How To Rap

Uh Let me break this sh- down and make it simple for you n- Yo, uh-huh I remember standing on that block just like yesterday (uh-huh) Ds pull up with the captain then I run (uh) I turned the street sh- into corporate, a pot to a office I give you "How To Be a Rapper 101" First you gotta be nice with it, I built my sh- ciphering Long I was in dark studios, that was the price of it Syllables, details, Spoon's house where I tightened it (uh-huh) Then I got so nice, I looked up and I wasn't writing it Closer to your dream now, you're ready for a team now N- who keep you focused the only ones you should be 'round I chose the hustlers who was with me holding the streets down We making dope money off of a MP3 file (woo!) Now you go crazy, you make the streets hot (hot) They should be playing sh- out every car and every weed spot Every club, every barbershop 'til everything's locked Make sure when the people speak your name that everything stop Now look at you, you lit, you gettin' 20 for a feature Your old h- gotta hit your manager to reach ya Your n- think you changed, naw, that change made you a thinker You seen this game break the best of 'em, it's gettin' deeper Remember to stay grounded, don't let it make you to a diva You know them little traps be in them rap beefs and leeches The Jack boys'll sneak yas, them tax boys can see ya (uh-huh) Get security and lawyers, then enjoy it with your feet up Got the labels calling you, they fly you out to talk to you, low-balling you And kinda still doubt if they could market you (what?) Turn it down and show 'em that your number was inarguable And when they double back, you charge 'em triple what they offered you That's how you rap, they probably thought this was a coke song 'Cause so far, I been the industry's Omar, turned this sh- into Snowfall Go off every chance that I get, I guess I'm a showoff Flow on any beat that you play, I feel like I showed y'all When I was up-and-coming, I had your favorites up and running Had 'em dodging features with me, when my album drop, they ducking I do press runs, they get quiet, around that time I don't hear nothing When they drop, I'm in they city, I'm outside like I've been huntin' Boss sh-, investing my own paper now like, "F- it" Built another source of income 'cause rap alone won't cut it Don't leave no money on the table (nah), let's meet and discuss the budget (let's talk) If they let me go today, my own career, I could fund it How they gon' weigh out your legacy? How the critics gon' judge it? Is your chapter gon' be legendary status when they shut it? (Huh?) Some word delivery, add in some versatility Double your workability and now you know how to be a rapper (uh) I remember standing on that block just like yesterday (uh-huh) Ds pull up with the captain then I run (uh) I turned the street sh- into corporate, a pot to a office I give you "How To Be a Rapper 101" (uh) I remember standing on that block just like yesterday Ds pull up with the captain then I run (yeah) I turned the street sh- into corporate, a pot to a office I give you "How To Be a Rapper 101" (ah, n-)