well i don't look or act like 50 cent,
i work 8 jobs and still can't pay the rent
i don't drive a benz that's plated in gold,
but i represent 3 area codes...
of makin' music best believe i never tire
but things get tight when i get fired.
i can't make a rhyme, and i can't make a beat,
if i ain't got money so that i can eat.
you don't see a video on MTV
you don't hear a professionally produced cd,
but you do hear the truth as i see it through my eyes,
i'm not tryin' to fill your head with all the world's lies.
this is what we are, cuz this is what we choose to be
i can't help that the truth is a part of me.
metallica sucks,
but that's ok cuz they've got the spin of the media, the television,
and magazines.
even though they've lost sight of what it all means,
they've got enough money to make true all of their dreams.
or if you wanna make money be a gansta,
then abandon it and become a rapper.
the kids are only buying what the television's selling to 'em,
it's makin' me crazy thinkin' what it must be doin' to 'em.

don't get me wrong i still wanna make money,
nice clothes, nice cars ain't nothin' funny...
but that money makes some people go insane,
and forget that they're in it to entertain.
of course there's a message, and of course there's a plan,
but can i make you hear it? can i make you understand?
gotta put it down in a way to make you listen
even though everybody's probably straight dissin'
look at me and my life, i'm in my prime...
they're eatin' caviar, i'm about to turn to crime.
wake up kids, cuz it's time to go!
ain't you noticed all the lies that you've been being fed, yo?
all the tvs books and the radio,
it's all programmed lies, they taught what you know.
they tell you what to love, and they tell you who to hate,
but don't give them control, you can stop fate.

can you separate lies from reality?
if i said i dated zombies, would you believe me?
can you separate lies from reality?
if i said you should kill, would you agree?
can you separate lies from reality?
when they cover your eyes so you can't see?