I don’t do this on the side, I do this in my spare time/ So spare me the canned laughter after every punch line/ Hustle and find the troubles to mind/ You stumble and fumble and mumble your rhymes/ I hate when crowds are easily impressed by double time/ You can’t please ‘em all when you feed it to ‘em raw/ Maybe I’ll get some respect when my CD’s in the store/ But I won’t believe the hype from reviews and magazines/ ‘Cause most critics are failed artists who take it out on acts like me/ Take the show on the road with no circus/ The only thing my words served was a purpose/ The double-edged sword I walk along like the shoestring budget/ That I work with and wear these clothes like closed curtains/ A college grad with a film degree and no insurance/ With eyes darker than Clive Barker’s and Tim Burton’s/ I stare into the audience and tell it like it is/ And kill ‘em softly with a million cuts and slices I give/ Gotta lot of nerve saying hip-hop’s dead/ Made a living off your fans who think you understand ‘em/ It’s pathetic like suburban emcees who pack up and are headed/ To the ghetto just to get some street credit/ Fuck that – where’s your statements at to stop the burning?/ The end paradise living off your hard earnings/ ‘Cause I never sold drugs and I never sold out/ Just want my music heard – word up and no doubt/