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You Need To Know - Master p

If you don't want to hear the truth, then just skip past this one

Keep telling lies because the truth hurt, keep telling lies cause the truth hurt

Signed a deal, then they lie about they net worth

You can't make Forbes and have a 360 deal

I know everybody tryin' to get that water deal

Everybody tryin' to get that Rocawear deal

Evreybody tryin' to get that 80/20 deal like I did

This the realest sh*t I ever wrote, This the realest sh*t I ever spoke

This the sh*t they don't want you to know, But if you get money, this the sh*t you need to know

They give us one percent, we think we own the team

Signed a record deal but the money don't match a ni**a dream

Then they put these rookies against eachother

They used to be homeboys, now they tryin' to kill eachother

Don't even read when they sign these deals

Just head straight to -- and holler 'Shine these grills'

And when you hot, they gone let you use their house

And when you not, that's the day they kick you out

While Richard Branson havin' fun flying in space

These artists out here starvin' catchin' a case

I don't know what they did to Mase but I heard Ciroc gave Puffy some cake

And these hoes and these jewels be a young ni**a downfall

They givin' like 50 mil for playin' roundball

Then throw your name in the paper and make it easy access for the haters

They got financial advisors just to pay their bills

Dre hit with Beat now every rapper want that deal

How you gone make 50 mil and go kill a ni**a

Too many steroids damn you a silly ni**a

Now these athletes want to be rappers

These rappers make a little money and they want to be trappers

Buy a phantom and don't have no house

These niggas backwards from the inside out

And yall want to be Kobe cause he own the team

I'm tryin' to be that white boy that own the league

And I pledge allegiance to the American dream

And educated myself so they won't kill my dreams

I'm glad Nike gave Lebron a 100 mil but took that same endorsement

Turned into a couple of bils

And rappers losin' to these sponsors

Reality shows think you creatin' stars, they makin' monsters

I ain't tryin' to be the beats to your headphones

Why we doin' 360 deals when it's so much technology out there

We could do our own sh*t and why you athletes hookin' up with business niggas

That never even made money before, to watch your money, Sh*t don't make no sense

This the realest sh*t I ever wrote , Wake up man, sign your own check

Invest like one-third of your money just in case you need that for a rainy day

You feel me, these strip clubs and cars don't hold no value, that's a bad investment

You fall down, you get back up, that's how hustlers do it

And if you could help your people, you help them

You don't let them starve, you never know who might be the next you

You get a lot of friends when you got money

But when you don't have sh*t, ain't nobody gone f**k with you

Listen to what I'm sayin' man, don't let this be you

And don't let no ni**a kill your dreams man

Your never too old, never too young

To be able to make music or do what you want to do

You ever seen a rich PD or on-air personality, Anybody ever check their salary

Muthaf**kas always tryin' to kill a ni**a dream

Man don't worry about no radio, I ain't never worried about gettin' my songs on the radio

Get your sh*t in the streets to your people