Tricked

[00:05.63] Trick, trick, trick
[00:10.78] It's a trick, trick, trick
[00:13.75] We've been tricked, it's a trick
[00:17.05] Trick, we've been tricked
[00:18.60] Tricked into thinking we need that, we need this
[00:21.49] Tricked into thinkin' since we rap, we get rich
[00:24.52] Trick, trick, my nigga, it's a trick
[00:27.78] Trick, trick, it's a trick, we've been tricked
[00:30.55] Into thinkin' that the art is a pie to be split
[00:33.42] My nigga that's a farce, it's a lie, we've been tricked
[00:36.51] If you can name a record label guy takin' risks
[00:39.52] Then I can name a misdirected guy that's been tricked
[00:42.79] Tricked, this is why I don't fuck with them
[00:45.87] Only thing they takin' is your publishin'
[00:48.65] Watch you make mistakes in the court of public sin
[00:51.64] Got you concentratin' on hittin' the club, gettin' spins
[00:54.61] Ballin' off of your budget, that's at your expense
[00:57.65] Your A&R spendin' five, they deductin' ten
[01:00.60] Trick, trick
[01:02.08] Trick, we've been tricked
[01:03.96] Trick, it's a trick
[01:05.18] My nigga it's a trick
[01:06.94] Tricked into thinkin' we need them to exist
[01:09.88] Tricked into thinkin' that my sister is a bitch
[01:12.82] Thinkin' that I can kiss these random bitches on the lips
[01:15.85] Thinkin' that my health is not an issue 'til I'm sick
[01:18.86] Forever havin' issues with my brother, that's a trick
[01:21.72] Because we Crips and Bloods we kill each other, that's a trick
[01:24.85] Think because you do crime that you cannot fall victim
[01:27.95] Think you can drink and drive, not end up in car collision
[01:30.83] From day one at the hospital they target our children
[01:33.78] Say they gonna immunize 'em they somehow get autism
[01:36.84] Incriminate myself on records speakin' on my life
[01:39.89] Expect to receive blessings out here cheatin' on my wife
[01:43.02] Trick, trick, it's a trick
[01:45.14] We've been tricked
[01:46.18] Trick, trick
[01:47.55] My nigga you've been tricked
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[02:01.13] The owners of them prisons are magicians, that's a trick
[02:04.03] Voila, disappearin' in the system, that's a trick
[02:06.98] Trick, trick, my nigga we've been tricked
[02:10.15] Trick, trick, my nigga, that's a trick
[02:13.16] The pen is a black magic hat, that's a trick
[02:16.07] Pull your rabbit ass out and put you back, that's a trick
[02:19.22] Thinkin' it's a right of passage for a black male
[02:22.21] Ain't a real nigga 'til you enter that jail
[02:25.21] It's a trick, it's a spell
[02:26.54] You're bewitched, it's a L
[02:28.06] You're bigger than that prison like Mandela in the cell
[02:31.12] Made you fall in love with sittin' in a prison room
[02:34.32] Then swept you under the rug, with the wicked witch's broom
[02:37.23] What about your son sittin' in your bitches womb?
[02:40.21] Without you he's a thug, prison business just resumes
[02:43.47] Trick, trick, my nigga, it's a trick
[02:46.32] Trick, trick, we've been tricked, it's a trick
[02:49.33] Them 360 deals got 'em livin' in your pockets
[02:52.33] Now everything you gross is hittin' different than your profits
[02:55.38] Thinkin' you the man 'cause you made a million dollars
[02:58.35] They wave a magic wand, Uncle Sam fill his wallets
[03:01.39] Trick, trick, my nigga, you've been tricked
[03:04.64] Trick, trick, it's a trick, we've been tricked
[03:07.59] Trick, trick, my nigga, you've been tricked
[03:10.57] Trick, trick, my nigga, you've been tricked
[03:13.68] Tricked into thinkin' your amendments really matter
[03:16.48] The right to bear arms was only made for Grizzly Adams
[03:19.50] Trick, trick, my nigga you've been tricked
[03:22.63] Trick, trick, we've been tricked, it's a trick
[03:25.67] Thinkin' your degree will have everything protected
[03:28.66] A ghetto soundin' name, got your resume rejected
[03:31.76] And politicians lie, got their clever ways perfected
[03:34.71] 'Cause puppet masters still control whoever they elected
[03:37.84] Trick, trick, my nigga-
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