Gang Starr - Betrayal Lyrics

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' your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll 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

Hi spops was on some ill-out, spill your guts out, on some thug shit
Didn't 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 couldn't 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?
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' your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal
A Betrayal, punk ass niggas, it's called betrayal

He on a mission to become a ball player
Flip big Benz's, flossin' all gators
Had it all mapped out, 6-8, 12th grader
Fresh outta school, he fin' to go lay paper
He 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 naighborhood functions
And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin'
So now he's 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 ain't goin' to 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 brothers soul wants hell
The trigger man made bail and you, wouldn't pay the boys mail
And sacrificed the fuckin' family
That's 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' your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal