| Uh… | 
| Yeah. | 
| yeah. | 
| Yeah. | 
| yeah. | 
| yeah. | 
| Know the game! | 
| You ain’t got to lie to me | 
| Ain’t got to lie to me | 
| You ain’t got to lie to me | 
| Ain’t got to lie to me | 
| You ain’t got to lie to me | 
| Ain’t got to lie to me | 
| You ain’t got to lie to me | 
| Ain’t got to lie to me | 
| Everything was good, we signed up on the dotted line | 
| Bullshit advancement thinkin everything was fine | 
| Up in the studio workin every night and day | 
| For some strange reason, the work don’t match the pay | 
| Now I’m feelin like a slave, Kunta Kente | 
| The A&R tellin me, what we can’t say | 
| Brand Nubian y’all on some different shit B | 
| It’s gon' be kinda hard to get y’all on MTV, yeah | 
| Now we on a roll, promo tryna blow (Uh-huh) | 
| Family can’t see 'em, livin off bullshit pediem | 
| Runnin around the country, assed-out and half-naked | 
| Three niggas splittin a dollar-fifty off a record | 
| Listen here yo, this shit here better blow | 
| Cuz we ain’t gon' see no paper till they get back all they dough | 
| From the studio, photo shoots and dough for clothes | 
| Advancement and shit, and not to mention videos | 
| The way we gon' eat, then we gotta do these shows | 
| I’ma keep it real witcha, that’s how this shit goes | 
| The name of the game is «tough luck» if you don’t know | 
| I wish somebody woulda schooled me a long time ago | 
| About the samplin and shit (Uh-huh) | 
| How much those artists get | 
| The mechanicals of royalties and publishin and splits | 
| We was happy y’all just being on tour (Yeah) | 
| Until we learned the game, then the attitudes inflamed | 
| Household names, pockets didn’t match the fame | 
| And at the same time drop knowledge for your brain | 
| Before you sit down and sip the Cris' and celebrate (Yeah) | 
| Be sho' fo' sho' nigga that you got yo' business straight | 
| Cuz once you sign on the dotted line it’s too late | 
| For the next five years, the recors label got yo' fate | 
| You ain’t got to lie to me… |