The Artist Pays the Price 8Ball

How do you think it would feel to go around the world in a day? [repeat]

[Chorus:]
The artist pays the price so you won't have to pay
(Around the world in a day)
If only we would listen to what they have to say
We all go through changes to get to where we're going
We have to learn a life of sacrifice (yeah, yeah, yeah) To keep on growin'

Yeah
Life is for learnin
Remember this
And learn from life
Think about the players in the past who died in sacrifice
Some died in wars for a country that oppressed them
Some died preachin—prayin for God to bless them
I am one of the blessed, born to bring the world poetry
Hip-hop, musically—expressing what's inside of me
Some find me entertaining. Some find me marketable
A potential Black millionaire so that makes me targetable
Low-lifes and fork-tongued devils get easy access
Flashin me faces, making empty promises
Soggy niggas sign contracts and make deals
Rappin bout who they killed
Talking bout they keeping it real
Hardcore homicidal, kingpins of the century
Need to quit rappin and leave this shit to the real MC's
But ain't no chance
Opposing forces got the upper hand
Do as they command to keep them from suffering