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(album: The Death Of A Rapper - 2023)

What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
Is it all about the money that you got?
Showing off what you bought?
What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
Reputation, you ever been shot?
Do they fear you on your block?
What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
In your songs, are you smoking on your opps?
Before the casket even drops?
What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
Show your guns on the internet a lot, then you hide
It's a lock, that you'll make a name in Hip Hop

All you gotta do is make a ass of yourself
Your songs'll go viral, the fame'll come and then It's the wealth
You like money, don't you? Well you'll be like everyone else
A cog in the wheel, just another slave in the field
Promote death and violence, all on your Instagram Reels
It's a cold game and the millions'll give you the chills
But it's cool, 'cause you just sign a new record deal
A 30-year fixed line

What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
Are you popping on the internet or not?
Numbers on your TikTok
What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
Fake chain, fake image, fake watch
All your pics, photoshopped
What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
Spending money on a OnlyFans bitch, she'd at least drop top
What's a way to make a name in Hip Hop?
If going viral is your only fucking goal
The one thing you need to know is that
You'll never last long in Hip Hop

You just turned 25 and the clock's ticking
You fans said you're falling off, and now they don't listen
It seems to me you should concede you're now the latest victim
That they don't feel the records you make no more, something's missing
Is it catchy? Is it dope? does it feel like taking drugs?
And the answer to that question is: it's none of the above
'Cause they don't wanna think, they wanna vibe
They wanna live, they wanna die
They want a mindless soundtrack to pass the time