Industry (Explicit) - Cormega

Listen to me good

The artist is the most important person

You are the feature

People listen to you they don't listen to their preachers

Exaggerated tales of hustin' we quick to pass

Judgment and fail our brothers

Instead of talkin' bout Lauren

Hill talk about Lauren skill

Truth be told there may never be a girl as ill

Don't gossip bout Dame Dash

Give props to Dame hand

For the rise of Jay and for signing Kanye man

Niggas is crazy that's why we ain't got sh*t

Rappers hate each other not the labels that got rich

Don't care about culture they only want profit

If your album sells slow bet you get dropped quick

Q-Tip warned us the industries toxic

For reference check out B D P - "Sex and Violence"

When Styles made "I Get High" it was playin' all day

When Styles made "I'm Black" it didn't get enough play

I guess they got a problem with anything positive

Doesn't make sense if it doesn't bring dollars in

Those that managed us

Those that were our agents

Those that were our accountants

Those that were the records executives

Those that were the owners of the record label

You never got true accounting for nothing that you did

What's the difference between a label and pimpin'

You sell yourself they tell you how to spend it

Ho a** niggas slow down listen

Just prey your minds with no ambition

They keep you fly — images promotion

They keep you high so a ni**a isnt' focused

You livin' in a moment feeling yourself

They livin' in plus homes what's really success

And what's swag

I don't care how you dress or what you drive

I want rhymes that really impress

You say it's all about money do you even invest

Any time in your rhymes let me guess

You're so nice you don't write it just comes to you

'Cause you the sh*t — nah you just dodo

I lyrically abuse any rapper who choose to step to me

I will bring it right to you

Who do you think you are

To them you are nothing but a piece of meat

And you are only as valuable as your last hit song

And when you make no more hit songs

Nobody cares for you no more

Men lie women lie

Numbers can be altered

To look high shareholders hate taking losses

This is business they don't care about your lyrics

The better you sell the better future for their children

Controversy sells so they support conflict

Makes more progress means more profit

Means more profit

And artists get killed they say they so sorry

Meanwhile they tell you the date of his next project

What a life death made it more profit

Record companies get paid for your drama

And “Beef” DVD is on BET

So every artist who was on it was beefin' for free

While the royalties are going to QD3

He Quincy Jones though what he know about beef

No disrespect intended I know he got peace

But it's deep how the rich get paid off our grief

And every one of our great artists they die — with nothing

And the record company executives were rich

Sending their kids to college

You're not stupid — you are brilliant

But the question is: can you put your brilliance in a song

Can you put the conditions

Of the world in a song

And inspire young people all over the world