Where The Love At - K Rino

See, we put a lot of work in this, man

So all we ask is that if you feelin' it, show us some love

I wrote this for every artist, in every city and market

Especially independents who have it hardest

From the first day we started, we learned the game hands-on

Every part of it, and that helped us to be the smartest

Each song in our arsenal carefully thought, written and recorded

And with our own finances we parted

Our hopes for radio play were thwarted

And all that hard work we put forward was blatantly disregarded

I always been curious ever since I became a lyricist

Why the people around you don’t take you serious

See y’all don’t understand the kind of character

It takes to jump in a van with product and cover a whole area

You hand people a flyer, they just stare at ya

‘cause all they know is what they see and hear plastered through mainstream

America

But see they not the only ones I’m speaking of though

Because half of the time it’s usually the people you know so

So where the love at?

That’s all I wanna know

Ain’t gotta look for it, if it’s real, it’s gonna show

The truest ride forever, fly-by-nights come and go

So never perpetrate like you rocking with me ‘cause I’ma know

If I meet another liar, I’ma probably lose it

How you my number one fan and ain’t bought none of my music?

Some people ask why I’m not bigger, best way to describe ‘em

Is you know me and you not buyin', you part of the problem

In the microcosm, their thoughts are all out of sorts

They have to see you blow up first to validate their support

They say they with me but I don’t believe ‘em

I seen ‘em buy plenty CDs from other people then they ask me for a free one

Didn’t go to my show when it was 10 at the door

But paid two fifty to see that commercial cat front row

And it’s not a issue of envy or hate to let you know

Just don’t tell me that you with me unless it’s actually so

I give one thousand percent to feed you well when I murder tracks

Where is the love?

I’m like Donny and Roberta Flack

But through it all, I still eat and I will not fall

And shoutout to my real supporters, I ain’t forgot y’all

So where the love at?

That’s all I wanna know

Ain’t gotta look for it, if it’s real, it’s gonna show

The truest ride forever, fly-by-nights come and go

So never perpetrate like you rocking with me ‘cause I’ma know

You wonder why a lot of good artists didn’t succeed

Either he didn’t work hard or his people didn’t believe

Hung around hittin' the weed while you did all the liftin'

Or they said they was with him but their actions show something different

Ask ‘em for some help grinding in the streets, no luck

But tell ‘em you shootin' a video, they all show up

Gave everything he had tryna strive hard

Now real talent to cats working on nine-to-five jobs

To rap or sing and do it for the world is your dream

But when your family don’t support, that’s a discouraging thing

It ain’t always bad business that causes ‘em to be gone quick

A lot of cats' careers was killed by they own clique

But let me tell you artists on another note

Some of y’all just too lazy to get out and promote

And you won’t even grind for yourself, homie that’s tragic

Then you sit around wondering why your album went plastic, now

So where the love at?

That’s all I wanna know

Ain’t gotta look for it, if it’s real, it’s gonna show

The truest ride forever, fly-by-nights come and go

So never perpetrate like you rocking with me ‘cause I’ma know