Where The Love At

Lyrics

See, we put a lot of work in this, man So all we ask is that if you feelin' it, show us some love [Verse 1] I wrote this for every artist, in every city and market Especially independents who have it hardest From the first day we started, we learned the game hands-on Every part of it, and that helped us to be the smartest Each song in our arsenal carefully thought, written and recorded And with our own finances we parted Our hopes for radio play were thwarted And all that hard work we put forward was blatantly disregarded I always been curious ever since I became a lyricist Why the people around you don't take you serious See y'all don't understand the kind of character It takes to jump in a van with product and cover a whole area You hand people a flyer, they just stare at ya 'cause all they know is what they see and hear plastered through mainstream America But see they not the only ones I'm speaking of though Because half of the time it's usually the people you know so [Chorus] So where the love at? That's all I wanna know Ain't gotta look for it, if it's real, it's gonna show The truest ride forever, fly-by-nights come and go So never perpetrate like you rocking with me 'cause I'ma know [Verse 2] If I meet another liar, I'ma probably lose it How you my number one fan and ain't bought none of my music? Some people ask why I'm not bigger, best way to describe 'em Is you know me and you not buyin', you part of the problem In the microcosm, their thoughts are all out of sorts They have to see you blow up first to validate their support They say they with me but I don't believe 'em I seen 'em buy plenty CDs from other people then they ask me for a free one Didn't go to my show when it was 10 at the door But paid two fifty to see that commercial cat front row And it's not a issue of envy or hate to let you know Just don't tell me that you with me unless it's actually so I give one thousand percent to feed you well when I murder tracks Where is the love? I'm like Donny and Roberta Flack But through it all, I still eat and I will not fall And shoutout to my real supporters, I ain't forgot y'all [Chorus] So where the love at? That's all I wanna know Ain't gotta look for it, if it's real, it's gonna show The truest ride forever, fly-by-nights come and go So never perpetrate like you rocking with me 'cause I'ma know [Verse 3] You wonder why a lot of good artists didn't succeed Either he didn't work hard or his people didn't believe Hung around hittin' the weed while you did all the liftin' Or they said they was with him but their actions show something different Ask 'em for some help grinding in the streets, no luck But tell 'em you shootin' a video, they all show up Gave everything he had tryna strive hard Now real talent to cats working on nine-to-five jobs To rap or sing and do it for the world is your dream But when your family don't support, that's a discouraging thing It ain't always bad business that causes 'em to be gone quick A lot of cats' careers was killed by they own clique But let me tell you artists on another note Some of y'all just too lazy to get out and promote And you won't even grind for yourself, homie that's tragic Then you sit around wondering why your album went plastic, now [Chorus] So where the love at? That's all I wanna know Ain't gotta look for it, if it's real, it's gonna show The truest ride forever, fly-by-nights come and go So never perpetrate like you rocking with me 'cause I'ma know