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Hard Back (Industry)
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Dizzee Rascal
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Hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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First up, it's important that you keep your shit original
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Try and keep that copycat shit to a minimal
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People want something that they never heard before
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If it's been done leave it, they don't wanna hear no more
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Secondly, here's another clever thing that you can do
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Find yourself a good manager who's really got a clue
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'Cause there's so many to choose from, they all look the part
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But it's difficult to come across the ones that's really smart
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And can stand firm and steady when the label's talking shit, will respect it, keeps it gangsta, but does everything legit
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And dependable, you can trust to handle your biz, and can really make you sure of what the situation is
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Next up, find a record label that ain't full of pricks
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One that lets you breathe artistically but makes you come with hits
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Congratulations now you've got your deal you're set to go
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Lemme fill you in on just a couple things you need to know
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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Next up change your number, change your phone and change your chip
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'Cause there's gonna be a lot of people ringing talking shit
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Whether bredrens wanting money 'cause now suddenly you're rich
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Or some dumb hating fassies trying to take you for a bitch
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Yeah I know it's minor and you can handle it, it's nothing, but eventually you're really gonna wanna do something
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And that's counter-productive, beefing over bullshit
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You can never stop those dumb bredrens trying to bullshit
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Plus you're in the limelight, well-paid verbalist, which leads me onto my next subject; journalists
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These are the people that could put your name about
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So be careful what you're saying when you're talking out your mouth
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And avoid being ignorant, tone down the thug-shit
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Come to interviews buzzing - tone down the drug shit
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Keep your eye on the ball, mind on the job, and before you know you'll have the whole world on your knob
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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Here's something that I shoulda stressed early on, don't go spending all your money till it's gone
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'Cause the tax man's gonna want his paper when it's due and there's nobody above the tax man especially you
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And another thing, buy your house before you buy your car
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Don't tell no-one where you are, even better if you're far
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Everybody knows you're gangsta and that Porsche looks great but do you really want it sitting on that council estate?
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Differently, watch where you choose to socialise
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Keep an eye out for trouble, watch for devils in disguise
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Please don't be fooled by no pretty females, play it safe
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Never let 'em know your full details
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I ain't saying be para', I'm just saying be sure
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You can never know if that bitch will be bragging what she saw
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And aside from making money keep loving what you do
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I ain't saying nothing more because the rest is up to you
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I got a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and know your place
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Only move when the money's calling
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Take my advice you'll be balling
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