“Why You Ain’t Call Me,” the sixth track on Killer (Disc 2) by Tech N9ne. It was produced by Antonio “Elmo” Wesley of the Tekneko Bros. production team.

In this song, Tech airs out his frustrations with the… Read More [Intro]

To whom it may concern..

[Chorus]

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

I'm not broken-hearted, but it could have been on when I started

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

You sleep on my music and that's a damn shame 'cause I slam my thang

[Verse 1]

I've been inside every hip-hop circle you could imagine

Gangster or Pop, even backpackers know that I'm real good at rappin'

I was strugglin' back in the day when my hood was lackin'

Yo, so I'm 'bout to talk about what should've, would've and could've happened

If music was about innovatin' and penetratin'

Generations by generatin' musical integration

It wouldn't be about limitation and demonstratin'

Imitation, we then are blatantly just disintegratin'

It ain't about the music, it's just about the fame

If you ain't popular homie, then you just out the game

If video and radio don't frequently announce your name

They don't know your music even though you blow most out the frame

But a closed mouth don't get fed when it stays shut

Lay cuts with Tecca N9na 'cause he can straight bust

Say what? You ain't heard of me gettin' paid bucks?

Touring, y'all see me rippin' the stage up

[Chorus]

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

I'm not broken-hearted, but it could have been on when I started

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

You sleep on my music and that's a damn shame 'cause I slam my thang

Why you ain't?

[Verse 2]

I've been on tour with Hov, 'bout 27 shows

Why he ain't have me on a record, only heaven knows

Maybe he missed us, missin' the big picture

That this is a fixture, aw yeah, he got Twista!

Well Twista's my homie and we both from the Midwest

And I guess Hov ain't lookin' for 'nother speedy rapper kid yet

Me collaboratin' with them was all in me dreams

Matter fact the only one of 'em called me was Beans

He told me he played you "The Industry Is Punks"

And you loved it so you know Tech is what the industry would want

I started down at the bottom, got with TOG and then it paid

But I would've loved to been on the third verse of "Renegade"

They must think I'm a stick of dynamite with no stem

That's prolly why I got D12 but no Em!

But I burst flame and I bet that y'all know my first name

'Cause I'm the hardest this side of the Earth, mane

[Chorus]

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

I'm not broken-hearted, but it could have been on when I started

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

You sleep on my music and that's a damn shame 'cause I slam my thang

Why you ain't?

[Verse 3]

This ain't no hate-mail, this a love letter

I love you niggas' music and I hope it does better

I just wish you woulda hit a brother that love cheddar

But I'm ballin' now and I'm better than I was EVER!

Space age flows like Jesse and Primrose

Tenfold, I used to open-up, now I end shows

Grim road, when you one of the best with slim dough

And you ain't got Dre, Storch, Pharrell and no Timbo

I've met almost half of the DTP

But the couple times I spoke to Luda, don't think he see me

Had never met I-20 but he spoke at BET

Shawnna love me, Field Mob and Chingy decently speak me

So I'ma reiterate the game it's all fame

And you don't get no play if you an emcee with a small name

If I wanna get on TV I guess I gotta call Pain

And Nelly, my great-grandmother's name is Maude Haynes

[Bridge]

Maybe I'm trippin', full of delusion

Maybe it come from all the drugs I was usin'

Maybe I am the best thing you ever saw

Maybe I'm wrong and you don't know me at all

I guess I'm blinded, I got reminded

That none of you just will never know who the N9ne is

And you never heard of the homie from the Show-me

PUNK THAT! I know you niggas know me

[Chorus]

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

I'm not broken-hearted, but it could have been on when I started

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

You sleep on my music and that's a damn shame 'cause I slam my thang

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

I'm not broken-hearted, but it could have been on when I started

Why you ain't call me?

You know I'm the hardest, you know that my art is applauded

Why you ain't call me?

You sleep on my music and that's a damn shame 'cause I slam my thang

Why you ain't?