Why Bother

[Intro: J Reno]
Yo yo! Yo! Yo yo! As an underground artist, man, I've been asked a lot of stupid fuckin' questions. I think the one that takes the cake, the dumbest fuckin' question I get asked: Why bother? If you ain't makin' big money, gettin' big fame, goin' viral, shit, then why bother?

[Verse 1: J Reno]
A lot of people asked me why I never made it famous
Why I do this rap shit if it don't come with the payment
If the record don't do numbers, then why bother to make it?
Well, I got a few minutes here, so let me explain it
I've been all over the continent rockin' the mic
From T.O. to A.Z. you don't know what that's like
I've had kids hit me up and say I saved they life
Because the song I wrote, yo, that feeling is nice
Hip-hop changed my life, it made me who I am today
If I die now, I live forever, let the record play
Artists I grew up idolizing respect my game
All you've got to do is Google, go check my name
It was a crazy dream until I started livin' it
I went from basic rhymes to craftin' the lyrics intricate
I was lit on the beats before anyone was into it
Fast forward to now, I've been heard in a million

[Chorus: J Reno]
Why bother? If you ain't tryin' to blow up big and get money from the songs you did?
Then why bother? If you ain't tryna sell out shows, get a fat bag of money, drugs and hoes
Then why bother? If you ain't tryna make it go viral why would you even spend the time though?
Then why bother? Trust me, it's none of the above, I do this motherfuckin' rap shit for the love

[Verse 2: J Reno]
To me, it ain't about the money and that's why I made a bunch of it
I had a radio show for the Juggalos and loved the shit
Magazine covers, newspapers nationwide, cable TV interviews on the primetime
All 'cause I'm nice with the flow but they don't see that
I got to rip a motherfuckin' track with G Rap
You believe that? The culture gave me so much I bleed that
The way people need air, I need rap
Most of y'all only do it for the party and the hoes
Want to be a rock star with no work and it shows
So while they hit the party up I was in the booth with it
I will put the work in while they focus on the stupid shit
And that's really the reason why I accomplished so much
But if you take it all away, I still got love
Fuck the music industry, gatekeepers, and a record deal
I do this how I want and kick whatever type of shit I feel

[Chorus: J Reno]
Why bother? If you ain't tryin' to blow up big and get money from the songs you did?
Then why bother? If you ain't tryna sell out shows, get a fat bag of money, drugs and hoes
Then why bother? If you ain't tryna make it go viral why would you even spend the time though?
Then why bother? Trust me, it's none of the above, I do this motherfuckin' rap shit for the love

[Verse 3: J Reno]
The key to longevity is not givin' a fuck at all
Haters hate, people talk, do your thing, fuck 'em all
Nobody's opinion ever made a difference
How could it? When I don't just do this, I live it
I crushed so many goals and with God as my witness
I'll crush a hundred more 'cause the skill set is sickness
And I don't give a shit if I ever make a hit with
The music that I make 'cause the underground done spit this
I don't care if a thousand or a hundred people listen
I'ma keep taking heads when it comes to the writtens
I'ma stay breaking necks with the drums when they kickin'
I'ma stay with the bars like Aunt Jackie, you get it?
So to answer your question with all of the above
I do this rap shit for the love, for the blood
For the sweat and the tears, for the pain, for the ones
Who came up from nothing and got it straight out the mud
What?