Pharoahe Monch - The Hitman Lyrics

Call me the hitman, it's kinda hard, ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game, we became it
So I painted a masterpiece of a industry tainted
It's not a lithograph so it's graphic, frame it

The hitman, say it again, the hitman
The hitman, say it again, say it

So they will say I'm extreme, broadcasted beam live through Imeem
Screaming is Jimmy Iovine as corrupt as Don King?
Boxed in the ghetto, to be champ is to bling
Industry is the arena, the internet is the ring

You train artist from Queens to sling music to fiends
Then Def Jam, Supreme Team, the same thing
Except more critical now, it's digital cocaine
The goal to control every individual's brain

Like Cadillacs for contracts in the 60's
Now it's rap 'til you 60, for contracts 360
The trick switch the degrees with the 3 6's
Artists are left with 0, you know who receives the riches

Which is the reason why there's only a few moguls
Globally, the pioneer's are left in a choke-hold
Enough to make a individual go postal
Watching these old folks get fucked for their vocals

The hitman, it's kinda hard, ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game, we became it
So I painted a masterpiece of a industry tainted
It's not a lithograph so it's graphic, frame it

The hitman, the hitman
The hitman, say it again, say it

If you are not performing felatio for radio rotation
What's the ratio for radio play at your station?
If you not paying to play, the record is dead
Puts a whole new spin on Radiohead

They got a thousand plays a week and we selling the same units
But their best rep up, they couldn't stand next to it
People wanna relate, they wanna connect to it
Here's a lyrical check, is this enough for you to flex to it?

Ha? Or do you need more clues?
Should I be more black, would that change your view?
Should I dye my hair blond, should my eyes be blue?
Just a couple of questions I mustered up for you

But these 11 and a half shoes, you can't fill those
I make headlines like corduroy pillows
And probably get banned from television and marketing
Targeting music industry politics provocative

Call me the hitman, it's kinda hard, ain't it?
What most feared we'd become in the game, we became it
So I painted a masterpiece of a industry tainted
It's not a lithograph so it's graphic, frame it

The hitman, say it again, the hitman
The hitman, say it again, say it
The hit man

It's kind of hard
Let's release sex tapes so we can become stars
Nude photographs of titties and asses
Increase our buzz, impress the masses

I thought she was supposed to be so passive
Now you just another ass in the air with an asterisk
Cell phone songs, you will never be classic
You sold your soul, they call that re-mastering

P, why does it have to be so drastic?
Chemical skin peel makes the song more plastic
Follow the program, man, stick to the tactics
12 to 18, you know the demographics

These kids want popcorn, they want slapstick
Probably the chorus goes 'tisket tasket'
But I'm not willing to risk it, mask it
This might take a couple of listens for you to grasp it
The hit