In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
With tape over his mouth, so he couldn't cry out
Kept his grades and stayed up under naighborhood functions
But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even
They spared his life, but killed his moms and his sister Jean
And he ain't have to worry about money 'cause that's in time
Hi spops was on some ill-out, spill your guts out, on some thug shit
Why did he flip and go out like that?
And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin'
Never let his baby brother stick his neck in the game
So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleedin'
'Cause his dad was the nigga with clout
He had a brother who was hustlin' collectin' his change
Took his stash and all the cash and left 'em, tied up on the couch yo
While he's starin' at the shell his brothers soul wants hell
Nothin' but blood everywhere, these streets are mean
Survival of the fittest so they split his wig no doubt
It's called betrayal
Scandalous, money greed and lust
Fell into a puddle of his own blood and stopped breathin'
Can't wait to face Shaquille in the paint and school Kobe
A Betrayal, punk ass niggas, it's called betrayal
Check the horror scene the kid was like twelve or thirteen
Didn't know his boys was on some shady ass no love shit
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
Flip big Benz's, flossin' all gators
Sittin' at the wake wipin' tears from his mother's eyes
The trigger man made bail and you, wouldn't pay the boys mail
Had it all mapped out, 6-8, 12th grader
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
Why'd the game have to go and take the young boys life
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
Told him all he had to do is just enjoy the ride
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
He on a mission to become a ball player
It's called betrayal
Scandalous, money greed and lust
And all the cryin' in the world ain't goin' to bring him back his brother
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
Despite the stocking caps he noticed the same cat
Supposed to be an Uncle Fam and all that
Only the wicked live shife, payin' the price
Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams
And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin'
Watched his father catch two in the dome and to the spleen
And sacrificed the fuckin' family
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
In fact, watchin' your back it be must
In fact, watchin' your back it be must
His pops got played out though, with silencers they laid him out yo
That's betrayal
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
It's called betrayal
He wore when he took him to Meadowlands racetrack
He could tell it was him 'cause he wore the same slacks
So now he's pacin' as the time moves slowly
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
In fact, watchin' your back it be must
Fresh outta school, he fin' to go lay paper
Who used to give him doe and taught him, to use the same gat
Of course over some drug shit
