Written & Performed by: Oblivion
Produced By: Sho Down of Rock-It Productions
A song talking about the music industry, and what it expects of up and coming rapstars.
Oblivion - something a little different from the shores of Great Britain
20 years old as of 24/7/05
White
From a quiet area in South East England (Hampshire)
I believe in what i do.
Story behind the song
If you like this song and have any feedback or information to send me, email me at obliviondd@hotmail.com
Lyrics
I see cars, gold bars, expensive jewels//
Rap to get rich - it makes sense to you//
But to me, its so much, i'll blow up for//
Kids in a crowd when i go on tour//O/
But they say, ya image defines if you'll be big//
I don't wanna be BIG, or Pac, just keep Tim//
Maybe witta image i'll get signed//
But i ain't tryna live my life behind a single lie//O/
I gotta be honest and beat 'em and blow//
I got no other skills to pay bills, you know//
But it ain't even about that//
I wanna be tha perfect blend of English, East, West & South rap//O/
But they say i gotta bang to be a rapstar//
But that ain't true, i'm tha first of tha new//
Breed, i bang, just not witta gun//
Every track i make bangs, thats how its done//O/
(Hook)
They say you gotta be a thug to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta be a blood to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta have a gun to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta take drugs to be a rapstar//O/
They say you gotta look fine to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta do crime to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta be black to be a rapstar//
They say that i could never be a rapstar//O/
(No!) I don't do drugs or smoke//
(No!) I never even seen speed or coke//
(No!) I don't live in a ghetto so damn//
(No!) Metal beretta ever settled in hand//O/
Never will i bang, never will i need to//
Never will you see a gun when i see you//
Never in my life will i live a lie//
Forever i am me and me will never need a high//O/
But you dumb kids are thinkin my efforts are dope//
But i ain't gotta place in this if i ain't sellin tha coke//
To me, it ain't about guns or slayings//
Its about love for rap, know what i'm saying?//O/
If you want 'kill', 'murder', 'violence'//
Go find a Fifty record to go vibe with//
If you wanna emotions to relate to and maybe understand//
You come to the right place my man//O/
(Hook)
They say you gotta be a thug to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta be a blood to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta have a gun to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta take drugs to be a rapstar//O/
They say you gotta look fine to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta do crime to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta be black to be a rapstar//
They say that i could never be a rapstar//O/
You gotta like me or you're playin yaself//
Every disk shows improvement if i say so myself//
In tha short time i scrawled lines//
I turned a close mentality to reality, a broad mine//O/
So you must support mine//
Forget if i have a gun or seen court time, or saw crime//
Close up, knuckle dusters, fists and boots//
Being real ain't that, its tellin tha truth//O/
Now parents ban rap in they household//
'Cos its tha reason they son is out could?//
Nah, that ain't tha facts at all//
You gotta few points - but this ain't basketball//O/
Rap helped me grow up, i didn't//
Take it too serious, so i ain't in prison//
If you did ya job properly now//
Ya kids won't imitate us, you got nothin to worry about//O/
(Hook)
They say you gotta be a thug to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta be a blood to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta have a gun to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta take drugs to be a rapstar//O/
They say you gotta look fine to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta do crime to be a rapstar//
They say you gotta be black to be a rapstar//
They say that i could never be a rapstar//O/
