Whether or not Big Sean writes good bars has long been subject to debate.

But, according to Sean, his pen game is strong enough for "icons" to use him as a ghostwriter.

Then the very same icons didn't pay him.

Sean broke down this sad scenario during his nine-minute LA Leakers freestyle.

“A lot of songs I wrote for icons that I still ain’t even get publishing on/And some of them up more than me/I don’t know how they sleep at night knowing they wrong,” he raps.

One would think he's speaking about Kanye, with who he's had a sloppy -- and Sean would exploitive -- business relationship.

But he did say "icons"