Betrayal - Gang Starr/Scarface.mp3

[00:00.000] [Intro (phone conversation)]
[00:00.095] Yo what up son?
[00:00.863] -Yo what up kid?
[00:02.031] Yo, you holdin your head up?
[00:03.268] -I'm tryin to man, but the system is shady
[00:06.275] Word man they always man, they always tryin
[00:08.287] To keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin
[00:10.015] We still, you know we got love for you son
[00:12.826] And we prayin for you and we, you know
[00:14.603] We tryin to hold it down wh
[00:15.641] You know while you in there man
[00:17.812] -No question
[00:18.306] Hopefully they won't keep you in there for too long
[00:20.260] -Yeah, for real, I sure love be out in a minute, you know?
[00:22.865] -But you know what I want you to kid? You know what would
[00:25.518] -be the bomb man?
[00:26.131] What's that?
[00:26.725] -You need to do some shit with Face man
[00:28.153] -'bout how ****** be shady, man
[00:29.811] Scarface?
[00:30.623] -Yeah man
[00:31.628] Yo that's my *****, yaknowwhaImean
[00:33.490] -Scarface is tight son
[00:34.936] Yo that's a good idea word is bond
[00:36.933] I'm gonna talk the play in tomorrow(yeah) and
[00:38.900] See about if we could hook up wit him
[00:40.709] -That's proper
[00:44.673] Scandalous, money greed and lust
[00:47.456] In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
[00:50.988] Plus there's no justice, it's just us
[00:54.070] In fact, watchin' yo back it be must
[00:57.158] And each and everyday around the way gats bust
[01:00.325] And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
[01:03.467] It's called betrayal
[01:10.220] Check the horror scene
[01:11.561] The kid was like twelve or thirteen
[01:13.369] Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams
[01:16.624] Watched his father catch two in the dome and to the spleen
[01:19.859] Nothin' but blood everywhere, these streets are mean
[01:23.200] They spared his life, but killed his moms and his sister Jean
[01:26.733] Of course over some drug shit
[01:28.886] His pops was on some ill-out, spill your guts, on some thug shit
[01:33.209] Didn't know his boys was on some shady ass no love shit
[01:36.216] His pops got played out though, with silencers they laid him out yo
[01:40.415] Took his stash and all the cash and left 'em, tied up on the couch yo
[01:44.054] With tape over his mouth, so he couldn't cry out
[01:47.309] Cause his dad was the ***** with clout
[01:49.582] Survival of the fittest so they split his wig no doubt
[01:52.797] Despite the stocking caps he noticed the same cat, who used to give him dough
[01:57.066] And taught him, to use the same gat
[01:59.253] Supposed to be an Uncle, fam and all that
[02:01.830] He could tell that it was him cause he had on the same slacks, he wore when
[02:06.302] He took him to Meadowlands racetrack
[02:08.842] Why did he flip and go out like that?
[02:11.465] It's called betrayal
[02:15.310] Scandalous, money greed and lust
[02:18.417] In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
[02:21.517] Plus there's no justice, it's just us
[02:24.755] In fact, watchin' yo back it be must
[02:28.047] And each and everyday around the way gats bust
[02:31.149] And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
[02:34.336] It's called betrayal
[02:37.907] A betrayal
[02:41.005] Punk ass ******
[02:44.286] It's called betrayal
[02:48.166] He on a mission to become a ball player
[02:50.967] Flip big Benz's, flossin' all gators
[02:54.221] Had it all mapped out, a 6-8 12th grader
[02:57.334] Fresh outta school and finna go make paper
[03:00.626] He had a brother who was hustlin', collectin' his change
[03:03.604] Never let his baby brother stick his neck in the game
[03:06.749] Told him all he had to do is just enjoy the ride
[03:10.087] And he ain't have to worry about money cause that's in time
[03:13.557] So now he's pacin' as the time moves slowly
[03:16.926] Can't wait to face Shaquille in the paint and school Kobe
[03:20.114] Kept his grades and stayed up under neighborhood functions
[03:23.284] And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumping
[03:26.677] So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleeding
[03:29.907] Fell into a puddle of his own blood and stopped breathin'
[03:33.180] And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin'
[03:36.270] But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even
[03:39.629] And all the cryin' in the world ain't goin' to bring him back
[03:43.053] His brother, sittin' at the wake wipin' tears from his mother's eyes
[03:47.514] Why'd the game have to go and take the young boys life
[03:50.552] Only the wicked live shife, payin' the price
[03:53.608] While he's starin' at the shell his brother's soul once held
[03:56.997] The trigger man made bail
[03:58.644] And you, wouldn't pay the boy his mail, and sacrificed your ******' family
[04:04.245] That's betrayal
[04:05.575] Betrayal (echoes)
[04:07.206] Money greed and lust
[04:08.378] In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
[04:11.754] Plus there's no justice, it's just us
[04:14.991] In fact, watchin' yo back it be must
[04:18.375] And each and everyday around the way gats bust
[04:21.507] And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
[04:24.634] It's called betrayal