Tell It Like It Is (Album Version (Explicit))

Daddy is that your car on TV Ludacris You better believe it is baby Now go in the other room It's about to be some grown folks talkin here, okay All right Yeah, things ain't always what they seem or cracked up to be okay Like all these fakin ass rappers in this industry tell 'em 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 woo Get your business right boys, the first class is in session okay Get a entertainment lawyer in the music profession hey Start up your own company, trademark the name That's gon' run ya about a grand so start savin your change DTP Open a bank account quick and then follow these steps uh-huh Sign yourself TO yourself and start signin ya own checks woo Hit the booth and start recordin at the speed and need Whatever gets your juices flowin, could be speed or weed what else Get it mixed and mastered hey pressed up and plastered okay Sell it to your whole hood out the trunk, ya bastard Show all the non-believers what you destined to be hey And in just a couple years you could be rich like me Hook: Ludacris But I can't hold my tongue - I'mma tell it like it is This biz ain't all fun - I'mma tell it like it is Give it to you straight, no chase - I'mma tell it like it is Look you straight in yo' face and I'mma tell it like it is I can't hold my tongue - I'mma tell it like it is This biz ain't all fun - I'mma tell it like it is Give it to you straight, no chase - I'mma tell it like it is Look you straight in yo' face and I'mma tell it like it is Ludacris See mostly all your favorite artists got some serious problems yup Their money could be the problem but money can't solve 'em nope Some get addicted to drugs and flat out lazy woo Some taste a little fame and go flat out crazy woo I'm close cause those close wanna live off my fame yup And that type of shit ALONE'll drive a nigga insane crazy Not to mention all the vultures, the scandalous promoters okay Crabs'll try to sue you, magazines'll misquote ya Most of these label heads, they don't care nothin about ya nah 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 for real Rappers ain't above the law but our life is so fast That we got a special task force of police on our ass true that All that, and this is really just the start of it just the start of it Hip-Hop You really wanna be a part of it Hook: Ludacris Woo I can't hold my tongue - I'mma tell it like it is This biz ain't all fun - I'mma tell it like it is Give it to you straight, no chase - I'mma tell it like it is Woo Look you straight in yo' face and I'mma tell it like it is Hey hey, I can't hold my tongue - I'mma tell it like it is Man this biz ain't all fun - I'mma tell it like it is I'mma give it to you straight, no chase - I'mma tell it like it is Hey Look you straight in yo' face and I'mma tell it like it is Ludacris Let's go What's worse than havin no money is havin it and losin it yup What's worse than havin some money is grabbin and abusin it yup We never took no money from Chingy, thought I was cool with him nah I wish his ass well but I don't want NOTHIN to do with him woo Some don't own they publishin me I never fool with 'em nah I'm down for my artists, try my best to stay true to 'em believe it Cause outside my label competition is irrelevant DTP Unless I'm still in competition with my president what up Jay And believe that I'm supportin the Hova Cause the industry's shady, it needs to be taken over okay But the first rule to accumulation of wealth what's that Is don't trust nobody but your GOD damned self Hook: Ludacris Woo I can't hold my tongue - I'mma tell it like it is Man this biz ain't all fun - I'mma tell it like it is I'mma give it to you straight, no chase - I'mma tell it like it is Look you straight in yo' face and I'mma tell it like it is I said I can't hold my tongue - I'mma tell it like it is This biz ain't all fun - I'mma tell it like it is I'mma give it to you straight, no chase - I'mma tell it like it is Look you straight in yo' face and I'mma tell it like it is Karma Daddy are you finished with grown folk talk Ludacris Yeah baby you can come back in here Come give Daddy a kiss, you know I love you right Karma And I love you, always