Make `em float in the oceanYour album about to flop and he ain`t showing emotionHe having a good time with a bunch of his friendsLet him find his dog dead in the trunk of his BenzAnd he ignored your memo and the issues on itGive his ass a bullet with his initials on itYou want a big advance? Don`t tell him twiceHang his ass out the window like Vanilla IceSee cats get the message when they life on the lineBut when you call from the crib with they wife on the lineThis country of ours was built on violenceIf your ass got in the way you was killed in silenceAnd these been the ways since back in the daysJust ask the Indians or the African slavesSo before you pick a logo, and choose a nameFirst you gotta learn the ways of the music gameYup"I need to talk to you right now about my royalties"...... "My office hours are from 9 to 5""Fuck your office hours. I need to talk to you right now motherfucker!"...... "What are you doing man?"[Chorus]These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the waysThis is how you got to get down these daysYou want to get paid just remember the phraseThese are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways("The ways" scratched repeatedly)These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the waysNow if you think what I`m saying is a bunch of bullRun up to the label now and punch a foolAnd watch niggaz panic and start to run franticThis goes for Warner, Electra, and AtlanticAnd any other major on the mapOr A&R cat who turned his back after he made you want to rapSee if you can find out a face and nameSo you know when you roll who to place the blameBut Keith Murray ain`t need investigatorsHe fuck niggaz up, ask questions laterAnd Diddy had a problem with Stevie StoutGot a Cristal bottle, knocked Stevie outDamn, he even whip a nigga ass in styleWhen Suge hears this record man he has to smileAnd Def Jam reps wearing vests to work`Cause they don`t want they ribs and they chests to hurtIf I worked for them dudes man you won`t see meWhen Rocafella fall out with O.D.B. (nope)That be a day that I`m a call out sick`Cause niggaz cool first then they fall out quick (that`s right)Keep on thinking that it`s only rapYou`ll be a broke-ass nigga and a lonely catSo before you get played out and lose your fameFirst you got to learn the ways of the music gameYes"What the hell you talking about?"...... "I`m talking about the cars and the clothesand I got an even longer list of expenses:Studio time, promotions, your expense account...""You trying to muscle me?"...[Chorus]