Shame! - Big Daddy Kane

There's no myth or fable about the pimpin' at your label 
What goes on under the table, why you think your deal is so unstable? 
Now, whose the macaroni, A&R's acting phony 
Once you make the matrimony, then he start to slackin' don't he 
Or could it be the president that's being hesitant 
Playin' his artist like a corner workin' specimen 
And I ain't kidding you when I say it's political 
The way they make a ridicule of artists can be pitiful 
You know damn well there shouldn't be no company CO 
Trying to show me about rap that's 53 or so 
But yet and still they want to add advice, trying to keep their status right 
When they should be working records for Gladys Knight 
Who shape artists, man they catching rape charges 
Once you sign on the dotted line, they lead you in the blind 
Then you find, your state of revenue remains the same 
Cause you getting less points than Steve Kerr be getting in a game 
And just because it be too hardcore to judge it 
They won't even touch it, and get to frontin' on the budget 
When new artists come out, I can foresee the worst outcome 
Cause everybody I know got beat their first album 
So I took my contract to a lawyer so he can check it out (He don't know) 
Then I took it to Dionne Warwick so she can read my hand (She don't know) 

Chorus 
It's a shame, when artists gotta deal with cheats 
They got game, for every young rapper they see out on the streets 
You sign your name, they get like Big Red on the Five Heartbeats 
Now who the blame, when you starvin' and your record label eats 

Verse 2 
Preach brother 
They say the truth will set you free, but I see signs of treachery 
Go on perpetually, here's how they get you G 
They use the tricks, just to juice your