Who I Can Trust

it don’t matter who I can and who I can’t trust

You be slip’s I be sliding keep that thang tucked

Ready to Aim Buck

yeah the same stuff

it’s that street mentality that I fucking came from

I done seen the closest ones turn strangers overnight

Had to cut ties quick just to get my mind right

Mama said be careful, everybody ain’t your kind

Now I move strategic, I don’t show what’s on my mind

Late nights posted, tryna dodge them blue lights

Same hoodie on, same corner, same fights

Had dreams bigger than the block I was raised

But the streets got a grip, had me stuck in a maze

Homie switched up for a bag, that’s foul play

We was eating otff the same plate back in them days

Now it’s all paranoia when I look around

Gotta watch every move, even family might fold you down

I ain’t perfect, I done sinned, I admit that

But I stayed ten toes, never switched, never did that

Pain built me up, yeah it turned me to a soldier

Now I keep it on me, world colder as I get older

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Hook:

It don’t matter who I can and who I can’t trust

You be slippin’, I be slidin’, keep that thang tucked

Ready to aim, buck, yeah the same stuff

It’s that street mentality that I came from

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Verse 2:

Still hear them sirens every time I close my eyes

Lost too many brothers to the streets and them lies

Tryna make it out, but the past still chase

Got demons in my head I can’t ever erase

They don’t see the struggle, they just see the flex

They don’t know the nights I was stressed, no checks

Had to hustle hard just to get a lil breath

Every move calculated, life or death

If I said I got you, then I meant that for real

But I learned everybody don’t be built like steel

So I move solo, keep my circle real tight

‘Cause the ones you love be the ones that bite

I ain’t looking for love, I just pray for peace

But the streets don’t sleep, so the pain don’t cease

Still I rise through the dirt, yeah I came from the mud

Now it’s loyalty first ‘fore I ever show love