Snakes In The Grass

Call me with a blindside, ambush, or nothing less than sabotage

Started off my buddy, now my money's being camouflaged

I see him watchin', waitin', plottin' on my next mistake

It's aggravatin', gettin' paid from several different ways

I'm just a music man, put a Gibson in my hand

Round me up a pen and pad, I write a song that's really sad

About a boy that's gave it all to show up on the scene

He can play guitar and sing, but he joined the wrong scene

Got a cutthroat contract, somethin' like a kill shot

If and when you make it out, you're lucky if you're still hot

Will not ever be a puppet on a string

Doin' everything you trained, man, you gotta stay away from the

Snakes in the grass, don't be fooled

When they tryin' to be smooth, just lyin'

Waitin' on the crabs and the rats

Dig right through little loopholes

All around all that you do, ooh, oh

They can sneak up from behind and get your ass

We're so cruel, ooh

That'll watch you for the snakes layin' in the grass

Snakes in the grass

I guess a couple million dollars is still lost in the wind

And a couple people lost it, I thought, with my friend

You put them in their place, but they brought it again

In this industry, first man that taught me to grin

In the face of a snake, tell the real from the fake

Learn to deal with the hate, sit back, and know your place

More radio-friendly and a little less attitude

Then they suck the creativeness right out of you

Then they mold you who they want you to be

And they only let you see what they want you to see

And a lot of these folks talk shit behind your back

Be the same, some bitches wanna get you on the track

Snakes in the grass, don't be fooled

When they try to be smooth, just lyin'

Waitin' on the crabs in the grass

Dig right through little loopholes

All around all that you do, ooh, oh

They can sneak up from behind and get your ass

We're so cruel, ooh

That'll watch you for the snakes layin' in the grass

Snakes in the grass

All them snakes, where they spy been?

An ambush is their intent

Don't expect a bite because the venom's in the fine print

Similar to pythons with how they squeeze the life out

Your dreams, they show you things you never seen

And then it's lights out

Poisoned by a contract from a serpent of the industry

They're financial parasites and they envy creativity

I'm gettin' sick of all these labels

Pretending, lettin' it go helpless

Like, where was you when I was broken?

I was feelin' helpless

'Cause they ain't givin' me no money, just a marketing plan

But the profits went in your pocket

'Cause it all was a scam

'Cause when that money's comin' in

It makes you wonder the worth

Looks like you want your cut

But you ain't doin' none of the work

Snakes in the grass, don't be fooled

When they tryna be smooth, just lyin'

Waitin' on the crabs and the rats

To dig right through little loopholes

All around all that you do, ooh, oh

They can sneak up from behind and get your ass

We're so cruel

Better watch it for the snakes layin' in the grass

Snakes in the grass