Life don't change, just the people in it do fade
Life don't change, just the people in it do fade
Life don't change, just the people in it do fade
Life don't change, just the people in it do fade
[Verse 1]
I said wakin' up without a dollar hurts, dogs holla
I'm hurt, dog, my pride, got a lot so my mouth silent
I remember me and mama lived in hotels
I remember the ingredients to slow down
I spike the punch, indigestion when it go down
f**ed up but it's green lights all a-f**in'-round
The same moment, then got put on for my f**in' town
See the locals sh**tin' on a n***a like some f**in' clowns
Remember? When you used to ask for advice
From me, now your ego blowin' mad bright
But just remember who screwed in the damn light
Had to shake my fam loose cause the fam wasn't tight
It's never wrong over right
sh**, this was opportunity
To gain power, knowledge, money, love, but where's the unity?
When the rain made mud, your mothaf**in' sneakers clean
[Hook]
If the time ever comes where you turn your back, I'm movin' on
(Life don't change, just the people in it do fade)
All them times you were given their all or more, I gotta go
(Life don't change, just the people in it do fade)
[Verse 2]
Wakin' up without a father but you're still livin'
What's worse, dog, I got your f**in' number, but why bother?
You said I wasn't sh** and I should prolly quit
Pick up a damn tray, how ignorant
I gave my last dimes just to f**in' spit
Recognize sacrifice early, somethin' you ain't get
Two kids but I ain't pick favorites
I told their mamas, "I'ma hold you down, but when I'm f**in' rich
My sons gon' have everything I ain't get
Not materials, just time spent, you ain't lent
Not rich when it comes to the wealth
Pockets thick when it come to the self
Esteem, health, I'm burnin', suffer from Hell
I f**in' miss you but I'm wishin' you well
What you take isn't worth it to tell
The truth, so bye, for life now"
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
I said wakin' up without a conscience, what the f**, girl?
You got me good, I gave your a** my all but it wasn't power
I'm startin' to think you got a thing for rappers
Never believed my heart was given to a Bible
Workin' in the Big Apple while you got your apple chopped
Yeah I'm from Atlanta, shoulda got your a** tomahawked
But the heart and mind fused so I took a lonely walk
sh**...
Lookin' like a damn fool, Sequoyah, how dare you?
Be the one I brought my kids 'round, you was ran through
Now you love me... like the other b**hes
Tryna convince me... you ain't the other b**hes
How do I believe that?
I got a model b**h now and you see that
Where's your pedestal?
Ay, where's your pedestal?
[Hook]