Return on Investment

[Verse 1: Kosha Dillz]

Up late, at night, thinking I can write a hit song
Philly homies hittin' this jawn
Bols be like
Jersey flow, the kid raw, mad homies hella tight
Lyrics don't get you everywhere eh?
May be right
Alaska, Canada flow someone never said it, good night
World traveler in my own right
Living off hookups, fans don't exist in real life
People only support when the time is right
The time is now, and my time ain't right
My phone all charged, show's over, nowhere to go
Sleep tonight
Door deals got me feeling like, some type of way
Only ending up with some type of pay
I guess I ain't got nothing to say
And anything I do say don't matter anyway
So one day I'll pucker up and kiss ass
When I really need cash
Until then, pass

CHORUS

I wanna use what I was blessed with
Maybe change the world before I make my exit
Another day another item on the checklist
And I ain't seeing a return on investment
It's getting hectic (2X)

[Verse 2: RoQy TyRaiD]

Eyes fixated on the gauges, distance to location
Quarter tank remaining
Paranoia, mental calculation
Skipping meals saving up for merch
Either work too much to play or play too little
And don't make as much as work
If I get them -- I ain't necessarily rolling in cash
Sometimes I do a feature that I would normally pass
I'm just honest, the saving grace has gotten me through August
Independent artist is synonymous with hardship
Financial sustainability's out of reach on purpose
For royalties and salaries morality is purchased
Your integrity sold for income
Dignity for a dollar, religion for recognition
Principles for some progress
They say it takes a little compromise
But my convictions ain't contingent on a dollar sign
I'm insulted, you can sew your orifice and sulfer chip
I'm from a different cloth I'll take the higher road opposed to this

CHORUS

I wanna use what I was blessed with
Maybe change the world before I make my exit
Another day another item on the checklist
And I ain't seeing a return on investment
It's getting hectic (2X)

(Mega Ran)

Hey yo, they see me on posters, and think it's easy, I'm doper
And I should be in a 'Rossa, don't know I'm sleeping on sofas
Riding through suspect towns, praying police don't approach us
Know the road gets RoQy but we be keepin' it Kosha
Plays a show for 40 waiting fans
Spend an hour giving hugs and shaking hands
Just to find out the promoter left early and won't pay the bands
Bad business perhaps, but just another day in the life
Of Mega Ran
Hard to draw the line between commerce and your art
When you do one to eat and the other from your heart
Maybe crowdfund, cross fingers on the out come
Shop for a deal or try to do it without one
60 hours a week on the laptop
10,000 emails out, 300 in the backlog
Some days I wanna quit, others I'm in love with it
Gift turned punishment, but I'm just done with it

CHORUS

I wanna use what I was blessed with
Maybe change the world before I make my exit
Another day another item on the checklist
And I ain't seeing a return on investment
It's getting hectic (2X)