Tom MacDonald - The Music Industry lyrics

Look at all the rappers
That the game's killed
Record labels makin' billions
Why can't artists even pay bills?
You get taken advantage of if you take deals
They're the devil
Ain't no angels in the outfield
You get your chains and a bracelet
Maybe a fake grill
You get you paid and you're famous, baby
It ain't real
Couple milli, think you made it
But the record label take it when you
Overdose on alcohol and pain pills

Gimme a pen and pad, I'm gonna get in the lab
I'm gonna kill 'em with tracks
I'ma deliver the facts
Nobody holdin' me back
Labels are trickin' the fans
Rappers are industry plants


Everything planned

I ain't brain dead, never signed a deal
It don't make sense
Never let a label manipulate
What I've made yet
Invading the industry, independently
I break in
Kill the gatekeepers with a blade
Leave the gate bent
Mainstream rappers see the fame
Wanna break bread soul ain't for sale
Never sellout tryna pay rent
Illuminati puppets, the industry hails Satan
The devil makin' deals, I won't shake hands

Independent, underrated
These other rappers all hate it
Goin' viral with no label
With no manager or agent
Call my momma, I've got commas
And the money goin' crazy
And she cryin', tryna tell me that
She's happy for her baby, like

Ooh, ayy
Finally got that deal, got a pen in my hand
Ooh, ayy
Like how you tryna buy who the hell I am?

You can keep your cash I'm not that
Broke, I won't sign no contracts, i do me
Y'all are canceled, stealing people's dreams
How can you sleep?
It's a rap pose, throwin' cash in Lambos
I'm independent 'til I'm dead
I quit the music industry

Artists really only wanna chase dreams
We're broke all our lives, beggin' labels
"Please take me"
Tricked us into thinkin' gettin' deals
Is a great thing
Spent our whole careers tryna break free
The fans say they love us
Tryna give 'em music they need
Label doesn't like it, that ain't mainstream
You lookin' in the mirror
Like, "What happened, man? This ain't me"
I guess that I just don't see what they see

Gimme a mic and a booth
I'm gonna die for the truth
I'm gonna fight for the youth
I done got nothin' to lose
Labels are hidin' the proof, look
I'ma give you a clue
Illuminati symbols are the logos
Major labels use

They're calling me an industry plant
I giggle and laugh
I'm the total opposite of what they want
I'm spittin' the facts
I make songs about the honest
Things you whisper to fam
I've exposed the government
They wanna kill me for that
I've put the pedophile sex
Cults on infinite blast
I leaked the industry secrets
And I did it with rap
How dare you try to say
That my intentions aren't actin'
That my vision is a pillar
Of their intricate plan
No one to manage my decisions
And the pending gold plaques
No, you won't see my
Initials on official contracts
Independent 'til I'm dead or I'm
A bitter old man
Middle finger, I'm a missile that
They can't hold back, like

Ooh, ayy
Finally got that deal, got a pen in my hand
Ooh, ayy
Like how you tryna buy who the hell I am?

You can keep your cash I'm not that
Broke, I won't sign no contracts, i do me
Y'all are canceled, stealin' people's dreams
How can you sleep?
It's a rap pose, throwin' cash in Lambos
I'm independent 'til I'm dead
I quit the music industry

Miss me with all of that industry talk
Worked my whole life for the
Things that I have
Why would I give you the keys to the car?
If you just gon' drive while
I pay for the gas
I ain't gon' come to your meetings no more
Told you already ain't givin' you half
Y'all can't wait to get your feet in the door
Then lock me outside while you
Steal from my fans

Keep your cash I'm not that broke
I won't sign no contracts, i do me
Y'all are canceled, stealin' people's dreams
How can you sleep?
It's a rap pose, throwin' cash in Lambos
I'm independent 'til I'm dead
I quit the music industry
Keep your cash I'm not that broke
I won't sign no contracts, i do me
Y'all are canceled, stealin' people's dreams
How can you sleep?
It's a rap pose, throwin' cash in Lambos
I'm independent 'til I'm dead
I quit the music industry