I don't need no middlemen to talk to my ni**as
I understand if you don't understand I figure my ni**a
That's where we differ
I take what's mine you accept what they give you
I get you
I don't take no checks
I take my respect
Pharrell even told me 'Go with the best bet'
Jimmy Iovine offered the safety net
Google came around with a crazy check
I feel like YouTube is the culp-a-rit
Ni**as pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get
You know ni**a die for equal pay, right? You know what I'm worth
I ain't your slave right
You know I ain't shucking and jivin' and high fivin'
You know this ain't back in the days right
But I can't tell by the way they k** Freddie Gray right
Shot down
Mike Brown
Like the way they did Tray right?
Y'all gone' keep choking' ni**as
We gon' turn style
I ain't your token ni**a
You know I came in this game independent right
TIDAL
My own label
same difference
Oh ni**as is skeptical of they own sh**
You bought nine iPhones and Steve Jobs is rich
Phil Knight worth trillions you still bought those kicks
Spotify's nine billion and they ain't say sh**
'Lucyyy you got some splainin' to do'
The only one they hatin' on look the same as you
That's cool
I know they tryin' to bamboozle you
Spending billions on meryin' to confusin' you
I had to tell myself 'Hov, get used to it'
It's politics as usual