Off of Adé’s debut album, “Starting on JV”, which dropped July 10, 2009, the song “Hollywood” describes Adé’s commitment to remaining normal after he reaches success. He describes how many involved in the rap game have ‘gone Hollywood’ and he does not want to follow that path in his music career.
[Verse 1: Phil Adé]
My head been in the clouds
Sorry if I don't acknowledge you
Aspiring MC
Who's failing as a college student
Polished, too
Brown skin, matching Louis wallet, too
Shopping is a problem
I've been poor off of Karmaloop
Kama Sutra, I'm tryna switch my position
To pinch on some pennies
A nigga been penny pinching
Something gotta give in
It ain't gonna be me though
They say I'm Crazy
Cause of me they see Lo
But fuck them
Yo, I do it for the people
Be putting shun to their hate like Creole
Yeah, and continuing the mean flow
Beating beats 'til they need stitch like Lilo
Bad when I'm on the track
Swag got a lot of that
Been recording every year
I swear I work for Almanac
All of that talent
I'm gonna end up making it
But I ain't saying shit, cause I don't want friends thinking this
[Hook]
No please don't go Hollywood
I've been with you from the start
Before you knew you were a star, way far from Hollywood
No please don't go Hollywood
I'll be with you until the end
Believe in me you can depend
When you reach Hollywood
[Verse 2: Phil Adé]
Money, cars, and clothes
From spitting bars of coke
I'm just tryna make a living
Ain't tripping off of those
But if that's what it comes with
Bring it on, come quick
And tell Mark Henry please send me something with a drum kit
Yeah, cause my crew gotta eat too
Brian and my nigga Mick, how could I leave you
Seen a dude struggle from the bottom of the totem
I told them that I'ma be the shit
Word to my colon
This rookie been sitting out
I feel like Greg Oden in '08
Now I'm about to take over the whole game
Yeah, I'm on my Lebron James
I'ma get what I deserve
That's word to OJ
And y'all niggas have no say
I'm the speaker of my house, Nancy Pelosi
No way I can't turn my back on my past
I don't want none of my family to ever have to ask, this
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Phil Adé]
And that's what my nigga Stan told me
I hope that I never have to wish for the old me
These rap niggas blow me
Half of them is phonies
Haven't had a shot but they acting like OG's
Oh please, all that shit is OD
About to lean on them
Yeah, all I spit is Codeine
Hip hop muscle but I ain't sipping protein shakes
No, I just got what it takes to make it
So you can hate me or love me
Either way it's not gonna budge me
Cause I don't play fair like a fake me out bus fee
Dog trust me, the money and the fame is a blessing and a curse
Some of these dudes swear they're God's gift to earth
They're off with their worth
The profit is hurting them
Yeah, and I promise I'ma learn from them
Word
[Hook]