Rap Superstar
(Eminem Speaking)Most people don't see how much work is really involvedIn this rap shitI didn't know itI didn't see itI never saw it until I was actually in itYou really gotta be in itTo understand what its likeBut you always gottaPeople always gotta see your smileYou always gotta put on that fakeYou know what I'm sayinNo matter what you just been through
(B-Real)So you wanna be a rap superstarAnd live large a big house5 cars, you're in chargeComin up in the worldDon't trust nobodyGotta look over your shoulder constantly
(B-Real)I remember the days when I was a young kid growin upLookin in the mirror dreamin about blowin upTo rock crowds make moneyChill wit the honiesSign autographs and whatever the people want from meShits funnyHow impossible dreams manifest and the games that be comin with itNever the less you gotta go for the gustoBut you don't know about the blood sweat and tearsAnd losin some of your peersAnd losin some of your selfThrough the years past gone byHopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guyEgomaniac in the brainiacDon't know how to actShits deep48 tracksStudio gangsta mackSigns a deal, thinks he's gonna make a milBut never willTill he crosses over stillFeelin no hateBut fantasies come wit theseShows the sacrifice it takes to make the G'sYou wanna be a rap superstar in the biz?And take shit from people who don't know what it isI wish it was all fun and gamesBut the price of fame is highAnd some can't pay to playTrapped in what you rappin aboutTell me what happened when you lost cloutThe route you took started collapsingNo fansNo fameNo respectNo changeNo womenAnd everyone shits on your name
(Chorus)So you wanna be a rap superstarAnd live largeA big house5 carsYou're in chargeComin up in the world don't trust nobodyGotta look over your shoulder constantlyTo be a rap superstarAnd live largeA big house5 carsYou're in chargeComin up in the world don't trust nobodyGotta look over your shoulder constantly
(Noreaga Speaking)When you sign to a record labelYou don't know you sign your life overAnd these white boys don't care about you'Cuz the minute you fall offThey'll find another NoreagaAnd they'll find another Capone-n-NoreagaAnd they'll find another B-RealSo you need to just keepStack your chips upDo what you gotta do while your hotAnd mo'fuckin get out the gameStick to the drug gameAnd it's even worse than the the drug gameBecause if someone jerks youYou can shoot em and kill emBut in this game if someone jerks youYou gotta be humble
(Eminem Speaking)No matter what you just been throughShit has gotta be rightYou gotta approach peopleYou gotta be on the up and upAnd everything gotta be all goodWhen you see someone slap hands with emYou know what I'm sayin' give em a poundOr whatever it isBut you always gotta act like it ain't shit
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(B-Real)My own son don't know meSittin up in the hotel room lonelyBut I thank God I'm wit my homiesBut sometimes I wish I was back homeBut only no radio or videosCuz they show me no loveThe phony gotta hit the road slowlySo the record gets pushed by SonyI'm in the middle like MonieAnd the press say thatMy own people disown meAnd the best way backIs to keep your head straightNever inflate the craniumYour crew worried about them honies at the PaladiumWho just wanna cling on and swing onAnd so on and go on and fall offThe hoes fall offTo the next rap superstarWit no shame give him a yearAnd they'll be right out the gameThe same as the last oneWho came before himGained fameStarted gettin ignoredI warned himAssured himThis ain't easy take it from WeezySleezy people wanna be cheeseyThey talkin evil
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