The Ways Lyrics
| Song | The Ways |
| Artist | Masta Ace |
| Album | A Long Hot Summer |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 作词 : Clear, Yan, Yan | |
| So you want to be in music business? | |
| Listen | |
| A life in rap's like a knife in the back | |
| This life attracts some of the trifest cats | |
| Niggaz getting deals with pipes and bats | |
| If that don't work then they strike with gats | |
| I know a few dudes got label deals | |
| 'Cause they crew pack steel like Navy S.E.A.L.S | |
| And I ain't too smooth or too cool to mention | |
| I done ran up in the label with cruel intentions | |
| Listen, a label guy's like a bitch in disguise | |
| He just trying to stay alive, see the twitch in his eyes? | |
| A punch and a slap put his lunch in his lap | |
| And a kick to the gut'll put a hunch in his back | |
| No teeth and gummy and now he talk funny | |
| But he set to sign off on that tour support money (that's right) | |
| This nation's built on violent intimidations | |
| Turn cats to hospital patients they more gracious | |
| No promotion? Make 'em float in the ocean | |
| Your album about to flop and he ain't showing emotion | |
| He having a good time with a bunch of his friends | |
| Let him find his dog dead in the trunk of his Benz | |
| And he ignored your memo and the issues on it | |
| Give his ass a bullet with his initials on it | |
| You want a big advance? Don't tell him twice | |
| Hang his ass out the window like Vanilla Ice | |
| See cats get the message when they life on the line | |
| But when you call from the crib with they wife on the line | |
| This country of ours was built on violence | |
| If your ass got in the way you was killed in silence | |
| And these been the ways since back in the days | |
| Just ask the Indians or the African slaves | |
| So before you pick a logo, and choose a name | |
| First you gotta learn the ways of the music game | |
| Yup | |
| "I need to talk to you right now about my royalties"... | |
| ... "My office hours are from 9 to 5" | |
| "Fuck your office hours. I need to talk to you right now motherfucker!"... | |
| ... "What are you doing man?" | |
| [Chorus] | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| This is how you got to get down these days | |
| You want to get paid just remember the phrase | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| ("The ways" scratched repeatedly) | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| Now if you think what I'm saying is a bunch of bull | |
| Run up to the label now and punch a fool | |
| And watch niggaz panic and start to run frantic | |
| This goes for Warner, Electra, and Atlantic | |
| And any other major on the map | |
| Or A&R cat who turned his back after he made you want to rap | |
| See if you can find out a face and name | |
| So you know when you roll who to place the blame | |
| But Keith Murray ain't need investigators | |
| He fuck niggaz up, ask questions later | |
| And Diddy had a problem with Stevie Stout | |
| Got a Cristal bottle, knocked Stevie out | |
| Damn, he even whip a nigga ass in style | |
| When Suge hears this record man he has to smile | |
| And Def Jam reps wearing vests to work | |
| 'Cause they don't want they ribs and they chests to hurt | |
| If I worked for them dudes man you won't see me | |
| When Rocafella fall out with O.D.B. (nope) | |
| That be a day that I'm a call out sick | |
| 'Cause niggaz cool first then they fall out quick (that's right) | |
| Keep on thinking that it's only rap | |
| You'll be a broke-ass nigga and a lonely cat | |
| So before you get played out and lose your fame | |
| First you got to learn the ways of the music game | |
| Yes | |
| "What the hell you talking about?"... | |
| ... "I'm talking about the cars and the clothes | |
| And I got an even longer list of expenses: | |
| Studio time, promotions, your expense account..." | |
| "You trying to muscle me?"... | |
| [Chorus] |
| zuo ci : Clear, Yan, Yan | |
| So you want to be in music business? | |
| Listen | |
| A life in rap' s like a knife in the back | |
| This life attracts some of the trifest cats | |
| Niggaz getting deals with pipes and bats | |
| If that don' t work then they strike with gats | |
| I know a few dudes got label deals | |
| ' Cause they crew pack steel like Navy S. E. A. L. S | |
| And I ain' t too smooth or too cool to mention | |
| I done ran up in the label with cruel intentions | |
| Listen, a label guy' s like a bitch in disguise | |
| He just trying to stay alive, see the twitch in his eyes? | |
| A punch and a slap put his lunch in his lap | |
| And a kick to the gut' ll put a hunch in his back | |
| No teeth and gummy and now he talk funny | |
| But he set to sign off on that tour support money that' s right | |
| This nation' s built on violent intimidations | |
| Turn cats to hospital patients they more gracious | |
| No promotion? Make ' em float in the ocean | |
| Your album about to flop and he ain' t showing emotion | |
| He having a good time with a bunch of his friends | |
| Let him find his dog dead in the trunk of his Benz | |
| And he ignored your memo and the issues on it | |
| Give his ass a bullet with his initials on it | |
| You want a big advance? Don' t tell him twice | |
| Hang his ass out the window like Vanilla Ice | |
| See cats get the message when they life on the line | |
| But when you call from the crib with they wife on the line | |
| This country of ours was built on violence | |
| If your ass got in the way you was killed in silence | |
| And these been the ways since back in the days | |
| Just ask the Indians or the African slaves | |
| So before you pick a logo, and choose a name | |
| First you gotta learn the ways of the music game | |
| Yup | |
| " I need to talk to you right now about my royalties"... | |
| ... " My office hours are from 9 to 5" | |
| " Fuck your office hours. I need to talk to you right now motherfucker!"... | |
| ... " What are you doing man?" | |
| Chorus | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| This is how you got to get down these days | |
| You want to get paid just remember the phrase | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| " The ways" scratched repeatedly | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| Now if you think what I' m saying is a bunch of bull | |
| Run up to the label now and punch a fool | |
| And watch niggaz panic and start to run frantic | |
| This goes for Warner, Electra, and Atlantic | |
| And any other major on the map | |
| Or A R cat who turned his back after he made you want to rap | |
| See if you can find out a face and name | |
| So you know when you roll who to place the blame | |
| But Keith Murray ain' t need investigators | |
| He fuck niggaz up, ask questions later | |
| And Diddy had a problem with Stevie Stout | |
| Got a Cristal bottle, knocked Stevie out | |
| Damn, he even whip a nigga ass in style | |
| When Suge hears this record man he has to smile | |
| And Def Jam reps wearing vests to work | |
| ' Cause they don' t want they ribs and they chests to hurt | |
| If I worked for them dudes man you won' t see me | |
| When Rocafella fall out with O. D. B. nope | |
| That be a day that I' m a call out sick | |
| ' Cause niggaz cool first then they fall out quick that' s right | |
| Keep on thinking that it' s only rap | |
| You' ll be a brokeass nigga and a lonely cat | |
| So before you get played out and lose your fame | |
| First you got to learn the ways of the music game | |
| Yes | |
| " What the hell you talking about?"... | |
| ... " I' m talking about the cars and the clothes | |
| And I got an even longer list of expenses: | |
| Studio time, promotions, your expense account..." | |
| " You trying to muscle me?"... | |
| Chorus |
| zuò cí : Clear, Yan, Yan | |
| So you want to be in music business? | |
| Listen | |
| A life in rap' s like a knife in the back | |
| This life attracts some of the trifest cats | |
| Niggaz getting deals with pipes and bats | |
| If that don' t work then they strike with gats | |
| I know a few dudes got label deals | |
| ' Cause they crew pack steel like Navy S. E. A. L. S | |
| And I ain' t too smooth or too cool to mention | |
| I done ran up in the label with cruel intentions | |
| Listen, a label guy' s like a bitch in disguise | |
| He just trying to stay alive, see the twitch in his eyes? | |
| A punch and a slap put his lunch in his lap | |
| And a kick to the gut' ll put a hunch in his back | |
| No teeth and gummy and now he talk funny | |
| But he set to sign off on that tour support money that' s right | |
| This nation' s built on violent intimidations | |
| Turn cats to hospital patients they more gracious | |
| No promotion? Make ' em float in the ocean | |
| Your album about to flop and he ain' t showing emotion | |
| He having a good time with a bunch of his friends | |
| Let him find his dog dead in the trunk of his Benz | |
| And he ignored your memo and the issues on it | |
| Give his ass a bullet with his initials on it | |
| You want a big advance? Don' t tell him twice | |
| Hang his ass out the window like Vanilla Ice | |
| See cats get the message when they life on the line | |
| But when you call from the crib with they wife on the line | |
| This country of ours was built on violence | |
| If your ass got in the way you was killed in silence | |
| And these been the ways since back in the days | |
| Just ask the Indians or the African slaves | |
| So before you pick a logo, and choose a name | |
| First you gotta learn the ways of the music game | |
| Yup | |
| " I need to talk to you right now about my royalties"... | |
| ... " My office hours are from 9 to 5" | |
| " Fuck your office hours. I need to talk to you right now motherfucker!"... | |
| ... " What are you doing man?" | |
| Chorus | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| This is how you got to get down these days | |
| You want to get paid just remember the phrase | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| " The ways" scratched repeatedly | |
| These are the ways, the ways, the ways, the ways | |
| Now if you think what I' m saying is a bunch of bull | |
| Run up to the label now and punch a fool | |
| And watch niggaz panic and start to run frantic | |
| This goes for Warner, Electra, and Atlantic | |
| And any other major on the map | |
| Or A R cat who turned his back after he made you want to rap | |
| See if you can find out a face and name | |
| So you know when you roll who to place the blame | |
| But Keith Murray ain' t need investigators | |
| He fuck niggaz up, ask questions later | |
| And Diddy had a problem with Stevie Stout | |
| Got a Cristal bottle, knocked Stevie out | |
| Damn, he even whip a nigga ass in style | |
| When Suge hears this record man he has to smile | |
| And Def Jam reps wearing vests to work | |
| ' Cause they don' t want they ribs and they chests to hurt | |
| If I worked for them dudes man you won' t see me | |
| When Rocafella fall out with O. D. B. nope | |
| That be a day that I' m a call out sick | |
| ' Cause niggaz cool first then they fall out quick that' s right | |
| Keep on thinking that it' s only rap | |
| You' ll be a brokeass nigga and a lonely cat | |
| So before you get played out and lose your fame | |
| First you got to learn the ways of the music game | |
| Yes | |
| " What the hell you talking about?"... | |
| ... " I' m talking about the cars and the clothes | |
| And I got an even longer list of expenses: | |
| Studio time, promotions, your expense account..." | |
| " You trying to muscle me?"... | |
| Chorus |
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