JAY-Z - Rap Game / Crack Game lyrics

Uhh uhh, yeah
Won't stop niggas
"Somehow the rap game remind me
Of the crack game" jigga! Feel me!
Pa pause, told ya motherfuckers, told ya
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin smoke" uhh, Roc-A-Fella
Geyeah

We treat this rap shit just like
Handlin' weight
What they want we give it to 'em
What they abandon we take
Hit a rapper with consignment
Let him know it's at stake
Put his ass in the studio
Let him cook up a cake when it's hot
Get on my money spot in every state
Like the wiz in Camelot
The mom-and-pop's is the gate
But first we scope shit
Advertise in every area
Let the fiends know hey we got some dope shit
Gon' need a middle man, so we look to radio
Let 'em test the product
Give 'em a promo show just a breeze
Not enough to catch a real vibe
Then we drop a maxi single and
Charge 'em two for five
Ain't tryin' to, kill 'em at first just
Buildin' clientele
So when the album drops the
First weeks it's on sale
But when demand grows it's time to expand yo
You don't want no garbage papi
It's ten grand per blow, fo' sho'

"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"
"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"
"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"

Ge-ge geyeah i got that uncut raw to
Make a fiend's body jerk
Got your whole block now, pumpin' my work
My CD's is like keys for you Willie's who
Like to floss my cassette
Tapes in sixty-two's
And my singles like gems, you know the treys
Get you high for a while, but the
High don't stay you need another fix
You better cop these last two bricks
'Cause when this shit flip
I'ma get on some other shit
Never pitchin' for a label
Jigga's the hook-up
You know my shit is fishscale
Y'all niggas is cook up just blow up
Scream my name from Brooklyn to Da-kota
They know my shit stretch
Without the bakin' soda
Went from an eighth, to a quarter
To a half a key
Priority's work wasn't right so
I switched factories now I'm the new nigga
Who figured I'd get the game locked
Now watch how the prices
Of your cocaine drop, papa

"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"
"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"
"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"
"Somehow the rap game reminds me
Of the crack game"
"See that rap shit is really
Just like sellin' smoke"