[Intro: Eminem speaking]

"You know, people just don't...

People just don't see

How much work is really involved in this rap shit

I didn't know it, I didn't see it

I never saw it until I was actually in it

You really gotta be in it

To understand what it's like

But you always gotta

People always gotta see you smile

You always gotta put on that fake...

You know what I'm sayin'?

No matter what you just been through

Shit has gotta be right"

[Chorus: B-Real]

So you wanna be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly

[Verse 1: B-Real]

I remember the days when I was a young kid growin' up

Lookin' in the mirror dreamin' about blowin' up

To rock crowds, make money

Chill with the honeys

Sign autographs and whatever the people want from me

Shit's funny

How impossible dreams manifest

And the games that be comin' with it

Never the less you got to go for the gusto

But you don't know about the blood sweat and tears

And losin' some of your peers

And losin' some of your self

Through the years past, gone by

Hopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guy

Egomaniac and the brainiac

Don't know how to act

Shit's deep

48 tracks

Studio gangsta mack

Signed a deal, thinks he's gonna make a mil'

But never will

'Til he crosses over, still

Fillin' your head with fantasies

Come with me

Show the sacrifice it takes to make the cheese

You wanna be a rap superstar in the biz

And take shit from people who don't know what it is

I wish it was all fun and games

But the price of fame is high

And some can't pay to play

Feelin' trapped in

What you rappin' about

Tell me what happened when you lost clout

The route you took started collapsin'

No fans, no fame

No respect, no change

No women

And everybody shits on your name

[Chorus: B-Real]

So you wanna be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly

To be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly

[Interlude: Noreaga speaking]

When you sign to a record label

You don't know you sign your life over

And these white boys don't care about you

'Cause the minute you fall off

They'll find another Noreaga

And they'll find another Capone-N-Noreaga

And they'll find another B-Real

So you need to just keep

Stack your chips up

Do what you gotta do while you hot

And motherfuckin' get out the game

Just stick to the drug game

It's even worse because in the drug game

If somebody jerk you

You can shoot 'em and kill 'em and

If you, in this game if somebody jerk you

You gotta be humble

[Eminem Speaking]

No matter what you just been through

Shit has gotta be right

You gotta approach people

You gotta be on the up and up

And everything's gotta be all good

When you see someone, slap hands with 'em

You know what I'm sayin'

Give 'em a pound or whatever it is, you know

But you always gotta act like it ain't shit

[Chorus: B-Real]

So you wanna be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly

To be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly

[Verse 2: B-Real]

My own son don't know me

Sittin up in the hotel room lonely

But I thank God I'm wit my homies

But sometimes I wish I was back home

But only no radio or videos

Cuz they show me no love

The phony gotta hit the road slowly

So the record gets pushed by Sony

I'm in the middle like Monie

And the press say that

My own people disown me

And the best way back

Is to keep your head straight

Never inflate the cranium

Your crew worried about them honies at The Palladium

Who just wanna cling on and swing on

And so on and go on and fall off

The hoes fall off

To the next rap superstar

Wit no shame give him a year

And they'll be right out the game

The same as the last one

Who came before him

Gained fame

Started gettin ignored

I warned him

Assured him

This ain't easy take it from Weezy

Sleezy people wanna be cheesey

They talkin evil

[Chorus: B-Real]

So you wanna be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly

To be a rap superstar

And live large

A big house, five cars, you're in charge

Comin' up in the world

Don't trust nobody

Gotta look over your shoulder constantly