[Intro]
Yeah… (yeah…)
This that real shit… (real shit…)
No filter… (no filter…)
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[Chorus]
Family pick and choose, that shit hurt, I ain’t gon’ lie (hurt… don’t lie…)
Same blood, but they switch, I see it in they eyes (switch… I see…)
But my cousins? yeah I ride, that’s the code, that’s for life (I ride… for life…)
If it’s smoke, then it’s smoke, we ain’t duckin’, we outside (outside… don’t hide…)
I don’t fake love, I don’t play both sides (no fake… no sides…)
If you cross me once, you get cut one time (one time… you gone…)
They be talkin’ like we good, but I peep that vibe (I see it… I know…)
I keep mine close, everybody else get a line (stay close… draw lines…)
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[Verse 1]
How you call it family, then treat me like I’m less? (like I’m less…)
Smilin’ in my face, talkin’ crazy to the rest (they talk… behind…)
That shit foul, got me tight in my chest (it hurts… it hurts…)
I was real from the jump, now I’m dealin’ with the mess (you were real…)
I done seen the switch-up right in front my eyes (they changed… they did…)
Same ones eatin’ with me, now they pickin’ sides (pick sides… why…)
Man that shit fucked up, I ain’t even gon’ lie (it’s fucked… it is…)
Had me sittin’ thinkin’, like was all that a lie? (was it real…?)
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[Pre-Chorus]
So I keep it solid with the ones who stayed (the ones… who stayed…)
Ain’t no halfway love, ain’t no switchin’ lanes (no switch… no games…)
If I call you fam, that shit stamped in place (it’s stamped… for life…)
Everybody else just share the name (just a name… nothing more…)
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[Chorus]
Family pick and choose, that shit hurt, I ain’t gon’ lie (hurt… don’t lie…)
Same blood, but they switch, I see it in they eyes (switch… I see…)
But my cousins? yeah I ride, that’s the code, that’s for life (I ride… for life…)
If it’s smoke, then it’s smoke, we ain’t duckin’, we outside (outside… don’t hide…)
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[Verse 2]
I don’t need a table if the love fake anyway (fake love… don’t stay…)
I’d rather eat alone than be surrounded by snakes (alone… but safe…)
Keep it real—man, that’s all it ever take (just real… that’s it…)
But they’d rather play a role than be solid to my face (they fake… they switch…)
And that shit made me cold, I ain’t trustin’ like before (so cold… no trust…)
Cut a lot of ties, I don’t open that door (that door… is closed…)
But my cousins locked in, yeah that’s somethin’ I’m for (they solid… they mine…)
If they call, I’m slidin’, I don’t ask what it’s for (no questions… I ride…)
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[Bridge]
Blood don’t mean shit if the loyalty gone (it’s gone… it’s gone…)
You can share DNA and still feel alone (alone… so alone…)
But the ones who stood tall, yeah I carry them strong (stay strong… hold on…)
That’s the code that I’m on (that code… don’t break…)
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[Outro]
Yeah… (yeah…)
Pick and choose all you want (all you want…)
Just don’t come back when I’m gone (I’ll be gone…)
I know who mine… (you know… who’s real…)