Exposed

By Russ

Released on September 7, 2016

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[Intro]

Yeah, I feel like I'm the only one

Feel like I'm the only one (Yeah-yeah)

Yeah


[Verse 1]

Y'all gon' have to do better, I can't believe what I'm seein'

All this bullshit goin' on, the industry is deceivin'

All the masses pitchin' rappers as these independent grinds

Meanwhile, there's been a label right behind 'em the whole time

Fake shit, call it out, you were plugged before your first song

I was puttin' in work, you were gettin' worked on

Your fans are fickle 'cause your come-up is a mystery

My fans gon' stick with me 'cause me and them got history

Longer than two songs, you don't know how to build

You tried to start at the roof, ah, you won't be here for too long

I don't fuck with crews unless you're the one who put the crew on

The rest of y'all got buzz because he put you on a few songs

Ooh, uh, did that strike a nerve?

If the shoe fits, then wear it

Either way, I know the truth, I'ma share it

See, these rappers sign deals, labels know what they're doin'

They tell the rapper, "Don't announce it so the people keep rootin'"


[Chorus]

Try to keep me on the hush, but I do not give a fuck

This is Russ uncut, I'll expose you

You ain't really seen shit, just wait 'til I'm on

Then it's on, got a lot I gotta show you

Why you gotta lie? Yeah

I'll bring it to the light, yeah

Gotta expose fake shit

I put in too much time, yeah


[Verse 2]

I'm comin' through exposin' fake shit, God can't save you

You're a boss? You got a boss and that boss rapes you

Barely pays you, but you cool with it

You're a soldier unaware that you're a lieutenant

I got a gripe with the media, all of y'all are wannabes

Producers and rappers down for sodomy

Dick taking 'cause the industry tells you to

It's fucked up, I had a standard that I held you to

I'll name names if you provoke me, so shut your fuckin' mouth

My platform is way bigger than the ones that turned me down

Bunch of grown men and women

Talkin' 'bout grown men and women for a livin'

Man, you gotta be kiddin'

Call me bitter, call me jealous, call me this, call me that

This is ten years grindin', what the fuck you call that?

Made the beats, wrote the songs, sang the hooks, and I mixed it

Everybody's got a switch and y'all just flipped it


[Chorus]

Try to keep me on the hush, but I do not give a fuck

This is Russ uncut, I'll expose you

You ain't really seen shit, just wait 'til I'm on

Then it's on, got a lot I gotta show you

Why you gotta lie? Yeah

I'll bring it to the light, yeah

Gotta expose fake shit

I put in too much time, yeah


[Verse 3]

You're an industry artist, I'm an artist in the industry

Me, myself, and I, that's the holy fuckin' trinity

I partnered with Columbia, "partnered" is the keyword

We split the profits fifty-fifty, better do your research

Came in with my own fan base

Sold out tours around the world before the handshakes

You see, I play the game well, you let the game play you

You don't know your own power, you think the label saved you

Now subconsciously, you owe them, you're submissive with your actions

Then you flop, flop, flop, and you wonder what happened

Couple things, you dropped one song and signed a deal

You have less than ten songs out, you're not real

So the song became bigger than the artist

People know the song, but they don't know the artist

Not enough songs to become their favorite artist

Not enough songs to be a headline artist

I could do a week-long set if I performed my whole catalogue

Every single song, the crowds sing and rap along

Fuck a summer, I'm a decade rapper

You're here now, I'll be here a decade after

I put out eleven albums produced by Russ

Mixed, mastered, engineered, written by Russ

I put out eleven albums produced by Russ

Mixed, mastered, engineered, written by Russ, come on


[Chorus]

Try to keep me on the hush, but I do not give a fuck

This is Russ uncut, I'll expose you

You ain't really seen shit, just wait 'til I'm on

Then it's on, got a lot I gotta show you

Why you gotta lie? Yeah

I'll bring it to the light, yeah

Gotta expose fake shit

I put in too much time, yeah