[Intro]
Yes, 1996 marks the beginning of a new era
The dysfunctional member of the Alkaholiks family
It’s Xzibit!

[Verse 1]
Sometimes I wonder if it’s all worth my while
Xzibit stay versatile with million dollar lifestyle
And I could feel it as a child growing up
The n***as that was real and the n***as that was scared as fuck
That's why Xzibit only roll with a chosen few
You ain't really real, I can tell when I look at you
So ease off the trigger-talk, you ain’t killin' shit
It’s not affecting me or the n***as that I'm chillin' with
I don’t believe the hype or buy wolf tickets
N***a, you make a gang of noise and never seen, like a cricket
I guess that’s why we never kick it
A lot of n***as is soft and get tossed, tryna fuck with the Likwit
How many n***as do you know like this?
Always claimin' that they ridin', but they really turned bitch
It don’t make sense, either you’re a soldier from the start
Or an actor with a record deal tryna play the part—like that!

[Chorus]
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Extra large!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Paparazzi!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Extra large!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Paparazzi!)
[Verse 2]
See, I don’t need no lights, no cameras – just action, goddamn it
Never no superstar, I'm more like a planet
So my composure is kept, while others start to sweat
Emergin' from the fog with my fucked-up dialogue
Tryna live high on the hog leaves you bankrupt
And n***as you spent it on would not give a fuck
And that’s deep – how deep? It’s deeper than Atlantis
Home of the scandalous, big bad Los Angeles
Dangerous, vandalous; yo, not to be trusted
So, how the fuck is you hard, not being scarred by the boulevard?
I'm pullin' that card, and saying "Gin, motherfucker!"
Flowin' like liquid – soak it in, motherfucker!
I'm breakin' it down, my sound surrounds like death
From the West, puttin' whole counties to the test
It’s all in perspective, breaker 1-9 copy
This is for the n***as gettin' caught up in the paparazzi

[Chorus]
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Extra large!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Paparazzi!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Extra large!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Paparazzi!)
[Verse 3]
N***as smoke stress and crossdress, but I just play the back
Others going through schemes and pipe dreams for a contract
Real tightly rolled, fuck ’em all how I feel
I made a cool half mill' before I had a record deal
Therefore you look and stare like it’s magic
But too much of anything can make you an addict
When devils be startin' static, break out the automatic
I set it off straight, I spread hate, then I vacate
But wait! Who dares to cross this path?
Yo, I do you like math, cut with glass, make a bloodbath
So on behalf of all n***as I get drunk with, smokin' blunts with
I dispose of your punk shit
He-he, and keep it all in perspective
Carbon copies gettin' caught up in the paparazzi
Once again, it's the Likwidation crew
And we return at you like this

[Chorus]
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Extra large!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Paparazzi!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Extra large!)
It’s a shame, n***as in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame (Paparazzi!)