Smoke Alone

You think you know who your friends is
You gon' see who your friends are
Fall off
Go broke, boy
Haha, you'll see

I saw that CO with that mail keep on walking by my cell
Every day for several years until I thought, "Damn, this is hell"
Finally knew that shit was real when I went to call up my mom
And all she could do when I did was just complain 'bout the bail
I saw people younger than me doin' less and they get killed
People said they had it comin', called it destiny for real
I just said that shit I saw, I hope they rest in peace for real
What the fuck have I become learning these lessons in the field?

Thought I had a down-ass bitch once
She ain't even wait like six months
I ain't even get my sentence yet
She was pregnant by the opp like six months
Thought I had a down-ass homeboy
'Til I saw he got to go home, boy
Did the shit that fucked me up
I ain't never felt so alone, boy

Everybody 'round when a blunt get lit
Disappearin' quick when there's funk and shit
Sucker ain't wanna go ride on him
But he turn around and go punk his bitch
Them ain't yo' friends, don't kid yourself
Have that company, need to rid yourself
When they got they problem, they come to you
But you can't never hit them for help (hit them for help)

Pulled up on that bus and seen them gates open for us
Before the hate go on to trust I was alone
Came up on that block where they gon' race you, clear you knock
Man, it won't even take your lock, I was alone
Don't know what she thought it was, played with A-Ks, bought her drugs
Those things make me hard to love, so I'm alone
I'm about to roll this weed up, kick my shoes off and my feet up
Please don't reach for shit from me, I smoke alone

Boy, they made your partners police, catch 'em with the chopper
Bet they tell 'em that they got they shit from you
Just in case it got some bodies in the staircase
They gon' probably paint you out to be Jon Gotti, then you're through
Used to think they were your dogs, introduced you through a knock
And it turned out to be the laws
You went to the pen, someone forgot to feed your dogs
Christmas came and went, no one accepted any calls

Everybody know somebody doing time in prison
But don't take the time to write, the time to show how much you miss 'em
It's so easy to forget, it's so hard to pay attention
To somebody out of sight, when they talk, it's hard to listen
Which is hardly out of spite, use a knife to carve the tension
There's some parts about this life, don't seem right for me to mention
As an artist with a mic, I just write the shit I'm feeling
Put my heart into this fight, but now, basically, I'm chilling

Pulled up on that bus and seen them gates open for us
Before the hate go on to trust I was alone
Came up on that block where they gon' race you, clear you knock
Man, it won't even take your lock, I was alone
Don't know what she thought it was, played with A-Ks, bought her drugs
Those things make me hard to love, so I'm alone
I'm about to roll this weed up, kick my shoes off and my feet up
Please don't reach for shit from me, I smoke alone