[Intro: Amen]
Forge and Amen
Kenn Starr
'Cause it's a cold cold game, you know!
[Bridge: Amen]
'Cause it's a cold game
'Cause it's a cold cold game
You get - all the riches, you get - all the fame
If you fall off, then you gets all the blame
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game
[Verse 1: Amen]
Now as I write this, quizzically
I'm second guessing
If everything I'm working for is really meant to be
And if I'll ever see a slice of this fame
If I'll ever be a single step ahead from
Where I'm at in the game
I ain't looking for a million man
Just give me a fraction!
Anything to get me moving
Get me out of this traction
Need a breath of fresh air
A quick change of scenery
I can't explain exactly what success means to me
My ticket to the top, every minute, every sentence
Trying to spit it so it's hot
Trying to get in with his plot
Plan scheme to do the damm thing
Before the time bing
I seem to be just stalling down in this pipe dream
I mean, I'm impatient
Hate waiting for something to happen
Just trying to make it seems impossible
I hurdle obstacles on the road to stardom
So pack heavy for the journey
'Cause it's gonna be a hard one
[Hook: Amen]
In this cold game
In this cold cold game
You get - all the riches, you get - all the fame
If you fall off, then you gets all the blame
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game
It's a cold game
Just tell your friends, become your enemies
And you get lost just trying to navigate the industry
A cold game, man it's a cold cold game
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game
[Verse 2: Amen]
'Cause they label me a rebel and upstart
But now I'm on a different level
Watching twelve inches' move up charts
Say that I'm conceited
Try to challenge my heart
But you can't knock me off my pivot
Man, the balance is hard
Let me tell you that I'm right where I'm supposed to be
I break it to you vocally
I'm tired of thinking locally
Don't want to be the King of the scene
The Prince of the city
My eye's a national prize
So come and get me on some Entourage sh**
Vince Chase when the pen's race
You dream about your lifestyle
I rap about it right now
True stories, 'cause fiction is too boring
And you ain't John Grisham
Why you think they gon' listen to the
Genuine artical, Smithsonian flow
It's how I, Hova' your hoes
While you're honing your show
Erroneous? no!
I'm the truth in every sentence, every phrase
Why I'm focused on success
Every minute, every day
[Hook: Amen]
In this cold game
In this cold cold game
You get - all the riches, you get - all the fame
If you fall off, then you gets all the blame
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game
It's a cold game
Just tell your friends, become your enemies
And you get lost just trying to navigate the industry
A cold game, man it's a cold cold game
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game
[Verse 3: Kenn Starr]
Yeah!
These dudes think I'm a joke
So I'm forced to get rude
Even though most of these fools, thinking I won't
Now why is that?
You're letting the message in my rap blind y'all
Lines raw, how many times must I remind y'all?
Shine before there was a dotted line to sign on
Ladder of success, what I was destined to climb on
While y'all got nicks and dimes off
I was getting my rhymes stronger
Than Clorox mixed with Pine Soft
So never mind who you thought I was
I rap like my life depends on this sh**
'Cause it sort of does!
The four quarter buzz, could barely afford the bus
Ain't much changed, but the change got my quarters up
Throw shots from three point range until the quarter's up
Till a major label throw me paper
Like a quarter plus
I caught a rush from the thought alone
I won't stop until I'm living sort of plush
And I've bought a home
[Hook: Amen]
In this cold game
In this cold cold game
You get - all the riches, you get - all the fame
If you fall off, then you gets all the blame
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game
It's a cold game
Just tell your friends, become your enemies
And you get lost just trying to navigate the industry
A cold game, man it's a cold cold game
It's a cold game, man it's a cold cold game