Mega Ran, RoQy TyRaiD, Kosha Dillz - Return on Investment lyrics

Up late, at night
Thinking I can write a hit song
Philly homies hittin' this jawn bols be like
Jersey flow, the kid raw
Mad homies hella tight
Lyrics don't get you everywhere eh?
May be right
Alaska, Canada flow someone never said it
Good night world traveler in my own right
Living off hookups
Fans don't exist in real life
People only support when the time is right
The time is now, and my time ain't right
My phone all charged, show's over
Nowhere to go sleep tonight
Door deals got me feeling like
Some type of way
Only ending up with some type of pay
I guess I ain't got nothing to say
And anything I do say don't matter anyway
So one day I'll pucker up and kiss ass
When I really need cash until then, pass

I wanna use what I was blessed with
Maybe change the world before I make my exit
Another day another item on the checklist
And I ain't seeing a return on investment
It's getting hectic

Eyes fixated on the gauges
Distance to location quarter tank remaining
Paranoia, mental calculation
Skipping meals saving up for merch
Either work too much to play
Or play too little
And don't make as much as work
If I get them - I
Ain't necessarily rolling in cash
Sometimes I do a feature that
I would normally pass i'm just honest
The saving grace has gotten me through August
Independent artist is synonymous
With hardship
Financial sustainability's out of
Reach on purpose for royalties and salaries
Morality is purchased
Your integrity sold for income
Dignity for a dollar
Religion for recognition
Principles for some progress
They say it takes a little compromise
But my convictions ain't contingent
On a dollar sign i'm insulted
You can sew your orifice and sulfer chip
I'm from a different cloth I'll take
The higher road opposed to this

I wanna use what I was blessed with
Maybe change the world before I make my exit
Another day another item on the checklist
And I ain't seeing a return on investment
It's getting hectic

Hey yo, they see me on
Posters, and think it's easy, i'm doper
And I should be in a 'Rossa
Don't know I'm sleeping on sofas
Riding through suspect towns
Praying police don't approach us
Know the road gets RoQy but
We be keepin' it Kosha
Plays a show for 40 waiting fans
Spend an hour giving hugs and shaking hands
Just to find out the promoter left
Early and won't pay the bands
Bad business perhaps
But just another day in the life of Mega Ran
Hard to draw the line between
Commerce and your art
When you do one to eat and
The other from your heart maybe crowdfund
Cross fingers on the out come
Shop for a deal or try to do it without one
60 hours a week on the laptop
10, 000 emails out, 300 in the backlog
Some days I wanna quit
Others I'm in love with it
Gift turned punishment
But I'm just done with it

I wanna use what I was blessed with
Maybe change the world before I make my exit
Another day another item on the checklist
And I ain't seeing a return on investment
It's getting hectic