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 a must

And each and everyday around the way gats bust

And jealous, so-called friends will 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 shit

His pops was on some ill-out, spill your guts out, on some thug shit

Didn't know his boys was on some shady, no love shit

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 **** with clout

Survival of the fittest, so they split his wig, no doubt

Despite the stockin' 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 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 a must

And each and everyday around the way gats bust

And jealous, so-called friends will try to set you up

It's called betrayal

He on a mission to become a ball player

Flip big Benzes, flossin' all gators

Had it all mapped out, a 6'8", 12th grader

Fresh outta school, he finna 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 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 neighbourhood functions

And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin' (Came through dumpin')

So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleedin'

Fell into a puddle of his blood and he stopped breathin'

And everybody in the neighbourhood still grievin'

But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even

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

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 fuckin' family

And 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' yo' back, it be a must

And each and everyday around the way gats bust

And jealous, so-called friends will try to set you up

It's called betrayal