Yo, what's up kid? Yo, what's up kid? Yo, you holding your head up there? I'm trying, man, but you know, the system is shady, man. Word, man. They always, man, they always trying to keep a good brother down, but I'm saying, we still, you know, we got love for you, son, and we praying for you, and we, you know, we ain't trying to hold it down while, you know, while you in there, man. No pressure. Hopefully we don't have to keep you for too long. Yeah, for real. Inshallah. I'll be out in a minute, you know. But you know what I want you to do, kid? You know what I do, ball man? What's up? You need to do some *** with face, man. About how niggas be shady, man. Scarface? Yeah, man. Yo, that's my nigga, yo, yo. Scarface is tight, son. Yo, that's a good idea. Word is, boy, I'm going to park the plane tomorrow. Yeah. See you about if we can hook out with it. No problem. In this trife life, theres no body you can trust Plus theres no Justice It's just us In fact, watching your back, it'd be a must And each and everyday around the weight gets bust And jealous so called friends will try to set you up It's called betrayel Check the horror scene That kid was like twelve or thirteen Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams Watch his father catch two in the dome and to the spleen Nothing but blood everywhere, these streets are mean They spared his life, but killed his moms and his sister Jean Of course, over some drug *** His pops was on some ill out, spill your guts out, on some thug *** Didn't know his boys was on some shady no love *** His pops got played out though With silencers they laid him out yo Took his stash and all the cash and left him tied up on the couch yo With tape over his mouth so he couldn't cry out Cause his dad was the nigga 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 like 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 out 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, watching your back, it be a must And each and every day around the way gats bust And jealous so called friends will try to set you up It's called betrayal It's called betrayal *** ass nigga It's called betrayal He on a mission to become a ball player Flippin' big bits, flossin' all gators Had it all mapped out, 6th, 8th, 12th grader Fresh outta school livin', go make paper 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 was just enjoy the ride And he ain't have to worry about money cause that's in time So now he's patiently for time moves slowly Can't wait to face ya kid in the paintin' school Kobe Kept his grades up and stayed up out of neighborhood functions But then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin' So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleedin' Fell into his puddle of blood and he stopped breathin' And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin' But destiny caught up with his ass and he got evil And all the cryin' in the world ain't gon' bring him back his brother Sittin' at the wake wipin' tears from his mother's eyes While the game have to go and take the young boy's life Only the wicked live shy, payin' the price While he's starin' at the shellin' from the someone's hell A trigger man made bail, and you would've made the boy his mayor And sacrificed your fuckin' family, but that's betrayal Betrayal, betrayal 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' your back, it be a must And each and every day around the wake ads bust And jealous so-called friends will try to set you up It's called betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal