Why go with a label when you can get an investment banker?
[verse 1]
i been broke a lot longer than i been straight
so my goals a lot farther than i been paid
every quote that i author and the pen lays
is a hope that my product, grows a lot stronger
i'm makin' moves, if you don't then why bother?
you gon' need a telescope for my aura
been blessed, it's ain't *so cold* in my sauna
so haters pray to keep the pope from my corner
oh, i don't wanna cross the line
i'm just confident those who come across my lines
will often find rhymes full of dollar signs
that's why they want my name scribed on a dotted line
i'm just tryina bring fact, not fiction
and make ya head twitch, neck scratch, addition
surefire plan off a dollar and a dream
i just need 'em to believe, start followin' my lead
nahmean?
[hook]
it ain't about the money, i just want the fame
i just wanna be a household name
see i got a few lives to affect
i just a need a chance for respect
(and i'm so close)
but respect and power take money
and i can't give the labels what they wanna take from me
so maybe i'll get help from strangers
a VC, angel, or investment banker
[verse 2]
so i can laugh all the way to the bank
as i stay on the path that i said i would take
and that's somethin i assume you respect
i'm tryina build my monopoly and prove i'm the best
i just need a chance, no community chest
got these gray hairs poppin up due to the stress
i need you to invest, you can be my merrill lynch
verses get 'em hangin on my lines like a pair of kicks
(wait) no, impatient state of mind
like dollars make cents but i'm waitin on a change in times
tryina let 'em see my vision
i been stuck wit these bars, get a picture of my prison
i need you to invest, my prescription for addiction
repetition 'cause i know u heard before but did ya listen
sick verses on the market, sixteen shares in the stock and
i ain't tradin' nothin for the profit
[hook]
[verse 3]
i'm tryina find investors and turn 'em to fanatics
a silent partner, let my lyrics do the yappin'
the passion in my product raise the stock to the aspens
so put the cash in and watch it flip, gymnastics
acrobatics just to fill up my mattress
i work hard 'cause perfection is the habit of practice
headed for the top i'm allergic to average
drop bows so macho, attack of a savage
long flight as i reach for my goals
tryina show these investors they need what i hold
the key to the throne, and i know i could sign
wit these labels, but they gon' want a piece of my soul
get hold of a check, i return it ten fold
since '06 i shined in rap, tin foil
so sign the back i'll find a path on this diamond dash
to go china glass -- smash!