K-Rino, Andrea Maria - Million Dollar Slave lyrics

This is how the game is played
No matter how much you got, watch it

When you started out you was hard then
Master gave you the nod
Folks worshipped you like a god but
That was just a facade
You gave the system a try so
Now your status is high
But, your position so how you act and comply
You came up out of the field
Hoping to properly build
He showed a lot of the skill
His hustle got him a deal
But shortly after you knew this
Game was ratchet and cruel
Which made you actually lose
The happiness you pursued
They peppered you with the praise
Big revenue everyday
Yet telling you what to say
Whenever you hit the stage
When something pop in the streets
They take your option to speak
Don’t want you dropping no heat
They even watchin’ your Tweets
So if a topic arise
They pimp these popular guys
Make statements that’s not advised
They make you apologize
They keep it low, knew they wanted to hurl
They show you their power by punking
You in front of the world, you’s a

Million dollar slave, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah you’s a million dollar slave
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You feelin’ comfortable ‘cause now you
Got the mansions and cars
You get to be at the award
Shows and dance with the stars
They see you fighting for a cause
Now they sick of your ass
So they pickle your past instantly
And dig up some trash
They’ll hold some old dirt until you
Force ‘em to use it
The machine builder can tear it
Down whenever he chooses
You were not produced to speak truth or
That’s just how he views it
‘cause the use of his platforms
Are only for his amusement
Ain’t no protestin’ and speakin’ out
That’s not how he raised you
The price for being a good slave
Is the millions he pays you
Caught up in the depths of
A false sense of acceptance
Never using the devil’s history
As a reference
Two hundred, three hundred million
It don’t matter your worth
Soon as you think you flyin’
He gon’ slam you back to the earth
Tear you down in the media
Then watch the hate ensue
They’ll even make your own
Community turn against you, you's a

Million dollar slave, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
You’s a million dollar slave, yeah, yeah
Yeah

Question: At the peak of success
Can you still keep your respect?
I’ve seen ‘em put some of the
Biggest black people in check
You spent years signing contracts
Cashing in royalties
But soon as they jam you up
You spendin’ that on lawyer fees
Or they see the people rising up
With boots on the ground
So they put you on Fox News
To calm the broke slaves down
You start defending everything master
Say or he do but after all that sellin’ out
They cut your ass loose too
What else is new? Same formula
They constantly do it
The corporate world, sports, politics
Movies and music your loyalty
They make you prove it on a tv show
(Authority figure: Do you support
Minister Louis Farrakhan?)
(Intimidated subject: Um… no?)
’til we break free and establish our own
Ain’t much coming
Knew that every dollar they ever
Paid you was hush money
After seeing this for years and years
By now you should know
You only get to go as high as they
Allow you to go ‘cause you a

Million dollar slave, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah you’s a million dollar slave
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah