Snakebite

[Verse 1]

It all starts out with a vision, a dream

But what must one do yo precision it seems

Would have been the right tool to dissect the rap field

Pinnin down the skin of the Earth, keepin it real

Ain't that all a nigga gotta do to get on?

The right thought but the mic stops is all wrong

But that a young gauge though, what would one know

Fantasies of them rippin mics at every show

Crowds knowin the words of their song, shouting their name

Lights on billboards outside, it's wide fame they've earned

Many brothers have the similar dreams

Of Mercedes Benz and BMs [?]

Something in their minds

Even [?] signs

Especially if they said they had a future with rhymes

Gassin niggas sayin they got skills to win

Shakin hands and always sporting devilish grins

But there's something that to most is an unknown thing

Watch your back, they all got fangs

[Chorus]

Hey yo gather 'round and get caught in my swing

But watch out for the industry's a venomous sting

Niggas hold the fortress down and keep it tight

Or else you might die from the snake bite

Hey yo gather 'round and get caught in my swing

But watch out for the industry's a venomous sting

Niggas hold the fortress down and keep it tight

Or else you might die from the snake bite

[Verse 2]

Hey yo check, back-stabbin is

A daily routine up in this music biz

Gold diggers be bustin

They really ain't ready for repercussions of getting caught up in the bear traps of rap

But check it, black

While they're waitin 'round for applause

They should have packed a first-aid kit, clutch the gauze

Cause a band-aid won't get a nigga paid

He needs a better back-up plan to be the man now maybe

I could just [?]

The room that runs deep from brothers tryin to keep their damn sanity

From the very first day being cautious of the ones with reptilious ways

[Chorus]

Come on gather 'round and get caught in my swing

But watch out for the industry's a venomous sting

Niggas hold the fortress down and keep it tight

Or else you might die from the snake bite

Hey yo gather 'round and get caught in my swing

But watch out for the industry's a venomous sting

Niggas hold the fortress down and keep it tight

Or else you might die from the snake bite

[Verse 3]

Now to most prior knowledge usually calms savage beasts

But if one is not careful they just might release

Reality beyond most mortal men's dreamin'

The face behind the mask of a scheming-ass demon

That we call the industry, please remember these lessons

Yo later down the road they might avoid you from stressin'

Cause when they throw you cars and girls

You retaliate with visions of havin stock bonds and ownin real estate

Cause that's what it's about man from here 'til beyond

Cause everything you work for in a year can be gone

And if you sign the dotted with the smallest bit of doubt

You'll be askin' niggas to suck the poison out

[Chorus]

Hey yo gather 'round and get caught in my swing

But watch out for the industry's a venomous sting

Niggas hold the fortress down and keep it tight

Or else you might die from the snake bite

Hey yo gather 'round and get caught in my swing

But watch out for the industry's a venomous sting

Niggas hold the fortress down and keep it tight

Or else you might die from the snake bite