If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened
If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself
If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and
If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much

Ooh this could be messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me
You're kind of my protיgי and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian
I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it

Ooh this could get messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

what part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
what part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
what with this distance it seems so obvious?

Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world cuz you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body

Ooh this could be messy and
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

Ooh this could be messy and
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

Have U ever been so lonely
That U felt like U were the only one in this world?

Total control at first it's just a dream
'Cause Mr.Manager's makin' you seem sort of inferior
Like you ain't jack without him
Young and dumb equals your pockets gettin' trim
livin' in poverty so you never had a dime
A dollar is a fortune,and fifty cents is even big time
'Cause yo,you don't know what you're getting paid
Your pay is coming through the manager
That you're afraid to ask a question
You take what he gives
Satisfied with it 'cause remember you're just kids
My father wants a copy of the contract,
"why" don't you trust me
And if you don't then "Bye!"
So nothing is said through the whole damn ride
Time after time telling your dad a bunch of lies
"He forgot the contract again"
Pop's pissed 'cause meanwhile it was like a fifty page breachlist
It only takes ten to set it straight
The other forty is there to throw you off
Because he knows you can't wait to sign
He's juicin' and you suck it
Skip the forty pages here's my signature don't smudge it!
Life in the spotlight,quite hot,got tight
Get a funny feeling Mr.Manager ain't right
Yet to realize you're being taken for a stroll
And you ride the roll far from total control.
Breakin' your neck performin' and recordin' hits
Credit is due,instead he's getin' what you're supposed to get.
And you let it slip 'cause you're gettin' paid long dough
So call it,but it was wrong though
To keep you satisfied is his aim happy with the picture
But you were due the picture and the frame.
You don't sweat it, 'cause you're thinking it's his cut,
His and what he cut off of yours now that's what
But time goes on you learn while the clock turns
Here's what i want give me the dough that i earn
Now it's time to step up and press him about the money
A smirk and a grin,oh what, you find something funny
Ha ha ha,yeah it's been goin on for a year
Before i shed a tear
I'll make you bleed while i cheer hip hip hooray
Shoot as his feet and make him dance
One thing you don't do is play with a Harlem boy's chance
Total control!

First impulse
Get the tech 9 and light 'em up like a christmas tree
But then you'll be in a teeny tight cell you see
So you play it calm and cool
Every dog has it's day,what goes around since it's motivated
That means it's coming back around
Then it's your turn to toss the duck in the dog pound
Let him have it,rip him to shreds
Groups are gone,shiny bald head turns red
Example: "remember the machine that could sample?"
You said you would get for but you never had a chance to
Or was it because i wasn't makin enough money
Oh it can pass it can pass
Like a dummy i know i was workin'so somebody's geting the ends
They ain't in my pocket,so they gotta be in his
Get the machette and cut it out like kids
Leave him with ripped jeans and six less friends
Total control