The Music Industry - Tom MacDonald

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