Smoke Alone

You think you know who your friends is

You gon' see who your friends are

Fall off

Go broke, boy

Haha, you'll see

I saw that CO with that mail keep on walking by my cell

Every day for several years until I thought, "Damn, this is hell"

Finally knew that shit was real when I went to call up my mom

And all she could do when I did was just complain 'bout the bail

I saw people younger than me doin' less and they get killed

People said they had it comin', called it destiny for real

I just said that shit I saw, I hope they rest in peace for real

What the fuck have I become learning these lessons in the field?

Thought I had a down-ass bitch once

She ain't even wait like six months

I ain't even get my sentence yet

She was pregnant by the opp like six months

Thought I had a down-ass homeboy

'Til I saw he got to go home, boy

Did the shit that fucked me up

I ain't never felt so alone, boy

Everybody 'round when a blunt get lit

Disappearin' quick when there's funk and shit

Sucker ain't wanna go ride on him

But he turn around and go punk his bitch

Them ain't yo' friends, don't kid yourself

Have that company, need to rid yourself

When they got they problem, they come to you

But you can't never hit them for help (hit them for help)

Pulled up on that bus and seen them gates open for us

Before the hate go on to trust I was alone

Came up on that block where they gon' race you, clear you knock

Man, it won't even take your lock, I was alone

Don't know what she thought it was, played with A-Ks, bought her drugs

Those things make me hard to love, so I'm alone

I'm about to roll this weed up, kick my shoes off and my feet up

Please don't reach for shit from me, I smoke alone

Boy, they made your partners police, catch 'em with the chopper

Bet they tell 'em that they got they shit from you

Just in case it got some bodies in the staircase

They gon' probably paint you out to be Jon Gotti, then you're through

Used to think they were your dogs, introduced you through a knock

And it turned out to be the laws

You went to the pen, someone forgot to feed your dogs

Christmas came and went, no one accepted any calls

Everybody know somebody doing time in prison

But don't take the time to write, the time to show how much you miss 'em

It's so easy to forget, it's so hard to pay attention

To somebody out of sight, when they talk, it's hard to listen

Which is hardly out of spite, use a knife to carve the tension

There's some parts about this life, don't seem right for me to mention

As an artist with a mic, I just write the shit I'm feeling

Put my heart into this fight, but now, basically, I'm chilling

Pulled up on that bus and seen them gates open for us

Before the hate go on to trust I was alone

Came up on that block where they gon' race you, clear you knock

Man, it won't even take your lock, I was alone

Don't know what she thought it was, played with A-Ks, bought her drugs

Those things make me hard to love, so I'm alone

I'm about to roll this weed up, kick my shoes off and my feet up

Please don't reach for shit from me, I smoke alone