[Verse]
Ayo
They hate you when you're up
Love you when you’re broke and got a little
All Shane was thinking was the rock inside the pipe sizzle (It's time)
You see, he use to be well off and had a stable life
Cool job, pretty chick that he woulda made his wife
So much potential from the ghetto rose in concrete
Then his life took a turn for the worse, down the wrong street
Chilling with some grimy n***as in the hood he knew for years
On thе benches outside of thе building, blunts, a couple beers
Fake love, they envied his life 'cause he was doing good
Making moves while their broke as fuck, stuck in the neighborhood
He wasn’t street smart, don't smoke nothing that you ain't roll up
Just wanna be down and pass the blunts laced with crack and dust
Knew he felt different but he disregard it
Shoulda stayed in his lane, curiosity brought him to the darkness
Had a bad trip, tweaking by the corner store
Psych ward, after that he ain't been the same no more
Girl stayed as long as she could but she gave up
Confided in a cold world, girl vulnerable, she let him fuck
Shane stop taking his medication, he just run the streets
Lost everything, don't give a fuck if he shower or eat
Same grimy n***as who laced him, they just made it worse
Told it him that the pebble and the val will take away the hurt
Sometimes the hood can be evil, everyone out for self
Find it entertaining watching other people take an L
Better you than me, that's the life we chose, fuck it oh well
In-between don't mean shit, you either win or fucking fail
Every time I see him around, I stop and say "What up"
Try to help him get his head right, give him a couple bucks
The city is the survival of the fit, he wasn't strong enough
Last week he tweaked, cop killed him and said they saw a gun
Tales from the hood, this is one, they say a million more
When the game is done the king go in the same box as the pawn