K-Rino - Where The Love At lyrics

See, we put a lot of work in this, man
So all we ask is that if you feelin’ it
Show us some love

I wrote this for every artist
In every city and market
Especially independents who have it hardest
From the first day we started
We learned the game hands-on
Every part of it
And that helped us to be the smartest
Each song in our arsenal carefully thought
Written and recorded
And with our own finances we parted
Our hopes for radio play were thwarted
And all that hard work we
Put forward was blatantly disregarded
I always been curious ever since
I became a lyricist
Why the people around you
Don’t take you serious
See y’all don’t understand the
Kind of character
It takes to jump in a van with
Product and cover a whole area
You hand people a flyer
They just stare at ya
‘cause all they know is what they see
And hear plastered through mainstream America
But see they not the only
Ones I’m speaking of though
Because half of the time it’s usually
The people you know so

So where the love at? That’s all I wanna know
Ain’t gotta look for it, if it’s real
It’s gonna show the truest ride forever
Fly-by-nights come and go
So never perpetrate like you rocking
With me ‘cause I’ma know

If I meet another liar, I’ma probably lose it
How you my number one fan and
Ain’t bought none of my music?
Some people ask why I’m not bigger
Best way to describe ‘em
Is you know me and you not buyin’
You part of the problem in the microcosm
Their thoughts are all out of sorts
They have to see you blow up
First to validate their support
They say they with me but I don’t believe ‘em
I seen ‘em buy plenty CDs from other people
Then they ask me for a free one
Didn’t go to my show when it
Was 10 at the door but paid two fifty to see
That commercial cat front row
And it’s not a issue of envy
Or hate to let you know
Just don’t tell me that you with
Me unless it’s actually so
I give one thousand percent to feed
You well when I murder tracks
Where is the love? I’m like
Donny and Roberta Flack but through it all
I still eat and I will not fall
And shoutout to my real supporters
I ain’t forgot y’all

So where the love at? That’s all I wanna know
Ain’t gotta look for it, if it’s real
It’s gonna show the truest ride forever
Fly-by-nights come and go
So never perpetrate like you rocking
With me ‘cause I’ma know

You wonder why a lot of
Good artists didn’t succeed
Either he didn’t work hard or
His people didn’t believe
Hung around hittin’ the weed while
You did all the liftin’
Or they said they was with him
But their actions show something different
Ask ‘em for some help
Grinding in the streets, no luck
But tell ‘em you shootin’ a video
They all show up
Gave everything he had tryna strive hard
Now real talent to cats
Working on nine-to-five jobs
To rap or sing and do it
For the world is your dream
But when your family don’t support
That’s a discouraging thing
It ain’t always bad business that causes
‘em to be gone quick
A lot of cats’ careers was
Killed by they own clique
But let me tell you artists on another note
Some of y’all just too lazy
To get out and promote
And you won’t even grind for yourself
Homie that’s tragic
Then you sit around wondering why
Your album went plastic, now

So where the love at? That’s all I wanna know
Ain’t gotta look for it, if it’s real
It’s gonna show the truest ride forever
Fly-by-nights come and go
So never perpetrate like you rocking
With me ‘cause I’ma know