Industry (Explicit)-Cormega

[ti:Industry (explicit)] [ar:Cormega] [al:Industry] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Industry (Explicit) - Cormega [00:00.27]Listen to me good [00:01.56] [00:10.87]The artist is the most important person [00:13.25] [00:17.80]You are the feature [00:18.77] [00:23.73]People listen to you they don't listen to their preachers [00:26.25] [00:27.27]Exaggerated tales of hustin' we quick to pass [00:29.84]Judgment and fail our brothers [00:31.39]Instead of talkin' bout Lauren [00:32.99]Hill talk about Lauren skill [00:34.57]Truth be told there may never be a girl as ill [00:37.05]Don't gossip bout Dame Dash [00:38.61]Give props to Dame hand [00:39.72]For the rise of Jay and for signing Kanye man [00:42.29]Niggas is crazy that's why we ain't got sh*t [00:44.58]Rappers hate each other not the labels that got rich [00:46.83]Don't care about culture they only want profit [00:49.56] [00:50.11]If your album sells slow bet you get dropped quick [00:52.69]Q-Tip warned us the industries toxic [00:55.03]For reference check out B D P - "Sex and Violence" [00:57.47]When Styles made "I Get High" it was playin' all day [01:00.54]When Styles made "I'm Black" it didn't get enough play [01:02.94]I guess they got a problem with anything positive [01:05.40]Doesn't make sense if it doesn't bring dollars in [01:07.62] [01:11.98]Those that managed us [01:13.10]Those that were our agents [01:15.08]Those that were our accountants [01:16.55] [01:17.50]Those that were the records executives [01:19.16] [01:20.06]Those that were the owners of the record label [01:22.19] [01:24.10]You never got true accounting for nothing that you did [01:28.26] [01:29.89]What's the difference between a label and pimpin' [01:32.13]You sell yourself they tell you how to spend it [01:35.00]Ho a** niggas slow down listen [01:37.48]Just prey your minds with no ambition [01:39.84]They keep you fly — images promotion [01:42.03]They keep you high so a ni**a isnt' focused [01:44.63] [01:45.15]You livin' in a moment feeling yourself [01:46.84] [01:47.41]They livin' in plus homes what's really success [01:49.89]And what's swag [01:50.59] [01:51.61]I don't care how you dress or what you drive [01:53.65]I want rhymes that really impress [01:54.96]You say it's all about money do you even invest [01:57.92]Any time in your rhymes let me guess [02:00.56]You're so nice you don't write it just comes to you [02:03.33]'Cause you the sh*t — nah you just dodo [02:05.30] [02:05.95]I lyrically abuse any rapper who choose to step to me [02:09.32]I will bring it right to you [02:10.90] [02:14.35]Who do you think you are [02:16.04]To them you are nothing but a piece of meat [02:19.56] [02:20.47]And you are only as valuable as your last hit song [02:24.19] [02:25.46]And when you make no more hit songs [02:27.34] [02:28.49]Nobody cares for you no more [02:32.14]Men lie women lie [02:33.15]Numbers can be altered [02:34.19]To look high shareholders hate taking losses [02:36.25] [02:37.21]This is business they don't care about your lyrics [02:39.83]The better you sell the better future for their children [02:42.42]Controversy sells so they support conflict [02:43.68]Makes more progress means more profit [02:46.07]Means more profit [02:46.87] [02:47.38]And artists get killed they say they so sorry [02:49.97]Meanwhile they tell you the date of his next project [02:52.67]What a life death made it more profit [02:54.55] [02:55.11]Record companies get paid for your drama [02:56.75] [02:57.51]And “Beef” DVD is on BET [02:59.40] [03:00.22]So every artist who was on it was beefin' for free [03:02.84]While the royalties are going to QD3 [03:04.44] [03:05.37]He Quincy Jones though what he know about beef [03:08.22]No disrespect intended I know he got peace [03:10.60]But it's deep how the rich get paid off our grief [03:13.14] [03:17.11]And every one of our great artists they die — with nothing [03:21.76] [03:23.49]And the record company executives were rich [03:25.11] [03:26.02]Sending their kids to college [03:28.17] [03:37.53]You're not stupid — you are brilliant [03:39.98] [03:40.79]But the question is: can you put your brilliance in a song [03:44.51] [03:46.55]Can you put the conditions [03:48.05] [03:49.09]Of the world in a song [03:51.26]And inspire young people all over the world