[Introduction] ... and they say don't ever change (change on me) Although beautiful matrimony is a rapper balancing your women, your riches and at least half your homies You're at the top, don't crack! [Hook] I've been doing my own thing And they said don't never change And I pray I stay the same Want everything for everybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same Fame changin' everybody 'round me [Verse 1] OK, good business with mad friends (and we said we'd never change) Or bad business with mad friends, aha, gla** egg Used to be my homie, me and you was chillin' though Now that sh** got cold like the OG with that finger roll That Spur, probably cop it, cause the more I drink Wallace And it's worse when they even in their fillings of your pockets Then I got my deal Started wondering if them hittas with me are for real Mmm, I figure them'll do it, not us Mmm, the bond was thick, now just the plot is And isn't it ironic, getting a name can make you anonymous My newest of hobbies, collecting calls from the lock-ups Tell em I know he's so sick of the walls, when he get home, he going shopping Mmm, look at the time that caught us Talked to the Times when younger and made me get my life in order Real in it for life, but now look at the price But now look at that register, everything in here slight Mmm, cause I'm Jah doin' aight Look at how the moral of the story, but don't see its advice It's right, it's like life is like a gla** egg Tryna maintain what come with the fame and keeping your last friends Yeah, you know that balance a b**h Cause who on your back or who got your back I promise the line is this thin, really, really You know that balance a b**h Cause who on your back or who got your back I promise the line is this thin [Interlude - Seinfeld] I got this gla** egg somehow on the top of this, balanced On the top of this mountain, you know? I don't know how i got it there exactly But I see it's there and I got to end this with the right feeling [Hook] I've been doing my own thing And they said don't never change And I pray I stay the same Want everything for everybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same Fame changin' everybody 'round me [Verse 2] OK, good business with mad friends (and we said we'd never change) Or bad business with mad friends, aha, gla** egg Look at the years invested, who would have figured or guessed it (pa?) Look at you there since Contra kept the code but you've got extra men Told you I would get this straight, told you once i got big It's lonely at the top by the population looking in, ahh Then I got my deal Started wondering if them hittas with me are for real (sometimes the money let the devil in) Yeah, now salutations to my former friends Forming to form against me is currently your form of defense And now it hurts me to say Sometimes your sandbox friends equipped for dirty exchange Now was it worth all that bling in a hurt or sustain at curtain calls One of two that either boo or bouquets, so was it Worth of your fam or worth all tha fame Exchange your personal relationships for personal gains I'm telling you, balance is a b**h Cause when you're back, who got your back I promise the line is this thin, really, uh I'm telling you , balance is a b**h Cause who on your back, and who got your back Sometimes that line don't exist, I'm out [Hook] I've been doing my own thing And they said don't never change And I pray I stay the same Want everything for everybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same Fame changin' everybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing And they said don't never change And I pray I stay the same Want everything for everybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same Fame changin' everybody 'round me [Hook: Christte Michelle] I've been doing my own thing And they said don't never change And I pray we stay the same I've been doing my own thing And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same [?] 'round me