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Betrayal

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Betrayal

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Intro(phone conversation):

Yo what up son?

-yo what up kid?

Yo, you holdin your head up?

-Im tryin to man, but the system is shady

Word man they always man, they always tryin

To keep a good brother down, but Im 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 wont 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?

Whats that?

-you need to do some shit with face man

-bomb on niggaz, be shady man

Scarface?

-yeah man

Yo thats my nigga, yaknowwhaimean

-scarface is tight son

Yo thats a good idea word is bond

Im gonna talk the play in tomorrow(yeah) and

See about if we could hook up wit him

-thats proper

Hook: guru

Scandalous, money greed and lust

In this trife life, there aint nobody you can trust

Plus theres no justice, its just us

In fact, watchin yo back it be must

And each and everyday around the way gats bust

And jealous so-called friendsll try to set you up

Its called betrayal

Verse 1: guru

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

Hi spops was on some ill-out, spill your guts, on some thug shit

Didnt know his boys was on some shady ass 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 em, tied up on the couch yo

With tape over his mouth, so he couldnt 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 doe

And taught him, to use the same gat

Supposed to be an uncle,fam and all that

He could tell it was him cause he wore the same slacks, he wore when

He took him to meadowlands racetrack

Why did he flip and go out like that?

Its called betrayal

Hook

Verse 2: scarface

A betrayal

Punk ass niggas

Its called betrayal

He on a mission to become a ball player

Flip big benzs, flossin all gators

Had it all mapped out,6-8,12th grader

Fresh outta school, he fin to go lay paper

He had abrother 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 aint have to worry about money cause thats in time

So now hes pacin as the time moves slowly

Cant wait to face shaquille in the paint and school kobe

Kept his grades and stayed up under naighborhood functions

And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin

So now hes sittin on the sidewalk bleedin

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 aint goin to bring him back

His brother, sittin at the wake wipin tears from his mothers eyes

Whyd the game have to go and take the young boys life

Only the wicked live shife, payin the price

While hes starin at the shell

His brothers soul wants hell the trigger man made bail

And you, wouldnt pay the boys mail, and sacrificed the fuckin family

Thats betrayal

Betrayal

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