Pharoahe Monch - The Hitman lyrics
[Pharoahe Monch - The Hitman lyrics]
Yeah, uh, okay yeah, uh
Call me the hitman, it's kind of hard
Ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game
We became it so I painted a masterpiece
Of an industry tainted
It's not a lithograph, so it's graphic
Frame it the hitman (Say it again)
The hitman
The hitman (Uh, say it again, say, say)
The hitman
Some people say I'm extreme
Broadcast a beam live through a meme
Screaming as Jimmy Iovine
As corrupt as Don King
Boxed into the ghetto to
Be champions of bling industry's the arena
The internet is the ring
You train audible queens to
Sling music to fiends?
Then Def Jam, supreme team, the same thing
Except more critical now
It's digital cocaine
The goal to control every individual's brain
Like cadillacs for contracts in the 60's
Now it's rap 'til you 60 for contract 360s
The trick
Switch the degrees with the three sixes
Artists are left with zero
You know who receives the riches
Which is the reason why there's
Only a few moguls
Globally, the pioneers are left
In a chokehold
Enough to make an individual go postal
Watching these old folks get
Fucked for their vocals
Call me the hitman, it's kind of hard
Ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game
We became it so I painted a masterpiece
Of an industry tainted
It's not a lithograph, so it's graphic
Frame it the hitman
The hitman (Uh)
The hitman (Say it again, say, uh)
The hitman
If you are not performing
Fellatio for radio rotation
What's the ratio for radio
Play at your station?
If you're not paying to play
The record is dead
Puts a whole new spin on Radiohead
They got a thousand plays a week
And we selling the same unit's
Put their best rep up
They couldn't stand next to it
People wanna relate, they wanna connect to it
Here's a lyrical check
Is this enough for you to flex to it?
Huh? Or do you need more clues?
Should I be more black
Would that change your view?
Should I dye my hair blond
Should my eyes be blue?
Just a couple of questions I
Mustered up for you
But these eleven-and-a half shoes
You can't fill those
I make headlines like corduroy pillows
And probably get banned from
Television and marketing
Targeting music industry politics
Provocative
The hitman, it's kind of hard, ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game
We became it so I painted a masterpiece
Of an industry tainted
It's not a lithograph, so it's graphic
Frame it the hitman (Say it again)
The hitman
The hitman (Say it again, say it, uh)
The hitman
It's kind of hard let's release sex tapes so
We can become stars
Nude photographs of titties and asses
Increase our buzz, impress the masses
I thought she was supposed to be so passive
Now you just another ass in
The end with an asterisk
Cellphone songs, you will never be classic
You sold your soul
They call that remastering
See, why does it have to be so drastic?
Chemical skin peel makes the
Song more plastic
Follow the program, man, stick to the tactics
Twelve to eighteen, you know the demographics
These kids want popcorn, they want slapstick
Probably the chorus goes 'tisket, tasket'
But, I'm not willing to risk it and mask it
This might take a couple of listens
For you to grasp it the Hit
Call me the hitman, it's kind of hard
Ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game
We became it so I painted a masterpiece
Of an industry tainted
It's not a lithograph, so it's graphic
Frame it the hitman (Say it again)
The hitman
The hitman (Uh, say it again, say, say)
The hitman
Some people say I'm extreme
Broadcast a beam live through a meme
Screaming as Jimmy Iovine
As corrupt as Don King
Boxed into the ghetto to
Be champions of bling industry's the arena
The internet is the ring
You train audible queens to
Sling music to fiends?
Then Def Jam, supreme team, the same thing
Except more critical now
It's digital cocaine
The goal to control every individual's brain
Like cadillacs for contracts in the 60's
Now it's rap 'til you 60 for contract 360s
The trick
Switch the degrees with the three sixes
Artists are left with zero
You know who receives the riches
Which is the reason why there's
Only a few moguls
Globally, the pioneers are left
In a chokehold
Enough to make an individual go postal
Watching these old folks get
Fucked for their vocals
Call me the hitman, it's kind of hard
Ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game
We became it so I painted a masterpiece
Of an industry tainted
It's not a lithograph, so it's graphic
Frame it the hitman
The hitman (Uh)
The hitman (Say it again, say, uh)
The hitman
If you are not performing
Fellatio for radio rotation
What's the ratio for radio
Play at your station?
If you're not paying to play
The record is dead
Puts a whole new spin on Radiohead
They got a thousand plays a week
And we selling the same unit's
Put their best rep up
They couldn't stand next to it
People wanna relate, they wanna connect to it
Here's a lyrical check
Is this enough for you to flex to it?
Huh? Or do you need more clues?
Should I be more black
Would that change your view?
Should I dye my hair blond
Should my eyes be blue?
Just a couple of questions I
Mustered up for you
But these eleven-and-a half shoes
You can't fill those
I make headlines like corduroy pillows
And probably get banned from
Television and marketing
Targeting music industry politics
Provocative
The hitman, it's kind of hard, ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game
We became it so I painted a masterpiece
Of an industry tainted
It's not a lithograph, so it's graphic
Frame it the hitman (Say it again)
The hitman
The hitman (Say it again, say it, uh)
The hitman
It's kind of hard let's release sex tapes so
We can become stars
Nude photographs of titties and asses
Increase our buzz, impress the masses
I thought she was supposed to be so passive
Now you just another ass in
The end with an asterisk
Cellphone songs, you will never be classic
You sold your soul
They call that remastering
See, why does it have to be so drastic?
Chemical skin peel makes the
Song more plastic
Follow the program, man, stick to the tactics
Twelve to eighteen, you know the demographics
These kids want popcorn, they want slapstick
Probably the chorus goes 'tisket, tasket'
But, I'm not willing to risk it and mask it
This might take a couple of listens
For you to grasp it the Hit