Fame

They was told not to ride in Patty's Hearse
 And stay out of Charles' Manson
 Took Abraham's Lincoln through the Todd Bridges expansion
 Willis Reeds a map that marks the spot showin
 On his left George Burns a blunt William's Holdin
 Tyra Banked the money that Chaka Khaned the poor
 Alicia Keyed his car for givin Melba Moore
 For the Redd Foxx who bought off the block, but though twice
 As Debora Cox the gun cuz she beat Kelly's Price
 When Rosa Parked the truck on the farm that Kim Fields
 Linda Tripped for tryna to walk in Lauryn's Hills
 Water dripped outta Farrah's Fawcett in the glass
 She was "Superfly", Curtis Mayfield her ass
 Chris Tucker to a show, Ted Turner to a ho
 Robert Diggs the beat, but ain't feelin the flow
 But he signed it fast, for half of Johnny's Cash
 Nia Longed for the album to drop, cameras flashed
 Tom Sawyer at the Lucielle Ball up at the foyer
 He confronted Richard Pryor to hiring his lawyer
 Suge's Knight removed the rook off the board
 Donna King was checked and Al Sharpton the sword
 "Wettin cream, I ain't wettin fame"
 "(Fame is the measure)
 "Rap celebs"
 "The place where stars are born"
 The saints marched in, Kurtis Blowing his horn
 Tom Cruised the boulevard, Chris Rocked the song
 For the hundredth time, they pressed rewind to the beginning
 They toast to the rhyme, the juice spilt from John's Lennon
 They took her to Elizabeth Taylor to dry clean
 The lone seamstress, who was schemin on Al's Green
 You know they shoot for the stars and buckwild
 Like the kids in the yard who play with Jane's Child
 A beautician laced Erykah's Badu
 Sean Combed through the evidence, just to get a clue
 The needle in the haystack, from outta Eartha's Kitt
 The Tiger would kill him once thrown in Brad's Pitt
 Jesse Owen the money from the weed Bubba Sparxxx'd
 They was journeys seen far as he walked in Dick's Clarks
 Jeffery Lyons stuck with a thorn from George's Bush
 Paul Pierced in the heart as the crowd pushed
 Acting alone... Drew Barrymore bones
 Of the victims, three blocks from Jim's Brownstone
 They shared the same bowl, he caught Natalie's Coled
 The producer, threw the butter on Esther's Rolle
 Nipsey Russeled him down, got his jaw wide
 In a instant, Brooke Shields him from the gunfire
 Angie Stoned him to death, with those vocals
 Keith Sweat from the workout, just from runnin local
 " Wettin cream, I ain't wettin fame "
 "Fame is the measure"
 "Rap celebs"
 "The place where stars are born"
 Larry's Bird flew outta Nicholas' Cage
 Joe Tex messages from Satchel's Paige
 Betty Wright letters with ink from Sean's Penn
 Infinite bars, you couldn't tell where the song end
 Glenn Close enough to quickly duck the tapes
 Richard Gere ripped while he was climbin Bill Gates
 He was a southerner, posing as a, native New Yorker
 The Jason Kidd took his first steps in Jimmy's Walker
 He stayed on line chattin with rap celebs
 Used Bernie's Mack to search Veronica's Webb
 It cost them their life for the advice you gave
 Now Pete Rose lay on Vanessa's Redgrave
 " Wettin cream, I ain't wettin fame "
 "Fame is the measure"
 "Rap celebs"
 "The place where stars are born"
 " Wettin cream, I ain't wettin fame "
 "Fame is the measure"
 "Rap celebs"
 "The place where stars are born"