[pre-verse]Yeah I lost a lot of homiesThey ain’t even deadThey turn they back to youWhen you need a handOnly money and the famI don’t need a friendCause when it’s beneficialThen they wanna be your friendAnd they’ll use it against youIf you let them see your handMy mama taught me how to be a man[verse]Probably her tatted on meLoyalty’s a habit for meI could hear you clear but dawgGotta show your actions for meMarried to the game holy matrimonyI rather be lonely than have friends thatDon’t know how to be happy for meCause I can see the spiteEvery time I reach a heightAin’t where they wanna be in lifeSo they be mad at meWhen I tried to helpYou told me you ain’t need adviceSome just gotta go through the darkSo they can see the lightAnd they don’t actually live what they talkSo don’t believe the hype, I never doI could never lose, I either win or I learnThey got some nerveTrying to walk across the bridges they burnThen wonder why they be miserableThen they take it out on me like »what have I ever did to you? « Why you throwing subliminals dawgI start to evolveAnd you tell me I changedYou feeling distraughtCause you still in your waysIn spite of it allI’ma keep you in my prayers yeah[pre-verse 2]Yeah, I’m sorry but I gotta love youFrom a distanceFrom a distance, yeahI forgive you but I won’t ever forget thisI couldn’t see it, now I’m coming to my sensesI’m getting tiredOf these one-sided friendshipsYou go a mile for emThey won’t even go a couple inchesNow I gotta keep it strictly business[verse 2]If it don’t make me betterThen it’s bad for meThey hate meBut they still be keeping tabs on meAnd now I gotta keep itStrictly business with youSo what we talking boutIf you ain’t got no bag for me, run itTrying to act like you 100, when you really 65You be switching sidesBetter back back from me youngin’Way back get way backLike curtis jackson in a wave capWorking late nights you been laying backNow I’m taking flight and niggas hate that[bridge]I know you feel a certain way about meYou be throwing all that shadeYou always got something to say about meBut you never say it to my faceThought you’d be happy that I made it homieMan why you hating on the trillI mean I mean the way that you be hating on meDawg you’d think it paid ya billsThat’s just the way I feel[outro]Yeah that’s just the way I feelIf you don’t feel that than you ain’t as realAll I ever wanna do is make a milAnd put my mama on the hill yeahFor real yeah