Amon - Keep Swimming

no longer up and coming im the artist that didnt make it
imma product of my actions I never faked it
just cus u in the studio do not mean you productive
For three days straight stayed in my room I learned production
Morale of the story I couldnt find what I was looking for
I would Party every night wit big dreams to go on tour
get slutty wit some groupie horrors / sleeping on hotel floors
Searching for the keys to success / through some club doors
Now Every inch of advice be from the wrong person
Really you the algorithm you define perfect
And if they dont have they best interest if they makin interest off you
The sharks in the water they penny pinching off you
Then they off you cus most business people think artist are clueless
If the deal smells any type of funny then you shouldn't do it
Its not what you make its what you keep thats how I view it
The advance is just a loan but the dollar amount is amusing
And its ok to get a loan bezoz and gates got one
The problem is after you pay it off who keep the income
You wouldn't pay off a house and still owe the bank money
So when I sign this record deal / then recoup / dont act funny
simple after taxes and fees, and pay the team / what you left wit
Then you pose some questions \ everyone seems to exit
nobody kept it real when the deal was being injected
God knew you was wrong so she went and intercepted
The old me would blame others for my ignorance
All it took was research and some discipline
Financial literate I was scribbling
Read rich dad poor dad, now im entering
New ways and new thoughts on how capitol really work
On how my community has been actually hurt
The money doesn't circulate where the money birth
systematic oppression got us in circle jerk

I wanna make it in this world
hell yeah hell yeah
travel off my art
hell yeah hell yeah
Whip to talk to start

Hell yeah hell yeah
Avoid hell in a hole hell yeah
Amon aint make it yet that boy lazy
Back in 2012 he going crazy
He was getting active at the function
making party music for the ladies
Posed to put the city on wtf happened
Ah he dont fit the mold guess that nigga cappin
Wait he dont even smoke is that nigga actin
And I seen his last shit but I aint really tap in
Distracted like a mother fucka I dont know how to say no
People pleaser so how the hell could I really grow
I wanna help those around me before I help myself
You gotta get yo mask before you lend the shelf
Live below ya means that's how you live better
Stressed out weekly cus I dont have cheddar
Wanna be the greatest but I dont wanna settle
I wanna pop pop pop like kettle
You making progress if you breathing
No such thing as underachieving
Oh you gotta pulse then you gone believe
A hunnid thousand in and I bleeding
gave a hunnid percent almost had nothing left
Made sure I saw the doctor for the pains in my chest
Just a lil scare / ill be ok / ill be fine
Ill be putting me first in the mean time

I wanna make it in this world
hell yeah hell yeah
travel off my art
hell yeah hell yeah
Whip to talk to start
Hell yeah hell yeah
Avoid hell in a hole hell yeah

Written by:
Amon-Ra Cunningham

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