[Intro: Prince Paul]
Politics of the business
[Hook: Ice-T]
The business, the business
Politics of the..
The business, the business
Politics of the.. the business
Politics of The Business, the business
Politics of the.. the business
[Ice-T]
Anybody who gets in this business
And lives his offer but he's living in a miracle
[Prince Paul]
Awww man, f** the music business, man
f** that, I wanna say when you just can't say: f** this business
You got to get in where you fit in
And understand what you get in
[Ice-T]
I uhh.. I mean, if somebody sits and talks to me about the music business
I will tell him not to get in it
I will tell him that it's very very very complicated
And hard to actually cease something that living today
[Chuck D]
Politics of the.. business
Rap miserable muscles is that when..
Cats all of a sudden look at BET
And say: Awww man, we can do that
Man, I can outbone Jay-Z
[Ice-T]
Yeah, in every one of these videos
You're gonna see some sacks!
You're gonna see somebody tote some money
Or somebody acting like they shoot you
It ain't much in between
[Prince Paul]
I have to tell the artist straight forward
You are not that great, as you think you are
You smoke too much f**ing weed
And when.. when.. when you hear yourself back
Everytime, you're coming out and hating yourself
[Ice-T]
Politics of the business
The business, the business
You know, that's.. that's the way to get f**ed in the business
Of course, it's.. it's.. it's a cut throat business
[Chuck D]
It's what you know..
What you know'll save you in this business all the time
[Ice-T]
And it's.. I guess.. it's just the bottom line making a hit record
And uhh.. it's not simple as people think
You know.. it's very complicated
Yeah, if it did, everybody would go make one right now
Politics..