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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Royce Da 5'9"
Vocals
Uncle Ej
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Emmanuel Johnson
Songwriter
R. Montgomery
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alexander Smith
Recording Engineer
Brian “B-Jones” Jones
Recording Engineer
Buscemi
Recording Engineer
I.V. Duncan
Recording Engineer
Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri
Mastering Engineer
Mike Kuz
Recording Engineer
Morning Estrada
Mixing Engineer
Mr. Porter
Producer
Ryan Highland
Recording Engineer
Steve Baughman
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Reflections of your strong friend
You need to check up on your strong friend
Nobody ever checks up on a strong friend
Uh, strong friend
[Verse 2]
I remember 2003 out here screamin', we next
I was grippin' that 300 rockin' my Lexus GS
I put rhinestones in my du-rag, I put on leather pants
I went to parties just for Bacardi, I trick, I never dance
All my friends expect to be treated just as my next of kin
Eyebrows lift up if I'm out with them and let them spin
The question is, how was y'all problems becomin' my problems?
I'm already hidin' all of my problems behind my pot problems
When I was nine, seen my father beat the shit out my mama
I'm smilin' right now, I'm tryin' not to cry about her
Alcoholic, I just spent five thousand tryna buy bottles
Of Patrón again, now sing along with your strongest friend
[Verse 3]
Suicide is a suicide
Suicide is a suicide
Suicide is a suicide
Suicide is a suicide
[Verse 4]
You need to check up on your strong friend
The one with strength that's never gon' end
The one with sense take care of several grown men
Pay they rent and then they trait' on him
The devil play to win, I remember I had Maia Campbell
In my Mercedes Benz
You probably thought she gave in to the plot of Satan's sin
She got demons greater than you and I
And this message is Denaun and Nashade, you say we friends?
Well take care of lyric 80 and Baby Quinn like they Haylee then
[Verse 5]
Shit is my funeral, y'all should play all my songs too
Hope my body look beautiful while I lay in my strong suit
Rumors spread about me that ain't true, that's how the fake do
If I'm the strong friend, then what the fuck do that make you?
[Verse 6]
Check up on your strong friend, uh
It's funny
They laugh at me because I'm different
But I laugh at them because they're all the same
Kurt Cobain
We all just suicidal kids tellin' other suicidal kids, suicide ain't the answer
Kendrick Lamar
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy
It's dismissive
I don't understand this person, so he's crazy
That's bullshit, these people are not crazy, they're strong people
Maybe their environment is a little sick
Dave Chappelle
Black people don't know a goddamn thing about therapy
Self
Capital Steez
Tahiem
Chester Bennington
Rest in peace, my strong friends
Written by: Denaun M Porter, Emmanuel Johnson, Ryan Montgomery