Ways to Eat and Avoid Getting Ate As told to Randy Roper Photo by Edward Hall
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WAYS TO EAT
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Grind 24/7 I never get home and feel like I’ve done enough that day. Ya smell me? Oh yeah, Eat Rudy’s Chicken on Lancaster Rd.
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Learn The Business Took me a while to learn it. Now you will see it on the next go around. Learn about budgets, efficient marketing, promo and don’t forget to buy an ad in OZONE!
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Stay True To Yourself; Don’t Be Something You’re Not Remember what got you here. Once the pop crowd gets tired of you, the streets don’t want you back! Make sure your niggas are thorough.
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Hit The Road Lots of people are hot in their cities, but don’t ever make a trip out. Instead of buying a new pair of J’s, fill up your van and go! Make sure you have your ingredients for your crack: posters, CD singles and videos.
Get Money Don’t depend on album sales! Not for cash flow at least. Invest in other business ventures: mixtape, clothes, sneakers and models.
WAYS TO AVOID GETTING ATE Don’t Think Your Label Is Going To Work For You Do it your damn self! Don’t Spend It If You Don’t Got It Keep yourself hot within your means. We’re in the space age now, so there are a lot of ways to stay hot without breaking the bank, like YouTube and MySpace.
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Don’t Think With Your Emotions Think with your head, not the one down there, you dig?! Watch these trifling ass bitches, these snake ass niggas and these homo thugs.
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Lose All The Dead Weight I only run with helpers, not hurters. Everybody in your camp should always be doing something. If they’re not, they’re hurting you.
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Keep The “Yes Men” Away You will get nowhere if you keep them around. Your camp needs to be solid. If everybody gets paid, you have crutches to fall back on.
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