[Intro (phone conversation)] Yo what up son? -Yo what up kid? Yo, you holdin your head up? -I'm tryin to man, but the system is shady Word man they always man, they always tryin To keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin We still, you know we got love for you son And we prayin for you and we, you know We tryin to hold it down wh You know while you in there man -No question Hopefully they won't keep you in there for too long -Yeah, for real, I sure love be out in a minute, you know? -But you know what I want you to kid? You know what would -be the bomb man? What's that? -You need to do some s**t with Face man -'bout how ****** be shady, man Scarface? -Yeah man Yo that's my *****, yaknowwhaImean -Scarface is tight son Yo that's a good idea word is bond I'm gonna talk the play in tomorrow(yeah) and See about if we could hook up wit him -That's proper Scandalous, money greed and lust In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust Plus there's no justice, it's just us In fact, watchin' yo back it be must And each and everyday around the way gats bust And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up It's called betrayal Check the horror scene The kid was like twelve or thirteen Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams Watched his father catch two in the dome and to the spleen Nothin' but blood everywhere, these streets are mean They spared his life, but killed his moms and his sister Jean Of course over some drug s**t His pops was on some ill-out, spill your guts, on some thug s**t Didn't know his boys was on some shady ass no love s**t His pops got played out though, with silencers they laid him out yo Took his stash and all the cash and left 'em, tied up on the couch yo With tape over his mouth, so he couldn't cry out Cause his dad was the ***** with clout Survival of the fittest so they split his wig no doubt Despite the stocking caps he noticed the same cat, who used to give him dough And taught him, to use the same gat Supposed to be an Uncle, fam and all that He could tell that it was him cause he had on the same slacks, he wore when He took him to Meadowlands racetrack Why did he flip and go out like that? It's called betrayal Scandalous, money greed and lust In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust Plus there's no justice, it's just us In fact, watchin' yo back it be must And each and everyday around the way gats bust And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up It's called betrayal A betrayal Punk ass ****** It's called betrayal He on a mission to become a ball player Flip big Benz's, flossin' all gators Had it all mapped out, a 6-8 12th grader Fresh outta school and finna go make paper He had a brother who was hustlin', collectin' his change Never let his baby brother stick his neck in the game Told him all he had to do is just enjoy the ride And he ain't have to worry about money cause that's in time So now he's pacin' as the time moves slowly Can't wait to face Shaquille in the paint and school Kobe Kept his grades and stayed up under neighborhood functions And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumping So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleeding Fell into a puddle of his own blood and stopped breathin' And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin' But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even And all the cryin' in the world ain't goin' to bring him back His brother, sittin' at the wake wipin' tears from his mother's eyes Why'd the game have to go and take the young boys life Only the wicked live shife, payin' the price While he's starin' at the shell his brother's soul once held The trigger man made bail And you, wouldn't pay the boy his mail, and sacrificed your ******' family That's betrayal Betrayal (echoes) Money greed and lust In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust Plus there's no justice, it's just us In fact, watchin' yo back it be must And each and everyday around the way gats bust And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up It's called betrayal
[00:00.000] [Intro (phone conversation)] [00:00.095] Yo what up son? [00:00.863] -Yo what up kid? [00:02.031] Yo, you holdin your head up? [00:03.268] -I'm tryin to man, but the system is shady [00:06.275] Word man they always man, they always tryin [00:08.287] To keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin [00:10.015] We still, you know we got love for you son [00:12.826] And we prayin for you and we, you know [00:14.603] We tryin to hold it down wh [00:15.641] You know while you in there man [00:17.812] -No question [00:18.306] Hopefully they won't keep you in there for too long [00:20.260] -Yeah, for real, I sure love be out in a minute, you know? [00:22.865] -But you know what I want you to kid? You know what would [00:25.518] -be the bomb man? [00:26.131] What's that? [00:26.725] -You need to do some s**t with Face man [00:28.153] -'bout how ****** be shady, man [00:29.811] Scarface? [00:30.623] -Yeah man [00:31.628] Yo that's my *****, yaknowwhaImean [00:33.490] -Scarface is tight son [00:34.936] Yo that's a good idea word is bond [00:36.933] I'm gonna talk the play in tomorrow(yeah) and [00:38.900] See about if we could hook up wit him [00:40.709] -That's proper [00:44.673] Scandalous, money greed and lust [00:47.456] In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust [00:50.988] Plus there's no justice, it's just us [00:54.070] In fact, watchin' yo back it be must [00:57.158] And each and everyday around the way gats bust [01:00.325] And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up [01:03.467] It's called betrayal [01:10.220] Check the horror scene [01:11.561] The kid was like twelve or thirteen [01:13.369] Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams [01:16.624] Watched his father catch two in the dome and to the spleen [01:19.859] Nothin' but blood everywhere, these streets are mean [01:23.200] They spared his life, but killed his moms and his sister Jean [01:26.733] Of course over some drug s**t [01:28.886] His pops was on some ill-out, spill your guts, on some thug s**t [01:33.209] Didn't know his boys was on some shady ass no love s**t [01:36.216] His pops got played out though, with silencers they laid him out yo [01:40.415] Took his stash and all the cash and left 'em, tied up on the couch yo [01:44.054] With tape over his mouth, so he couldn't cry out [01:47.309] Cause his dad was the ***** with clout [01:49.582] Survival of the fittest so they split his wig no doubt [01:52.797] Despite the stocking caps he noticed the same cat, who used to give him dough [01:57.066] And taught him, to use the same gat [01:59.253] Supposed to be an Uncle, fam and all that [02:01.830] He could tell that it was him cause he had on the same slacks, he wore when [02:06.302] He took him to Meadowlands racetrack [02:08.842] Why did he flip and go out like that? [02:11.465] It's called betrayal [02:15.310] Scandalous, money greed and lust [02:18.417] In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust [02:21.517] Plus there's no justice, it's just us [02:24.755] In fact, watchin' yo back it be must [02:28.047] And each and everyday around the way gats bust [02:31.149] And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up [02:34.336] It's called betrayal [02:37.907] A betrayal [02:41.005] Punk ass ****** [02:44.286] It's called betrayal [02:48.166] He on a mission to become a ball player [02:50.967] Flip big Benz's, flossin' all gators [02:54.221] Had it all mapped out, a 6-8 12th grader [02:57.334] Fresh outta school and finna go make paper [03:00.626] He had a brother who was hustlin', collectin' his change [03:03.604] Never let his baby brother stick his neck in the game [03:06.749] Told him all he had to do is just enjoy the ride [03:10.087] And he ain't have to worry about money cause that's in time [03:13.557] So now he's pacin' as the time moves slowly [03:16.926] Can't wait to face Shaquille in the paint and school Kobe [03:20.114] Kept his grades and stayed up under neighborhood functions [03:23.284] And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumping [03:26.677] So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleeding [03:29.907] Fell into a puddle of his own blood and stopped breathin' [03:33.180] And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin' [03:36.270] But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even [03:39.629] And all the cryin' in the world ain't goin' to bring him back [03:43.053] His brother, sittin' at the wake wipin' tears from his mother's eyes [03:47.514] Why'd the game have to go and take the young boys life [03:50.552] Only the wicked live shife, payin' the price [03:53.608] While he's starin' at the shell his brother's soul once held [03:56.997] The trigger man made bail [03:58.644] And you, wouldn't pay the boy his mail, and sacrificed your ******' family [04:04.245] That's betrayal [04:05.575] Betrayal (echoes) [04:07.206] Money greed and lust [04:08.378] In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust [04:11.754] Plus there's no justice, it's just us [04:14.991] In fact, watchin' yo back it be must [04:18.375] And each and everyday around the way gats bust [04:21.507] And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up [04:24.634] It's called betrayal
