Puppet Show

I feel like I'm stuck in a puppet show Everybody dancin' but they cuttin' off their own ropes Rappers claim they real but they softer than a soufflé Actin' like they gods but they knees bent like Blu-ray Everything's a script everybody stick to roles Bunch of TikTok gangstas with emoji souls Said they got beef? Nah they just lactose Pull up to the mic—watch 'em freeze like a Mac froze I don't do the cappin' I don't do the actin' Everybody flexin' but nobody packin' Talkin' 'bout guns talkin' 'bout racks Boy your credit score look like a temperature check I don't trust nobody I move like a ghost Cut from a cloth that you bums can't approach I see through the lies like a windshield crack I could body your career with a 12-bar track Dance little puppet go and play your part Act tough act real act like you got heart Pull them strings let the lies unfold But the crowd don't clap when the truth gets told Dance little puppet go and play your part But the show's been rigged from the very start We all act out what we're told to be And they're pullin' the strings—so who's really free? Look at these politicians fake as they Twitter feeds Talkin' 'bout change while they pocket the biggest fees They sell you a dream then tax it to death Then flip off the poor while they cashin' the checks These influencers? Man they sellin' you lies Filters on filters fake lips fake lives Told you "love yourself" then sold you a scam Told you "be different" then copied the brand I ain't impressed by a chain or a pendant Your car's on lease and your house got a tenant You flex on the 'Gram like you ballin' and rich But you overdraft more than you post up a pic This industry's faker than Santa at Macy's They love you then dump you like groupie old ladies They build you up put you in suits and ties Then they strip your soul and commercialize Dance little puppet go and play your part Act tough act real act like you got heart Pull them strings let the lies unfold But the crowd don't clap when the truth gets told Dance little puppet go and play your part But the show's been rigged from the very start We all act out what we're told to be And they're pullin' the strings—so who's really free? I feel like a glitch in the system a virus Y'all in the matrix still stuck behind wires They gave you a cage but they painted it gold Then clapped when you danced ain't pay what they owed These labels? They vultures they pick at your bones They dangle the fame then they strip what you own These labels got artists on chains like pets Then drop 'em like stocks when they posin a threat The world is a joke and I'm done with the laughs You worship these frauds but they live off the past I'm callin' the shots I'm rippin' the script I ain't in the circus—I burn down the tent This as real as it gets As real as it be Who thought that KC Could really be free As he hangs from a tree Cuz he cut from the strings If you look at him he's as dead as can be Dance little puppet go and play your part Act tough act real act like you got heart Pull them strings let the lies unfold But the crowd don't clap when the truth gets told Dance little puppet go and play your part But the show's been rigged from the very start We all act out what we're told to be And they're pullin' the strings—so who's really free?