Yo,
where you going man?
You take me to um, 32nd and 7th.
Alright, no problem.
Yo, ain't you
Jlive?
Yeah, that's me.
Yo, what you doing driving a cab, man?
Man, I got to keep the lights on, man.
Yo, man, we just listening to all
your joints the other day.
Always has been, as you are,
you know what saying, all the joints.
Yo, didn't you have like a major record
deal or something like that?
something like that.
That's a long story.
So what went down?
All right, I'll tell you.
Watch this.
Yo, yo, eight years ago, 1995,
me and my man from
Bed -Stuy was down to do a dive.
Back then, I rode the train
with a pad and a pen
But he had a whip and
asked me if I wanna ride
He helped me out with a part -time job
Where I worked at a car service,
even helped me learn to drive
And even though I was just
getting to know the scene
I had more regular customers
than he'd ever seen
But see, we made a good team
Hooked up with a plan to
find a dispatcher
Who could make us more green
But I was green to the scheme
Content with trading in my gypsy
cab status for a limousine
Little did I know the plan
wasn't quite complete
Cause now we had to compete
with a whole fleet
Not to mention I was strictly on call,
so I couldn't even catch my own fares in the street, that's weak
My man got more and more shites than everyday,
try to say I should hit him for a piece of my pay
But when he robbed the dispatcher and they tried to blame me,
I had to cut him off in the worst way
I guess the moral of the story is,
to be dollar van glorious, you gotta know the biz
Cause it be's like that sometimes, even if you whip a fat rhyme,
you're still bound to have car trouble
Man, so that's why I don't trust
this record industry man
You don't know people trying to help you,
trying to hurt you
But what's so crazy is,
I'm on my way to this record label right now
Supposed to dis cuss giving me a deal or something,
you know what I'm saying?
I just don't know what to ask for,
you know what I'm saying?
I don't know how many, whatever it is, something about points,
royalties, you know what I'm saying?
But I need this deal back, yeah
Mmm, so you need a whip,
wondering what kind to get
Coupe, sedan, minivan, damn, better yet
A
SUV to roll over your competition
First of all,
slow down and analyze your mission
Who you rolling with, your girl,
your crew, your fam?
You need the night rider kit or the
A -team van
All you soloists are down with a band
Cause six in a two seat is not a good plan
Five hundred, five thou, five hundred thou
Will you settle for a hoopty or ride in style?
You want a dope car to
fly females could see
Or something simple to get you from point
A to
B
And how you paying for it?
What you prepared to do?
You talking cash on the table?
Damn, scared of you
If not, you're gonna
have to finance
That means you in the bed
but ain't no romance, y 'all
You gotta pay the cost to sit
behind the wheel and shit
Most of your check going
straight to the dealership
Not to mention the mech
anics cost money
Cause getting stranded on the road
ain't nothing funny
And if you don't keep a charge and gas
Well that fast lane joyride
ain't gonna last
You need a whip that puts
miles on the gallon
And got enough power for
the uphill challenge
And I hope you know
where you're trying to go
Parking in the wrong spot
you get jacked to toe
So, I ain't trying to discour
age or bust your bubble
But if you land the wrong deal you're
bound to have car trouble
me up on right there man, I didn't know it was that serious man,
yo man, maybe I should
call these people and cancel, you know what I'm saying,
I don't think I'm ready for it,
you know what, better just stop right here, stop right here,
you know what, I'm just going
to think about this, I'm going to hop out and catch a train man,
good looking out.
