Keep Your Eyes Open

[Hook]
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it coz you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it coz you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned

[Verse 1]
Like a baby’s first step I have to learn to stand on my own
A rough road ahead but no one else can handle it for him
Where I’m planning to go, is like an initiation school
You go as a boy you come back as a man and you’ve grown
I’m like an athlete on this song and I have a baton
Running along, and after this song, I’m passing it on
King of my destiny back on the throne
To move you like the booth is my cockpit and ya’ll are passengers on
A disaster is born in the form of this rap song
I plan to reign a lot longer than a hazardous storm
This is more than a career, it’s a calling, and I’ve answered the phone
It’s cast and stone, my poems are in a class of their own
And er you can tell when i speak that I have grown
This has become way more than beats and rap poems
To stand on my own I needed a back bone
On the real, son I’m just tryna reap what I have sown

[Hook]
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it 'cause you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it 'cause you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned

[Verse 2]
Like sight to the blind I’m just taking what’s rightfully mine
I’m like a miner who keeping every diamond he finds
Why get the smallest piece when I’m the one whose writing the rhymes?
I might not get a piece at all but I’ve decided it's fine
It beats being the chef and not getting to eat
It beats being the best and what you getting is cheap
See I’d rather be at a desk and not even emcee
At least I’d be receiving a check at the end of the week
I’m just tryna get a bigger piece of my own cake
Make my own decisions, release on my own date
You know, charge my own fees when I’m on stage
I’m just tryna live off royalties when I’m old age
'Cause I believe I’ve paid dues
And now I’m tryna make moves
I’m like a puppet with a pair of scissors tryina break loose
I’m tryna make music
Not be a slave to it
I know my worth is more than 40 acres and a mule, kid

[Hook]
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it 'cause you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it 'cause you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned

[Interlude]
I love what I do, I love this music business
But ever so often I have to remind myself that it’s exactly that... Business
And until I know the business part of it
Like a lot of musicians, I’m gonna die a pauper

[Verse 3]
'Cause on the real I’m concerned about all that
This industry is hot and you’ll burn till you’ve gone black
I’ve only figured out my worth and I’ve gone back
To try and renegotiate the terms of my contract
I love writing rhymes, recording
I love being at a live performance
Making the crowd recite the chorus
But also wanna be secure when I retire like Jordan
I love this music but I don’t wanna die a pauper
And that’s why I’m tryna get my business straight
My future’s determined by the decisions I make
And you’ll realize when you listen to this tape
That I’m only tryna learn from the mistakes previous musicians made
It’s a business not just hooks, rhymes and vocals
Industry crooks are capitalizing on hopefuls
And I refuse not to know what’s mine that is so true
Not when there are so many books at my disposal

[Hook]
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it 'cause you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned
Keep your eyes open
Watch and learn
Listen to what I’ve spoken
If not you’ll burn
Stay in it 'cause you love it
Do not return into a money making puppet
Get what you've earned