Wanna Be A Star - Kool Keith

Yeah baby

You just got out here?

What, on Amtrack or Greyhound?

Oh, my name is Kool Keith (yeah)

Anyway, be careful

You know, people don’t care about you here

Everything’s kind of phony and plastic

Gimme a call

Don’t think twice…

I taught pretty girls the ropes

I gave them money

When they was hungry

When they were starving

I put 'em on a spot

And dressed 'em up real hot

I was their father watchin' cops on that sunset block

Right in Denny’s, I caught 'em cryin', countin' pennies

Straight off the Greyhound, you need a place to lay down?

Don’t worry 'bout me

Back home, how mommy be?

We on our way, each girl today makes a G

We pay them full, the top queens stick with me

I’m out there cold, blank from the black hole

I keep scopin' 'em, national recruitin' 'em

Brothers get cheap, I still throw bags of loot to them

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(Let me take that)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(Let me take that)

I lay back with feather brims

Rings in the Cadillac

Teach my little girls, babies, show them how to act

I hit the Vegas scene with models from a magazine

Everybody tested, no HIV, the staple’s clean

Movin' well, my pockets grow and comes swell

We’re on our way, the Beverly Centre shoppin' everyday

Platinum blondes and black girls I took from conds

LA Express, advertisin' shapes, all sizes

My Macquarie, immaculate, pumpin' every year

Sharp with shoes, dance royal blues

Suits from Paris by the De Marris

I gets mine, my best girl is a dollar sign

No harsh beatings and whippins, just mental power

I close the doors and do my preachin' for an hour

You out there, I’m still here.

Who bought your new hair?

(Think twice…)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(Let me take that)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(Let me take that)

I’ve got mattresses, and all types of beds

My game is too large, with stacks payin' off the feds

I’m overridin' that boyfriend, fake married game

You out here hungry, no place to stay, what’s your name?

My rent is so high like eyebrows above your eye

Applications are there, and girls do apply

Don’t cry, you need a place to go beddie-bye?

I’ll take you there, by you clothes everywhere

Fix your weave, beauty parlors give you new hair

Braids and action with new style like Janet Jackson

You be smilin' with cheeks out, showin' satisfaction

Upscale limits, with foxes on the front scrimmage

LAPD under tables, wanna work with me

From New York City, the operation’s lookin' pretty

Run with models from Italy, just hit the lotto

Asian girl, mixed with black, with a Jheri curl

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(Let me take that)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(Let me take that)

You ran away from home

To be a big star

(I'm out here for you)

As the stars twinkle, you look

At the city of lost angels

Out here

With nothing to eat

Cold weather

Sittin' in Denny’s

For a glass of cold ice water

Come and have a cup of tea