Blueprint - Trouble on My Mind lyrics
[Blueprint - Trouble on My Mind lyrics]
Yeah ah hah yeah ah ha! What?
I got so much trouble on my mind, refuse
To lose!
Since I brought you up to speed in '99
My name's been news
Got my label off the ground, put on, my folks
Dropped some classic but right
Now, we're all, still broke
And everybody's still lookin at me -
Because I took the lead
And taught 'em to believe
Tried to maximize what my crew could be
A wise man once said with
Great power comes great responsibility
Sometimes I wish it was somebody else instead
But I took it on willingly
My mom showed me the path to follow
How to be a role model now I can't do a show
Without hittin the bottle
Come home and pass out like
My father would do up at 9 AM load up a van
Drive to another city do it again
Sell a couple CD's, get a couple more fans
Watch people criticize me like they
Know who I am blueprint you spit too slow
Your vocals are mixed too low
The basslines in your beats be
Makin my speakers blow
Aesop put you on track
RJ got you on his back
Stick to production, stop tryin to rap
Another good album with bad distribution
Another 100 magazines my music's
Not reviewed in
By the time the fans impressed
Realize I'm the best doin it
I'll be makin shitty music
Too many people got their hands out
Feel like I've been takin inventory
Not too many livin off of Hip-Hop
All I hear is hard luck stories
You're either too depressed to make a record
Or way too broke to put it out
Or too proud to get up off your ass
And go the independent route
I used to wanna be signed
I don't think it's meant to be
Most signed cats I know got
Less money than me
Checkin they mailbox for checks
They never see might as well be puttin
They records for free!
When they wanna sign you
They'll put anything you ask
For in the contract
But when the same cats owe you money
- they never call you back
All the fans you had from day one start
To reject you when your shows get packed
They say you're sellout cause
You got more fans
And they never did like you
And thought you was whack
Damned if you do damned if you don't
I'll be damned if it don't
Feel just like a setup
But my suggestion box is closed
And I wish I could make
Everybody just shut up
The first thing I learned about this rap game
Is sometimes it's best to be quiet and listen
There's a whole lot at stake
So don't be a bigmouth
That makes bad decisions
Don't get caught up in the hype
Talk numbers before your music is sent in
Sometimes the numbers ain't right
So when you get a bum deal
Send it back with revisions
Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrop!
I got so much trouble on my mind, refuse
To lose!
Since I brought you up to speed in '99
My name's been news
Got my label off the ground, put on, my folks
Dropped some classic but right
Now, we're all, still broke
And everybody's still lookin at me -
Because I took the lead
And taught 'em to believe
Tried to maximize what my crew could be
A wise man once said with
Great power comes great responsibility
Sometimes I wish it was somebody else instead
But I took it on willingly
My mom showed me the path to follow
How to be a role model now I can't do a show
Without hittin the bottle
Come home and pass out like
My father would do up at 9 AM load up a van
Drive to another city do it again
Sell a couple CD's, get a couple more fans
Watch people criticize me like they
Know who I am blueprint you spit too slow
Your vocals are mixed too low
The basslines in your beats be
Makin my speakers blow
Aesop put you on track
RJ got you on his back
Stick to production, stop tryin to rap
Another good album with bad distribution
Another 100 magazines my music's
Not reviewed in
By the time the fans impressed
Realize I'm the best doin it
I'll be makin shitty music
Too many people got their hands out
Feel like I've been takin inventory
Not too many livin off of Hip-Hop
All I hear is hard luck stories
You're either too depressed to make a record
Or way too broke to put it out
Or too proud to get up off your ass
And go the independent route
I used to wanna be signed
I don't think it's meant to be
Most signed cats I know got
Less money than me
Checkin they mailbox for checks
They never see might as well be puttin
They records for free!
When they wanna sign you
They'll put anything you ask
For in the contract
But when the same cats owe you money
- they never call you back
All the fans you had from day one start
To reject you when your shows get packed
They say you're sellout cause
You got more fans
And they never did like you
And thought you was whack
Damned if you do damned if you don't
I'll be damned if it don't
Feel just like a setup
But my suggestion box is closed
And I wish I could make
Everybody just shut up
The first thing I learned about this rap game
Is sometimes it's best to be quiet and listen
There's a whole lot at stake
So don't be a bigmouth
That makes bad decisions
Don't get caught up in the hype
Talk numbers before your music is sent in
Sometimes the numbers ain't right
So when you get a bum deal
Send it back with revisions
Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrop!