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Is there any place in business for an honest person?
This is De La Soul, the entrepreneurâs version
Rap music has a problem, itâs all so controversial
But I got products and services customers wanna purchase
So I canât stop the hustle, shout outs to Russell
Simmons â either rap is a business, or itâs not successful
You gots to buckle down, Warren Buffet style
Thatâs how you get your people out the struggle
Iâve been traininâ myself, Iâm shameless as hell
With self-promotion, âcause Iâve got some shit Iâm aiminâ to sell
I make rap music thatâs as entertaining as hell
But itâs packed full of facts and information as well
Thatâs why my stock is rising â itâs not surprising
Itâs the information age, storage costs are diving
But when it comes to analyzing data, the marketâs thriving
This is a rap guide to whatâs on the horizon
Step to the stage with your best foot
Hit the competition with a left hook
I donât compete with Jay-Z âcause Iâm less hood
I compete with a textbook
Step to the stage with your best foot
Hit the competition with a left hook
Iâm no threat to 50 Cent âcause Iâm less hood
I compete with a textbook
The idea came to me when I was takinâ a crap
I could make a career out of informational rap
Instead of boastinâ and bragginâ I could base it in fact
That was ten years ago, now check the place where Iâm at
Iâm the chief executive of Rap Guide Incorporated
Global dominance in the field of educational rap
Plus platinum plaques, and estimated
Future revenues of⦠well, seventy or eighty
Million, at first it was stops and starts
But now itâs all Rap Guide music that tops the charts
Conscious rap â thatâs hip-hop with smarts
So I wanna try to explain how I got this far
With the plaque on the desk â itâs about managing risk
And adaptinâ to fresh circumstances, and yes
Sometimes havinâ to stretch the facts a lil bit
You gotta fake it âtil you make it on the path to success
Step to the stage with your best foot
Hit the competition with a left hook
I donât compete with Ludacris âcause Iâm less hood
I compete with a textbook
Step to the stage with your best foot
Hit the competition with a left hook
Iâm no threat to Eminem âcause Iâm less hood
I compete with a textbook
Itâs like one of those âCEO Surveyâ type initiatives
âWe need some insight for young executives
Please, teach us how to drink blood and stay competitive!â
Those reports are like a fuckinâ sedative
Iâm here to synthesize information into basic packets
âCause young peoplesâ minds today... way distracted
Business leaders need to take evasive action
Before their contracting niche in the marketplace collapses
âCause in the rat race only change is constant
And the main commodity is information content
You gotta separate the signal from the noise and the blatant nonsense
And modern workers want a playful office
So get some X-Boxes â itâs simple economics
If you give people what they want, it leads to profits
Business has to stay creative, and keep evolving
The Rap Guide can teach you how â believe the promise
Step to the stage with your best foot
Hit the competition with a left hook
I donât compete with Asher Roth âcause Iâm less hood
I compete with a textbook
Step to the stage with your best foot
Hit the competition with a left hook
Iâm no threat to Justin Bieber âcause Iâm less hood
I compete with a textbook
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from The Rap Guide to Business, track released 30 September 2011
Produced by Mr. Simmonds
www.mrsimmondsmusic.com
- Album:
- Big Boy In Love
- The Canterbury Tales Remixed
- The Rap Guide to Evolution: Revised
- The Rap Guide to Business - EP
- The Rap Guide to Human Nature
- Rapconteur
- Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams In the Western Wilderness
- The Rap Guide to Evolution
- The Rap Canterbury Tales
- Lit Hop
- Swordplay
- The Rap Guide to Religion
- The Rap Guide to Medicine