Rap Don't Pay

Only lord knows

I've been looking

for direction

At the cross roads

Seen some cold nights

And warm lows

When you crying on a shoulder

That's colder than North Pole

Man of the household

An unhappy

Time to foreclose

The pain run deeper than a borehole

Tugging at my heart strings

Puppet with a long nose

And all that Jazz

Baby you know how the song goes

The flesh is very weak

But the spirit got a strong hold

And we's supposed to have it all

Well almost

Everything that glitters

Isn't all gold

I gave you my raw soul

You gave me your heart broke

Created a safe space

A place we could all grow

Even though it hurts

To have to say it

Like a sore throat

Will we ever make it

That's a question

Only Lord knows

Some Toll-roads

But I'm down for the ride

If we decide that

Our love is much

Stronger that pride

We could survive

Rap don't pay

Like a good job do

Ain't that the lies

That they tell to you

Rap don't pay

Like a good job do

Ain't that the lies

That they tell to you

Adolescents back then

I was only eighteen

I would spit an eight bar

You would never hype me

You would get you V-Dub Pimped

To impressed the boys

I would hear the neighbours

Bitch about the noise

I would play my new tracks

Hoping you would feel me

You grew up Disney

I grew up on Jay-Z

Now I'm the blueprint

The radio, they play me

But all I really wanted

Was for you to love me

Rap don't pay

Like a good job do

Ain't that the lies

That they tell to you

Rap don't pay

Like a good job do

Ain't that the lies

That they tell to you