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Audition
Hip-Hop/Rap
Audition was released on July 4, 2022 by Mayor Talib as a part of the album El Alcalde De Charlotte - EP
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Release DateJuly 4, 2022
LabelMayor Talib
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM125

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mayor Talib
Mayor Talib
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jabari Talib Bodrick
Jabari Talib Bodrick
Songwriter

Lyrics

To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
He ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the news
For the views
For the best spot
Down to say whatever
To get a recurring guest slot
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
She ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the fame
For a name
For a book deal
Down to say whatever to the people
Make it look real
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
He ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the news
For the views
For the best spot
Down to say whatever
To get a recurring guest slot
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
She ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the fame
For a name
For a book deal
Down to say whatever to the people
Make it look real
Ted told us
Everybody has a price
No matter what they may tell you
Everybody has a vice
I was spending time and money
Not enough in my community
Taking the kind of the risks
That make you think I had immunity
I had the opportunity
And only made excuses truth is
Had give that state of mind deuces
Looking back I should have
Done more been more
Had a premonition
For everything that was in store
Ten four
Information been internalized
Now it's pretty effortless for me
When I discern the lies
Politicians
Getting money for theatrics
Emmy nominated
Hoping they can be a Patrick
A star with a nice car
Showing faux tears
Acting empathetic
Get another four years
Lies be dispersing
Say they all about it
Then the bubble start bursting
It hurts when
You regret your investment
Cheered volunteered
Now you wonder where the best went
Gone with the campaign
Won at all cost
Most of the electorate
Is thinking that it's all lost
I feel it's not
But I struggle to convey that
Listening to interviews
And wonder why he say that
It's unbelievable
You getting no respect here
Selling out the people
As you as you see the check clear
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
He ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the news
For the views
For the best spot
Down to say whatever
To get a recurring guest slot
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
She ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the fame
For a name
For a book deal
Down to say whatever to the people
Make it look real
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
He ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the news
For the views
For the best spot
Down to say whatever
To get a recurring guest slot
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
She ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the fame
For a name
For a book deal
Down to say whatever to the people
Make it look real
Gil told us
In the story of Billy Green
Some people are apathetic
So many are really mean
Really seen
The misled, misread, misguided
Misinterpretation is a reason we're divided
Missing information
Cause they caught up in they bigotry
I used to argue with them
What you hearing is a bigger me
I never let them trigger me
I'm looking for solutions
Looking to be better
I'm looking for resolutions
To counterfeiters
Making money off the Lord's name
Playing with the Word
Like the ministry's a board game
Few awards came
To leaders
While they drew breath
Some assassinated
So we contemplated whose left
We are
Collectively continue
If you not a donor
You can end up on the menu
Eating at your way of living
What they say is not a given
Leave the bandwagon
If you not a fan of how its driven
Hardly anybody
Got a real platform
Quit it in a minute
Ain't nobody down with that norm
How is it possible
This stuff could be allowed
They were there when it was happening
And didn't disavow
Way too many of us falling
For the cloak and the dagger
Voting for the guy
Cause he spoke with a swagger
Spoke with conviction
Spoke with the diction
Sounding like a local
What he spoke is some fiction
Block his entry
He speaks for the gentry
Happens every year
It been going on for centuries
Eventually
We look at them with a black light
Super hypocritical
Was hoping they would act right
The Black plight
Often seems insurmountable
Keep the optimism
We can hold them all accountable
Build an alliance
Filled with defiance
Tired of them
Only writing bills for their clients
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
He ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the news
For the views
For the best spot
Down to say whatever
To get a recurring guest slot
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
She ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the fame
For a name
For a book deal
Down to say whatever to the people
Make it look real
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
He ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the news
For the views
For the best spot
Down to say whatever
To get a recurring guest slot
To be honest
I just hope y'all listen
She ain't really bout it
It was all an audition
For the fame
For a name
For a book deal
Down to say whatever to the people
Make it look real
Written by: Jabari Talib Bodrick
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