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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eminem
Spoken Word
Noreaga
Spoken Word
DJ Muggs
Programming
B-Real
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Louis Freese
Songwriter
Lawrence Muggerud
Songwriter
DJ Muggs
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Muggs
Producer
Michael Barbiero
Mixing Engineer
Troy Staton
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
So you want to be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
I remember the days when I was a young kid growing up
Looking in the mirror dreaming about blowing up the rock crowds
Make money, chill with the honeys, sign autographs
And whatever the people want from me, shits funny
How impossible dreams manifest in the games that be coming with it
Never the less you got to go for the gusto
But you don't know about the blood, sweat and tears
And losing some of your peers and losing some of yourself
Through the years past gone by, hopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guy
Egomaniac and the brainiac don't know how to act
Shit's deep forty eight tracks studio gangsta mack
Sign the deal thinks he's gonna make a mill but never will
Till he crosses over still feeling no hate but fantasies come with these
From the sacrifice to make the cheese
You want to be a rap superstar
In the biz and take shit from people who don't know what it is
I wish it was all fun and games but the price of fame is high
And some can't pay to play here trapped in what you rapping about
Tell me what happened when you lost clout, the route you took started collapsing
No fans, no fame, no respect, no change, no women
And everybody shits on your name
So you want to be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
To be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
When you sign to a record label you don't know you sign your life over
And these white boys don't care about you 'cause the minute you fall off
They'll find another Noreaga and they'll find another Capone-n-Noreaga
And they'll find another Be Real so you need to just keep staking chips up
Do what you got to do while you're hot and mother fucking get out of the game
Just like the drug game it's even worse because in the drug game if someone jerk you
You could shoot 'em and kill 'em
And if you in this game and somebody jerk you, you got to be humble
No matter what you just been through shit has got to be right
You got to approach people, you got to be on the up and up
And everything's got to be all good
When you see somebody slap hands with them
You know what I'm saying, give 'em a pound or whatever it is
You know but you always got to act like it ain't shit
So you want to be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
To be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
My own son don't know me, I'm chilling in the hotel room lonely
But I thank God I'm with my homies, but sometimes I wish I was back home
But only no radio or videos 'cause they show me no love
The phony got to hit the road slowly
So the record gets pushed by Sony, I'm in the middle like Monie
And they press say that my own people disowned me
And the best way back is to keep your head straight
Never inflate the cranium
You're too worried about them honeys at the Palladium
They just want to cling on swing on and so on
Go on roll off the hoes fall off to the next rap superstar
With no shame give 'em a year and they'll be right out of the game
The same as the last one who came before him
Gained fame stared getting ignored
I warned him assured him this ain't easy take it from Weezy
Sleazy people want to be so cheesy, they're fucking evil
So you want to be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
To be a rap superstar and live large, big house, five cars
You're in charge coming up in the world
Don't trust nobody, got to look over your shoulder constantly
Written by: Larry Muggerud, Louis Freese