The Music Of Business - Lyrics - Xzibit
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an American rapper, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, which brought him mainstream success. Before hosting the show, he achieved fame in the West Coast hip-hop scene as a rapper, debuting with his acclaimed At the Speed of Life and gathering chart success with his follow-up albums Restless, Man vs. Machine and Weapons of Mass Destruction, working with high-profile artists such as Eminem, Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Knoc-turn'al, Timbaland, Limp Bizkit, Alice Cooper, Game, 50 Cent and Within Temptation, as well as being one of the first out internationally, working with overseas acts such as Russian rapper Timati, Raptile from Germany, Bliss N Eso from Australia and Adil Omar from Pakistan.
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(xzibit): yea. that's what I'm talking about
(ras k.): yea
(xzibit): the homie john john up in this motherf**ker
(ras k.): yea
(xzibit): mr. x to the z with a public service announcement
For all you *** *** rappers
(ras k.): what's that?
(xzibit): they think just because a ***'s rapping
With a label behind him, it's all great
(ras k.): yep
(xzibit): it's modern day pimps and hoes going on
Ask epmd, rap is still out of control
Cause hip-hop plus glocks = scott la rock, tupac and biggie smalls
I figure y'all *** brawl for lack of protocol
Now I'm gonna take matters into my own hands, like ***
Another 39 suicidal rap is at heavens gate waiting to battle with satan
Rassassination: taking heads like decapitation (ching!)
Trapped in infatuation (really)? back up off me
Kiss my ***. then wake up n' smell the coffee
See, when you're broke and unknown, your baby's mama clown you
Your family down's you. don't want your own kid around you
You ain't ***. don't do ***
Ain't gone never be ***. so it's quits
Two video's later, she's on your *** (***)
When your albums selling, she "don't worry, be happy."
Bragging to her friends: "that's just my babies daddy!"
And sadly, *** start acting like they *** don't stink
But wait: you getting cut like the wedding cake
The music business is straight mafioso:
Jewish, italiano, and black
My bmi/ascap platinum placque rap track
Bootleg my *** to japan. at swap meets, sell my same *** back
Long sharks break legs. we break beats state to state
And record deals? that *** belong with a f**ked up interest rate
(chorus 2x):
(parish smith sample): music please, music please
(color me bad sample): "why you treat me so bad? "
(parish smith sample): music please..music please
(other sample): "i don't know why baby!"
(xzibit): just handle your business
(verse 2)
It's sort of like the label is the devil:
R&b, pop, gospel to heavy metal
They make doe pimping the ghet-to
Label mates: different rats in the same rat race
The production company is the *** that you learn to hate
Management is your crimy. your lawyer is your liar
And when your famous but po', you set your accountants office on fire
It's like this: they loan you $1
For you just to break even, they stack $10
When you finally make one dollar, your profit is andrew jack-son ($20)
You skinny. they got plenty. the benjamins? before you see any
They getting g's: big cheese.
No vaseline f**king dope m.c.'s, "so freeze"
Call the police chief? it takes a thief
Here's everything you need to know about the record industry,
Like a chief.
'cause labels is doing $300,000 deals;
Blowing coke smoke up my ***, but we both know crack kills.
Not very many, rappers ever see a penny
But double platinum is two million units. cd's cost $20.
(too true) so here's a clue
Somebody just make $40,000,000 and it sho' wasn't you
(chorus 2x):
(parish smith sample): music please, music please
(color me bad sample): "why you treat me so bad? "
(parish smith sample): music please..music please.
(other sample): "i don't know why baby!"
(xzibit): just handle your business.
Want to know the relationship between hip-hop and drugs?
'cause professional athletes, black actors, rappers, and thugs
All sleep in the same bed together
Rich black *** only kick it with other black people with cheddar
Same lifestyle: legal or illegal
It be us, swinging a three f**k getting skeed up with peanuts
Which leads up to this: a high turnover ration
Groupies turn tricks and be quick to give ***.
Mc's get the *** and fame.
Brothers essex floss with a corporate card
And charge it to the rappers name
But the label owners make all the real money
Just ask david geffrey, barry gordy, russel, or puffy (ching, ching!)
Business? you don't get what you deserve. you negotiate
And everything is renegotiable based on the sales you generate
But hip-hop fans don't buy albums, and, then again, tend to player hate
The rapper that went pop. but before this, I never knew
Skills don't pay the mother f**king bills. money do
Is you stupid? how nice I represent don't pay rent
The r&b ho who jock theo on the radio buy your cd doe.
Rap magazines be screaming they keep it real
But keep it fake on the cover
Pulling tennis shoe and clothing advertisements. no wonder
Like common "i used to love h.e.r."
Now I just f**k h.e.r. with two rubbers
(chorus: repeats until end):
(parish smith sample): music please, music please
(color me bad sample): "why you treat me so bad? "
(parish smith sample): music please..music please
(other sample): "i don't know why baby!"
(xzibit): just handle your business
