[00:05.14][ VERSE 1 ]
[00:05.49]People make the world go around
[00:07.39]They ask me what's up, I tell 'em what's goin down
[00:09.65]Talk to me real if you feel you got a point to push
[00:12.70]Then trick, make it quick, don't beat around the bush
[00:15.49]I know we all lookin' out for number one
[00:17.36]That's why brothers sell **** and girls get they nails done
[00:20.15]Tryin to get the same thing everybody else got
[00:22.49]If you a big name oh they'll be runnin' game like snot
[00:25.45]So I keep my guard up and I read between the lines
[00:28.06]If we kick it long enough I can see the signs
[00:30.66]If your motives is righteous or wicked
[00:32.76]Do you want the knowledge or do you see me as a free meal ticket?
[00:35.26]I keep my eyes open and my mouth closed
[00:38.31]In a world full of white men, *****s and hoes
[00:40.78]Everybody want somethin' from you, but ain't nothin' free
[00:43.83]I do for people, but what can people do for me?
[00:46.38]Except knock me down or sell me out
[00:48.54]But anyway, what you say you had to tell me 'bout?
[00:51.68]Yeah, all that talk sounds good
[00:53.45]But rule number one when you come from the hood
[00:55.79]Is: don't trust nobody
[00:56.54][ Hook 2X ]
[00:57.05]No one's gonna trust you
[01:00.00]So don't you trust nobody
[01:17.63][ VERSE 2 ]
[01:17.82]I came into this world alone
[01:19.03]Ain't no doubt that's how I'm goin out, so let me get my live on
[01:22.73]Top of that I'm black in this white man's world
[01:26.43]Believe me, they don't care if your hair is Jheri curled
[01:28.09]Especially for a male
[01:29.63]They can't kill me, they wanna put me under the jail
[01:32.54]You know my record's clean cause you just checked
[01:35.09]But to them I'm just another 'male negro suspect'
[01:38.09]A threat to the powers that be
[01:40.18]You got sweet talk for my sister, but it sours at me
[01:42.89]'Cause you see the black man as a rival
[01:45.04]But this is anybody killer and it's all about survival
[01:48.14]So go for what you know from your country hick college
[01:50.80]This is '94 and I'm up on your trick knowledge
[01:53.66]Watchin' devils like a hawk
[01:55.25]Excuse me, mister, why do white men whisper when they talk?
[01:58.45]Because that's a man snake hidin' in that handshake
[02:01.35]Who won't hesitate to lie, cheat and take
[02:03.85]I know you think they act nice
[02:05.55]But you'd be wiser just take this advice
[02:08.10]And don't trust nobody
[02:08.84][ Hook ]
[02:30.52][ VERSE 3 ]
[02:30.72]Ain't no shame in my game, I got a lot to learn
[02:32.42]But I'm learnin' trust is somethin' you got to earn
[02:35.22]You might be able to rap or make the fans mob
[02:37.67]But never send a boy out to do a man's job
[02:40.12]'Cause you really couldn't handle it
[02:42.27]You be at they memorial tryin' to keep a candle lit
[02:45.39]Though they was fit, it don't matter if you muscle-bound
[02:48.04]Out here it's all about who can put they hustle down
[02:50.44]So I kick it with the O.G.'s
[02:52.44]They say experience costs as we floss on the gold D's
[02:55.60]You gotta work for your milk and honey
[02:57.79]Second rule in the hood: all money ain't good money
[03:00.73]Don't get excited and don't be emotional
[03:03.13]Never run your mouth in front of none of them hoes you know
[03:05.54]Bro, because fools and they money soon part
[03:08.00]You might know they name but you never know they heart
[03:10.60]It's a cold game, but somebody gotta play it
[03:13.28]You probably wouldn't know if I didn't say it
[03:15.93]So all it really boils down to is respect
[03:18.53]Just like the tat on his neck, it said 'trust nobody'
[03:21.23][ Hook 4X ]