Daddy is that your car on TV?
You better believe it is baby, now go in the other room
It`s `bout to be some grown folks talkin` here, okay?
All right

Yeah, things ain`t always what they seem or cracked up to be
Like all these fakin` ass rappers in this industry
Talkin` `bout what they got and they ain`t got a damn thang
How you own three cars but you don`t own your own name?

Get your business right, boys, the first class is in session
Get a entertainment lawyer in the music profession
Start up your own company, trademark the name
That`s gon` run ya about a grand, so start savin` your change

Open a bank account quick and then follow these steps
Sign yourself to yourself and start signin` ya own checks
Hit the booth and start recordin` at the speed and need
Whatever gets your juices flowin`, could be speed or weed

Get it mixed and mastered, pressed up and plastered
Sell it to your whole hood out the trunk, ya bastard
Show all the non-believers what you destined to be
And in just a couple years, you could be rich like me

But I can`t hold my tongue, I`ma tell it like it is
This biz ain`t all fun, I`ma tell it like it is
Give it to you straight, no chase, I`ma tell it like it is
Look you straight in yo` face and I`ma tell it like it is

I can`t hold my tongue, I`ma tell it like it is
This biz ain`t all fun, I`ma tell it like it is
Give it to you straight, no chase, I`ma tell it like it is
Look you straight in yo` face and I`ma tell it like it is

See mostly all your favorite artists got some serious problems
And money could be the problem but money can`t solve `em
Some get addicted to drugs and flat out lazy
Some taste a little fame and go flat out crazy

I`m close `cause those close wanna live off my fame
And that type of s**t alone`ll drive a ni**a insane
Not to mention all the vultures, the scandalous promoters
Crabs`ll try to sue you, magazines will misquote ya

Most of these label heads, they don`t care nothin` about ya
If you stop sellin` records, they`ll act like they don`t know ya
It`s hard mixin` business with pleasure, so don`t play
Me and my crew argue and fight like every other day

Rappers ain`t above the law but our life is so fast
That we got a special Task Force of police on our ass
All that and this is really just the start of it
Hip hop, you really wanna be a part of it?

I can`t hold my tongue, I`ma tell it like it is
This biz ain`t all fun, I`ma tell it like it is
Give it to you straight, no chase, I`ma tell it like it is
Look you straight in yo` face and I`ma tell it like it is

I can`t hold my tongue, I`ma tell it like it is
Man, this biz ain`t all fun, I`ma tell it like it is
I`ma give it to you straight, no chase, I`ma tell it like it is
Look you straight in yo` face and I`ma tell it like it is

What`s worse than havin` no money is havin` it and losin` it
What`s worse than havin` some money is grabbin` and abusin` it
We never took no money from Chingy, thought I was cool with him
I wish his ass well but I don`t want nothin` to do with him

Some don`t own they publishin`, me, I never fool with `em
I`m down for my artists, try my best to stay true to `em
`Cause outside my label, competition is irrelevant
Unless I`m still in competition with my president

And believe that I`m supportin` the Hova
`Cause the industry`s shady, it needs to be `Taken Over`
But the first rule to acc**ulation of wealth
Is don`t trust nobody but your goddamn self

I can`t hold my tongue, I`ma tell it like it is
Man, this biz ain`t all fun, I`ma tell it like it is
I`ma give it to you straight, no chase, I`ma tell it like it is
Look you straight in yo` face and I`ma tell it like it is

I said, I can`t hold my tongue, I`ma tell it like it is
This biz ain`t all fun, I`ma tell it like it is
I`ma give it to you straight, no chase, I`ma tell it like it is
Look you straight in yo` face and I`ma tell it like it is

Daddy, are you finished this grown folk talk?
Yeah, baby, you can come back in here
Come give Daddy a kiss, you know I love you, right?
And I love you always