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Artist: Ludacris
Album:  Ludaversal
Song:   Charge It to the Rap Game
Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com 

[Chorus: Ludacris]
Everybody wants the fortune and fame
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Ha, this industry's like a crap game
Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game
Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game
Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game
Ah, this industry's like a crap game
Sometimes you gotta charge it to the rap game

[Ludacris]
Let me see here, umm, where do I begin?
Well the industry's shady, not everybody is your friend
I had to learn that shit the hard way
In and out of bogus contracts since before I was rappin in the hallway
Everyone out for money, executives out for blood
If you don't keep the music current then labels'll pull the plug
Get it? Hard to admit when shit don't go the way you plan
while everybody's on Instagram just frontin like life is grand
Take it back to one of my first tours
Fuckin everythang movin thinkin groupies will never do nothin back to us
Kick 'em out the hotel swearin I hit my finer thangs
Lost a bunch of jewelry from a Rolex to a diamond chain
Bitch~! How in the hell did I get caught slippin?
Meanwhile on all my records nigga talkin 'bout he pimpin
May have exaggerated a little bit
You know, fake it 'til you make it, every one of us rappers gotta talk a little shit
Yeah I done smashed some video vixens and some actresses
But brand name pussy don't feel no different on my mattresses
Insecure hoes with breast jobs and butt shots
Blamin on us rich niggaz sponsorin shit and what-not
Now guys are just as big as groupies as these women is
'til you break up and a bitch wonder where her percentage is
While these regular hoes'll try to play that trap game
And now's the time I blame it on the rap game

[Chorus]

[Ludacris]
Listen, this ain't scripted, this reality
It takes some drugs for us to conquer this insanity
Thieves usin our name promotin these fake appearances
Publicists over-chargin takin years for these clearances
I got sued, some rapper said I stole they joint nigga
Spent half a million just to prove a fuckin point nigga
We got the fans thinkin rappers never lose
Gave a producer a hundred grand for a beat I never used
Damn~! The false stories and bein misquoted in magazines
got a nigga wantin to go and load a couple magazines
Head to your office and shoot up the whole fuckin staff
Post that on your website and BURN while I fuckin laugh
You protesters at my concerts, y'all make me SICK!
I thought I told you I would NEVER disrespect a bitch?
It's clear to see that hip-hop's under attack, man
Or is it cause that no one wants to see a rich black man?
Really they want us with no money
Hungover and missin flights and cuttin our show money
Hip-Hop cops still lurkin and tryin to catch us slippin
and put us in a position to make some real-life decisions
Hmmm, or do we just be doin dumb shit?
Emptyin out these gun clips and always on the run shit
Lifestyles of us entertainment hood niggaz
If it's bad to be a rapper, what's good nigga?

[Chorus]