Kid Cudi
I Hear Them
[Intro: Hopsin, Nay Nay & Kid Cudi]
Yo (Tell ‘em how it is Hop)
For all you young rappers out there
Who dream about blowin' up one day (Mm-mm-mm)
Just be careful man
This shit ain’t all fun and smiles (Mm-mm-mm) and giggles and all that shit
It really isn’t
It hurts and it’s scary
Shit, you can learn from my mistakes

[Chorus: Kid Cudi & Hopsin]
I hear them callin' me (I can hear them call)
Will I answer? (Will I answer?)
Answer (Will I answer?)
I see them chasin' me (I see them chasin' me)
Will I run from them? (Will I run from them?)
Run from them (Will I run from them?)

[Verse 1: Hopsin]
Yo, this rap game is shady, it's triflin' what they did it to me
Took away my whole fuckin' life and then showed no sympathy
They'll trash you in a blink of an eye for another entity
And I always thought that me and this rap game were meant to be
Every day I sit alone in a dark room
Mad at my fucking career, just hoping it starts soon
So I put these white contacts in that I go berserk wit'
Then wile out on rappers who made it that don't deserve it
I needed cash so I signed over my soul to earn it
I'm writing flows dead as I lay in a hole of curses
They promised fame, I ain't spend five minutes on its surface
My life is a bogus circus, I'm trying to hold my purpose
I'm writing the dopest verses, inspired and so assertive
But I'm broke as fuck, washing my laundry with no detergent
They told me, "Hopsin you're the best MC
The next big thing to blow up from the west indeed!" Shit
[Chorus: Kid Cudi & Hopsin]
I hear them callin' me (I can hear them call)
Will I answer? (Will I answer?)
Answer (Will I answer?)
I see them chasin' me (I see them chasin' me)
Will I run from them? (Will I run from them?)
Run from them (Will I run from them?)

[Verse 2: Nay Nay]
To music my life was dedicated, I never hesitated
Givin' up my friends for these beats, mics, plus pens and pages
Now each day seems like the worst day ever
I sit and think bout how they say it always gets better
But I don't see it like they do
How come my dreams never came true?
And how come every time I walk around I never get waved to?
See this industry is shifty with their deals and it's a pity
Even though I'm spittin' gritty in this city that don't get me
Its like, lookin' back at all my work, was it worth all the effort I put forth?
Trying to heal and change the Earth and make some use out of my birth
Or was it all for nothin', puttin' my name out in public
The times I spent writin' something through the night while wolves were huntin'
Yeah, these blood thirsty record labels with contracts stapled on tables
Won't go for one though I'm able 'cause I can't fall for their fables
So I'ma do it independent
I'ma try until I get it
When I do then I'ma spend it
On what I want, I'm through pretendin'
[Chorus: Kid Cudi & Hopsin]
I hear them callin' me (I can hear them call)
Will I answer? (Will I answer?)
Answer (Will I answer?)
I see them chasin' me (I see them chasin' me)
Will I run from them? (Will I run from them?)
Run from them (Will I run from them?)

[Outro: Nay Nay]
Yeah, so just take warnin'
The world isn’t always as it seems
Not everybody out there’s good man
Yeah, Nay Nay, Hopsin, Kid Cudi, yeah