Madlib, LMD ((LMNO, M.E.D., Declaime)) - Real Talk lyrics

My title is Declaime, Poet Past the Weak
We about to toss this microphone
Around with my homeboys lMNO and MED
‘Cause that’s how we do, that’s that funk

My man, Kankick, hate to say it
But he knew best
Give these fake A&R's and wack
Duck labels a rest
Watch these lame ducks suck suede
Like they were zest
Plaque ass jacks can’t get the Crest

No artist, no label, simple as that
Execs payed off the sweatshirt on your back
Put in a cut, get a cut, it’s money on track
Until they recoup theirs
The money line’s flat

I don’t do rap, rap doing me for the Gs
But they sayin’ quiet mouths don’t eat
I’m tryin’ to stay humble
But they’re bringing out the beast
Instead of handsome fee
We heard him over beats
Success is a weapon and it’s
Deadly when we speak that
I’m a grown man, I don’t
Blame who repeat that, peace

I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead
I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead
Don’t stop to ask, don’t do such things
Take my advice and quit while you’re ahead
I don’t get involved

Spark when the verse turns
Giving it a run for it's money
I’m no cash dummy
A charger, filling up the battery pack
Glad to be back where I never left
Cherish every breath
Tell’em cut the check later for the cake
That doesn’t clear debt
Not a snapper neck threat
But don’t test the bless unless

You was fresh enough to understand correct
That I’m a leader
Who never do with y’all respect
I express next shit for the extra check
Till we expand, we connect like X-Men
LMD, hundred proof from the scam that be

I pay more dues to slave hands
But, no we don’t band, just
Two turntables and a mic, alright
One mission, changeup my aim
Don’t waste no more ammunition
Hideous talking, precise decision
Each incision cuts deep
Wake up and don’t sleep

Indeed I choose this path
The math doesn’t always add up
Advances only mean you have to catchup
The glitz and glamor and shifty scam
Ignoring the star you are is part of the plan

Employing the awkward is just part of demand
Industry ain’t running the game
It’s the fans
Labels keep fading away, tell’em
You can kill the body, but the soul remains

I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead
I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead
Don’t stop to ask, don’t do such things
Take my advice and quit while you’re ahead
I don’t get involved