[Intro]

You know, people always ask me, "What's the music industry like?"

I tell niggas, "This shit is not what you think it is"

Don't think it's all love, like we all smoke weed together, go to each other video shoots... we all the best of homies

Not at all

Ain't no friends in this shit, yo

Look

[Verse]

The game is dangerous, been tainted the most

Big label names rapin' your anus, you famous and broke

This Mr. Payne - now we acquainted, I came with the smoke

Your lawyer let you sign for a chain, I'm ashamed of you both, uh

That's a whole disaster, I know the factors

We not the same, your master own you, I own my masters

Quick study, I'm Kid Cudi, the sober chapter

I told my pastor to pray for me, behold the rapture

I got knowledge to kick

That advance that you sign for's the only dollars you get

You can fight, kick, punch—fuck it, swallow your spit

'Cause once you move into they house, they ain't remodelin' shit

That's facts

Know your self-worth

The best deal's when you invest in yourself first

Them labels tried to burn me for real, nothin' felt worse

I met the devil, shit, I done slept right in the hell's church

If a stream ain't worth a penny

How long will it take just to get a dollar?

They call me the savior 'cause I ain't stingy

Look at my hand and see the curse of stigmata

This is the Lord's vision

These record labels is finished, get 'em a mortician

This more efficient, I talk fly like the floor's missin'

Mr. Mutulu Shakur, baby, before prison

I been in the zone, the vibes endless

A record deal is only a loan with high interest

These rap niggas thinkin' they grown, and they drive senseless

Five Benzes, and two gold chains, they die friendless

They will control your soul

Before you sign with anybody, nigga? Slow your roll