Big Daddy Kane - Shame! Lyrics
Theres no myth or fable about the pimpin at your labelWhat goes on under the table, why you think your deal is so unstable?Now, whose the macaroni, a&rs acting phonyOnce you make the matrimony, then he start to slackin dont heOr could it be the president thats being hesitantPlayin his artist like a corner workin specimenAnd I aint kidding you when I say its politicalThe way they make a ridicule of artists can be pitifulYou know damn well there shouldnt be no company coTrying to show me about rap thats 53 or soBut yet and still they want to add advice, trying to keep their status rightWhen they should be working records for gladys knightWho shape artists, man they catching rape chargesOnce you sign on the dotted line, they lead you in the blindThen you find, your state of revenue remains the sameCause you getting less points than steve kerr be getting in a gameAnd just because it be too hardcore to judge itThey wont even touch it, and get to frontin on the budgetWhen new artists come out, I can foresee the worst outcomeCause everybody I know got beat their first albumSo I took my contract to a lawyer so he can check it out (he dont know)Then I took it to dionne warwick so she can read my hand (she dont know)ChorusIts a shame, when artists gotta deal with cheatsThey got game, for every young rapper they see out on the streetsYou sign your name, they get like big red on the five heartbeatsNow who the blame, when you starvin and your record label eatsVerse 2Preach brotherThey say the truth will set you free, but I see signs of treacheryGo on perpetually, heres how they get you gThey use the tricks, just to juice your mixBut cross be in their heart like a vampire stabbed with a crucifixI had the enemy in my vicinity with the false identityOf a friend to me to injure meThey ride along just to guide you wrongPlay like they beside you strong, and start to faking moves like olajuwonWho side you on, revealing all that low down dirty dealingI can see your skin peeling it changed like a chameleonFirst you believe in them, but once you disagree with themThey try to get magilla repertoire and that aint even themAnd all those who has betrayed, be fast to fadeCause they cast a shade, with the masqueradeWhats dealt, is low blows below the beltLord have mercy, I know how julius caesar must have feltI start to think back when I was just a youthI should have listened to the words of the God born truthHe said, look out for black snakes they all up in your cypherBlack snakes you cant see therefore they sneak up and they bite yaThey get to flippin cause they think you slippinSo remember, dont get to slippin cause they get to flippinAnd trippin, whats that you grippin, beside your hippinYou think my heart is skippin, go save that game for scottie pippenChorusIts a shame, to see how far left people be goingThey got game, to think that all this time you said you know themIt aint the same, aah, so now you see the way they flowinNow who they blame, aint nothing but a wolf in sheeps clothingVerse 3Now, wait a minute, Im starting to see lotsa, hip-hop impostersIs rap a category at the oscars?Too much nino brown up in your lifeCause since then, man I done seen wesley snipes playin a drag queenBut yet and still you want to mimic the stars of cinemaPretending huh? so full of it they need an enemaCause see dig, they all like to talk bigBut then they want to renege, when theres a curling iron in their wigYou talking loud and saying nothing, whats the world becoming?The frontin, now pay attention you may learn somethingNow, I aint knocking you, but come on lets be logicalYou know that its impossible to stop the unstoppableI would suggest that they, go back and check my resumeCause tunes that I made yesterday, can hang out with the best todayPeace to easy mo, cause he makes the beats to flowAnd I grab the microphone and flip it like pizza doughChorusShameNow who the blameI need to be the mayor, so I can change the things around hereI need to be the governor, I need to be the governor
