[00:00.00] 作词 : Anselm, Dechalus, Kirkland ...
[00:00.31]Verse 1
[00:00.32]Let me tell you 'bout the snakes, the fakes, the lies
[00:03.16]The highs at all of these industry shing-dings
[00:05.67]Where you see the pretty girls
[00:07.67]In the high animated world
[00:10.12]Checkin' for a rapper with all the dough
[00:12.37]If you take a shit they want to know
[00:14.88]And if you're gonna fall, they won't be around, y'all
[00:17.39]So you still wanna do the show business?
[00:19.65]And you think that you got what it takes?
[00:22.17]I mean you really gotta rap and be all that
[00:24.69]And prepare yourself for the breaks
[00:26.51]Check it out!
[00:29.60]Do you wanna be in the business? (The Business)
[00:32.11]The ups and downs with the hoes (The Business)
[00:34.12]Always gettin' fronted on at shows (The Business)
[00:36.64]People gotta stick their nose (In the Business)
[00:38.20]Verse 2
[00:38.45](Q-Tip)
[00:38.97]Yo, I gotta speak on the cesspool
[00:41.23]It's the rap industry and it ain't that cool
[00:43.48]Only if you're on stage, but if you're speakin' to your people
[00:47.50]Ain't no-one your equal
[00:48.51]Especially on the industry side
[00:50.51]Don't let the games just glide
[00:52.77]Right through your fingers, you gotta know the deal
[00:55.53]So Lord Jamar speak, because you're real...
[00:57.61](Lord Jamar)
[00:57.86]They're givin' you the business and puttin' on a show
[01:00.09]You're a million dollar man that ain't got no dough
[01:02.60]But you got a ho tickets backstage to a show
[01:04.85]Sedated and at that fact they elated
[01:07.11]Time pass and your ass say "Where's my loot?"
[01:09.62]The reply is a kick in the ass from a leg and a boot
[01:12.14]All you wanna do is taste the fruit
[01:14.15]But in the back they're makin' fruit juice
[01:16.41]You ask for slack and wanna get cut loose from the label
[01:19.17]Not able cuz you signed at the table
[01:21.19]For a pretty cash advance, now they got a song and dance
[01:23.70]That you didn't recoup, more soup wit' ya meal?
[01:26.21]Cos this is the real when you get a record deal
[01:29.47]And I say...
[01:30.31](Phife)
[01:30.90]Aw....shucks, look what the cat hauled in
[01:32.92]It's Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest, let me begin
[01:35.45]Like Chuck D, I got so much trouble on my mind
[01:37.95]'bout these no-talent artists gettin' signed, they can't rhyme
[01:40.22]And if that ain't bad, you got bootleggers
[01:42.48]Goin' out like suckers, mother****ers
[01:44.99]Feel it's time that I let loose the lion
[01:47.51]And if not that then I'll commence to head flyin'
[01:49.77]Seems in '91 everybody want a rhyme
[01:52.03]And then you go and sell my tape for only $5.99?
[01:54.55]Please nigga, I've worked too hard for this
[01:56.81]No more will I take the booty end of the stick
[01:59.10]Bogus brothers makin' albums when they know they can't hack it
[02:01.36]Cuz they lyrics is played like 8-Ball jackets
[02:04.06]Now tell me I can't tear it up
[02:06.07]Go get yourself some toilet paper cuz your lyrics is butt
[02:08.83]Do you wanna be in the business? (The Business)
[02:10.83]People can't walk a straight line in (The Business)
[02:13.35]Some of these brothers can't rhyme in (The Business)
[02:15.10]A-yo, I'm tryna get mine (The Business)
[02:17.13]Verse 3
[02:17.38](Sadat X)
[02:17.88]The party scene is cool, but then again it's all the same
[02:20.39]You see the same faces, but at different places
[02:22.65]When you're up and ridin' high everything is palsy-palsy
[02:25.16]Get a million pounds and all the skins give you hugs
[02:27.43]Well that's cool, I can dig it, it really ain't my bag
[02:29.95]Prefer to max on the side and let my pants sag
[02:32.21]"Oh, he's a cutie", yeah, real cute
[02:34.72]But I wasn't that cute when I didn't have no loot
[02:36.98]Although I hit a pound of herbs I'm still nice with the verbs
[02:40.50]So **** what you heard
[02:41.75]The born cipher, cipher master makes me think much faster
[02:45.02]But critics still continue to plaster
[02:46.54]My name and discredit my fame
[02:48.55]All that shit is game
[02:49.80]And I don't really give a damn
[02:51.07]Eat from the tree of life and throw away the verbal ham
[02:53.65](Diamond D)
[02:55.66]Well, excuse me, I gotta add my two cents in
[02:58.17]Don't be alarmed, the rhyme was condensed in
[03:00.67]A matter of minutes so it must be told
[03:02.93]All that glitters' not gold
[03:04.94]Everybody wants a deal, help me make a demo
[03:07.45]See my name in bright lights, ride around in a limo
[03:09.96]My moms keeps beefin' ("Boy, get a job")
[03:12.43]But I wanna make jams, damn, I know I'll slam
[03:14.94]Huh, well it's not that easy
[03:17.20]You gotta get a label that's willin' and able
[03:19.46]To market and promote, and you better hope
[03:21.72](For what?) That the product is dope
[03:24.23]Take it from Diamond, it's like mountain climbin'
[03:26.46]When it comes to rhymin' you gotta put your time in
[03:28.99]Get a good lawyer so problems won't pile
[03:31.25]You don't wanna make a pitch that's wild