Royce da 5'9", Ingrid Smalls - T.O.D.A.Y lyrics

Na, na, na hooooh ooooh ooooh
No, no, no

I done been in this game for years
It made me an animal
I learned that nobody else
Can be held accountable
But you for your career, not your manager
Face it even he can fuck up a relationship
I learned it don't matter
Who's spittin better
While these rappers kill each other
Them Jews they stick together
Like glue and generate more money than FUBU
For somethin made 'for you by you'
Every Hip-Hop nigga listen and wishin'
He had your style'll
Go against you if you rip him or pass him by
(yeah)
A mastermind is somebody who's actually kind
To everybody
And try to see every autograph is signed
The humblest way to look at your career
Is every nigga in here is one hit away (yeah)
Whatever goes around in rap
Happens to not come back to me, and I ask you
If I was to die today
Would you pick me up because
I'm down and out? Na, na, na

"T" represents the time when my hope fades
"O" is just a sign on my
Mind on my broke days
"D" is for the dangerous way
That the flow stray
"A" represents the answer to
The question I'm askin'
"Y" is it today I should (die)

Damn, right after one quick summer
Am I a Young MC or a one-hit wonder?
Is it a following that supports me
BET, MTV, or "E! True Hollywood Story"?
Can I hold my own and rap
Without havin' to go back to
Pharrell or Poke & Tone?
Can a married man still appeal to broads
Knowin everything he's spittin from here
On in gon' be raw?
Can a nigga simply spit that real shit
Just for niggas that feel me or
Will the system kill me? (uhh)
If I drop this album and it sells
And the next one don't top it
Will it be considered a failure?
If I had to drop outta
The limelight for a while
Would you still mob me? Hell naw!
You would not give a fuck about me
If I worked a regular job
I don't even gotta ask y'all
If I was to die today
Would you pick me up because
I'm down and out? Na, na, na

"T" represents the time when my hope fades
"O" is just a sign on my
Mind on my broke days
"D" is for the dangerous way
That the flow stray
"A" represents the answer to
The question I'm askin'
"Y" is it today I should (die)

We just wanna see you survive
Anytime you wanna talk
Maybe either one of y'all
Wanna give a holla this way (yeah)
Every lady involved is rootin
For the underdog
You don't let him die today, no!
Oh no - we ain't tryin' to see
You go - I want you here beside me
I don't want it to change - don't die!

Now as far as my weaknesses
I have a hard time competin'
Or charting on SoundScan and Mediabase
I respect Dre for teachin' me that
Money is easy to make, but hard to keep
As far as my nigga 'Los, I love him
He showed me you can do a
Dope album with no budget (yeah)
With lethal rhymes - they get that
He brought you into the game
He can take you out outta people's minds
(yeah)
(Die) Those who feel my career will die
Those who choose to leave me behind
Are confused cause they don't hear
Me cry rather ya ears is ready or not
I know you can hear me now like Mary J blige
I will take the shit
I will burn yo' bridges and I
Ain't talkin 'bout our relationship
What goes around comes around
With every person
Rather it's life or rap whatever
"Death Is Certain" if I was to die today
Would you pick me up because
I'm down and out? Na, na, na

"T" represents the time when my hope fades
"O" is just a sign on my
Mind on my broke days
"D" is for the dangerous way
That the flow stray
"A" represents the answer to
The question I'm askin'
"Y" is it today I should (die)

Hooooh ooooh ooooh no, no, no
Die