[00:06.324]I call back home and all I hear, "When you gon' finish school?"[00:08.717][00:08.717]It broke her heart, but I had to tell her that school was through[00:11.381][00:11.649]I'm in these functions rubbing elbows, the who is who[00:14.300][00:14.566]I'm tryna **** a female star or two[00:16.955][00:17.220]You heard of Biggie, no Iggy, but the classic new[00:19.644][00:19.644]I'm up and down the West Coast, I missed a class, a few[00:22.288][00:22.542]Shout out to Jim Harper, pen sharper, I'm a writer[00:25.477][00:25.734]My poster in his office make the whole thing tighter[00:28.385][00:28.385]Light a candle for all the broken dreams[00:31.316][00:31.316]Taking pictures with a smile when this life ain't what it seem[00:33.968][00:33.968]Spending weeks on the road, came home, my pockets short[00:36.622][00:36.622]Time to renegotiate this deal, I wanna abort[00:39.553][00:39.829]Everybody screaming, "Get a lawyer"[00:41.942][00:41.942]Well, we had one[00:43.006][00:43.006]I'll let the facts tell you if it was a bad one[00:45.670][00:45.921]No love lost[00:47.251][00:47.517]Call it the cost of doing business as a youngin with no OGs[00:51.236][00:51.508]Rapper[00:52.833][00:52.833]It's changing again[00:53.906][00:53.906]All around me feeling strange, I'm ready to win[00:56.551][00:56.812]Lost a little 'long the way, the game that we in[00:59.463][00:59.741]Everybody wanna go, but it is what it is[01:02.134][01:02.397]I'm changing again[01:05.314][01:05.584]All these people acting strange, the game that we in[01:07.978][01:08.249]Yeah, I gave it all away just to get it again[01:10.632][01:10.902]Everybody wanna go, but it is what it is[01:13.809][01:13.809]We at the table with Tom Wally and Mtume's son[01:17.270][01:17.270]They got new Seal blasting, shout out to Kev Sakoda[01:20.199][01:20.199]We all laughing, these labels all one big gang with different factions[01:23.113][01:23.113]My reaction?[01:25.236][01:25.513]Said it's onto the next one, New York City[01:28.160][01:28.160]We wanted to sign with Jive, roll with Chris Lighty[01:30.818][01:30.818]Now we in the club with Dave, Lil Jon and his pimp cup[01:34.009][01:34.267]Beni chose Atlantic, wasn't tryna give them rights up[01:37.463][01:37.463]Niggas signed they deal, never cracked a smile[01:39.599][01:39.857]And even country miles from the glitz and glamor[01:42.516][01:42.787]Rap game going hammer when the album dropped[01:45.446][01:45.708]That's part due to controversy[01:47.847][01:47.847]First week numbers came back[01:49.156][01:49.429]Goddamn, how that album flop?[01:50.761][01:51.022]Now we got internal issues[01:52.893][01:52.893]'07 came, me and Tay cut the string on both labels and a group member[01:57.133][01:57.394]Been independent long as I remember[01:59.781][01:59.781]Rapper[02:00.579][02:00.579]It's changing again[02:02.180][02:02.440]All around me feeling strange, I'm ready to win[02:05.091][02:05.091]Lost a little 'long the way, the game that we in[02:08.022][02:08.022]Everybody wanna go, but it is what it is[02:12.267][02:12.267]I'm changing again[02:13.868][02:14.141]All these people acting strange, the game that we in[02:16.520][02:16.778]Yeah, I gave it all away just to get it again[02:19.178][02:19.437]Everybody wanna go, but it is what it is[02:22.622][02:22.896]It's changing again[02:25.287][02:25.287]All around me feeling strange, I'm ready to win[02:27.937][02:28.209]Lost a little 'long the way, the game that we in[02:30.860][02:30.860]Everybody wanna go, but it is what it is[02:33.779][02:33.779]I'm changing again[02:36.706][02:36.706]All these people acting strange, the game that we in[02:39.377][02:39.638]Yeah, I gave it all away just to get it again[02:42.307][02:42.567]Everybody wanna go, but it is what it is[02:45.252]