Scandalous Success

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Iomos Marad] The plan was devised before they brought us over here Wicked man created laws to keep up living in fear Having the upper hand, manipulating man, seize And dominate control of this westernized land Still the same today when I turn on my TV From O.J. to Tyson, Michael Jackson, and Kobe Let me gain success. Now they fight stress Their lives get dissected through the mental and pressed Moral codes on both sides, it's much more than a test. Indicted On assumptions, already labeled "guilty" Before the facts could even get examined properly, incar- -ceration is a beautiful part of our economy. Even Better for business when you're a celebrity getting Caught up in the mix through the traps and pits. Regard- -less of your involvement in the glamour and glitz, you're still A slave in this, and justice is the use of a whip. What? [Verse 2: L.I.F.E. Long] What's behind the lights Camera? More than action, paparazzis and grills trying To capture cover captions, taking pictures candid Exposing what's undercover, destroying the lives often Secrets now discovered. It's all a plan crafted to keep Us behind. The camera snapshots reportedly Shine. We're took to photo labs, edit the footage It's a sabotage. Media plots ruining Your image by digging up dirt to soil spoiling names It's hard to be in color with fame. Tabloids exposing Your past to put you under. Televised lies Revealing bleeps and blunders, diminished credibilities To slander—look at Jayson Williams. Even Whitney Houston And Bobby Brown fell victim. Journalists'll even Question your wife or children. It's hard being on top 'cause you're Targeted the minute you make the millions. Damn, yo That's the price of being a star, man [Hook: L.I.F.E. Long and Iomos Marad] Scandalous success, scandalous success Y'all wasn't checking when we was living check to check Scandalous success, scandalous success, platinum T Ford rims leaves the government unimpressed Scandalous success, scandalous success. It's The truth behind riches leaving you stressed. Yo Scandalous success, scandalous success. Fear not Your own strength. Only God can bless [Verse 3: Iomos Marad] Ayyo Scandalous success is when God seems to bless an Athlete or artist with talent, then actions turn perverted Believing they can fly, given the gift as genius. Grammy Award-winning status, urinating on adolescents Still gaining acceptance and dodging the consequence Sporting a mask to hide their shame and blames the evidence, scandalous success Soiled from victims having fame, there's no resistance [Verse 4: L.I.F.E. Long] Ayyo Keys to succeed: avoid the scandalous, be careful of your Movements, be careful who to trust. In this business Snakes walk like man, plotting to set you up with this Evil plan. You could be on-point, then off-point Everybody's peeping you up inside the joint. Can't go Outside without seeing you televised Everybody's talking, made of rumors, constructed lies—that's Why I choose to stay on the low 'cause too many Looking in, peeping with them scandalous eyes [Hook: L.I.F.E. Long and Iomos Marad] Scandalous success, scandalous success Y'all wasn't checking when we was living check to check Scandalous success, scandalous success, platinum T Ford rims leaves the government unimpressed Scandalous success, scandalous success. It's The truth behind riches leaving you stressed. Yo Scandalous success, scandalous success. Fear not Your own strength. Only God can bless