Charge It To the Rap Game (Explicit)-Ludacris

[ti:Charge It To the Rap Game (Explicit)] [ar:Ludacris] [al:Ludaversal (Deluxe)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Charge It To the Rap Game (Explicit) - Ludacris [00:04.40]Everybody wants the fortune and fame [00:06.67]The more things change [00:07.72]The more they stay the same [00:11.00]This industry is like a crap game [00:13.61]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [00:16.57]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [00:19.56]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [00:23.25]This industry is like a crap game [00:26.00]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [00:29.81]Where do I begin [00:30.74]Well the industry shady not [00:32.59]Everybody is your friend [00:33.96]I had to learn that sh*t the hard way [00:36.55]In and out bogus contracts since before [00:38.57]I was rapping in the hallway [00:40.51]Everyone out for money executives [00:42.14]Out for blood [00:43.10]If you don't keep the music current [00:44.67]Then labels'll pull the plug get it [00:46.84]Hard to admit when sh*t don't go the [00:48.64]Way you plan [00:49.13]While everybody's on instagram just [00:51.09]Fronting like life is brand [00:52.54]Take it back to one of my first tours [00:54.85]F**kin' everything movin' thinkin' [00:56.60]Groupies will never do nothing back to us [00:59.13]Kick 'em out the hotel swearing [01:00.70]I hit my finer things [01:01.89]Lost a bunch of jewelry from [01:03.72]A rolex to a diamond chain b**ch [01:06.07]How in the hell did I get caught slippin' [01:07.82]Meanwhile on all my records [01:09.23]n***a talkin' bout he pimpin' [01:10.45]Maybe I exaggerated a lil bit [01:13.21]You know fake it till you make [01:14.66]It every one of us rappers [01:16.16]Gotta talk a little sh*t [01:17.76]Yeah I done smashed some video [01:18.87]Vixens and some actresses [01:20.47]But brand name P***y don't feel [01:21.85]No different on my matresses [01:23.42]Insecure hoes with breast [01:25.17]Jobs and butt shots [01:26.61]Blaming on us rich niggas [01:28.01]Sponsoring sh*t and what not [01:29.85]Now guys are just as big as [01:31.41]Groupies as these women is [01:32.89]Till you break up and a b**ch [01:34.28]Wonder where her percentage is [01:36.33]While these regular hoes are try [01:37.53]Rying to play the trap game [01:39.75]And now is the time I blame [01:41.07]It on the rap game [01:42.67]Everybody wants the fortune and fame [01:45.07]The more things change [01:46.20]The more they stay the same [01:49.54]This industry is like a crap game [01:51.94]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [01:54.99]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [01:58.04]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [02:01.74]This industry is like a crap game [02:04.34]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [02:07.11]Listen this ain't scripted this reality [02:09.79]It take some *** for us to conquer [02:12.04]This insanity [02:12.75]Thieves using our name promoting [02:14.69]These fake appearances [02:15.70]Publicists overcharging taking [02:17.42]Years for these clearances [02:19.18]I got sued some rappers said [02:20.78]I stole their joint n***a [02:22.12]Spend half a million just to prove a [02:24.08]F**king point n***a [02:25.62]We got the fans thinking rappers never lose [02:27.76]Gave a producer a hundred grand for a beat [02:30.19]I never use d**n [02:31.70]The false stories and being misquoted [02:33.14]In magazines [02:34.35]Got a n***a wanting to go and [02:35.88]Load a couple magazines [02:37.72]Head to your office and shoot [02:39.26]Up the whole f**king staff [02:40.91]Post that on your website and [02:42.00]Burn while I f**king laugh [02:44.01]You protesters at my concerts [02:45.55]Y'all make me sick [02:46.80]I thought I told y'all [02:48.10]I would never disrespect a b**ch [02:49.89]It's clear to see that hip [02:51.11]Hop's under attack man [02:52.80]Or is it cause that no one [02:54.07]Wants to see a rich black man [02:56.87]Really they want us with no money [02:58.61]Hungover and missing flights and [02:59.99]Cutting our show money [03:01.79]Hip hop cops still lurkin' and [03:03.35]Trying to catch us slippin' [03:04.58]And put us in a position to [03:06.16]Make some real life decisions Hmmm [03:09.63]Or do we just be doing dumb sh*t [03:11.26]Emptying out these gun clips [03:12.67]And always on the run sh*t [03:14.96]Lifestyles of us entertaining hood niggas [03:17.91]If it's bad to be a rapper what's good n***a [03:21.02]Everybody wants the fortune and fame [03:23.53]The more things change [03:24.82]The more they stay the same [03:27.92]This industry is like a crap game [03:30.54]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [03:33.50]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [03:36.48]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game [03:40.18]This industry is like a crap game [03:42.73]Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game