Wale - The Glass Egg lyrics

When they said don't ever change, mm Change your way Christette, although beautiful matrimony is a rapper balancing your women Your riches and at least half your homies We at the top Don't crack I've been doing my own thing (I've been doin' it baby) And they said don't never change (that's what everybody say) And I pray I stay the same (I pray) Want everything for e'rybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing (aye) And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same (turn the beat off ya) Fame changin' everybody 'round me (yo, yo wah) Ok, good business with mad friends (and we said we'd never change) But bad business with mad friends, aha, glass egg Used to be my homie, me and you was chillin' though Now that sh*t got cold like the OG with that finger roll That Spur, probably cop it, 'cause Dumars' trading Wallace And it's worse when they even in their fillings of your pockets, oh Then I got my deal Started wondering if them peoples with me are for real Mmm, I figure them'll do it, not us Mmm, the bond was thick, now just the blot 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 (word) Talked to the times when younger and maybe gettin' your life in order Real in it for life, but now look at the price Better not look at that register, e'rything in here's light Mm, mm, 'cause I'm Jah doing alright Look y'all the moral of the story, little c is a vice It's right, it's like life is like a glass egg Tryna maintain while coming to fame and keeping your last friends Yeah, you know that balance of 'Cause who on your back or who got your back I promise the line is this thin really, really You know that balance of 'Cause who on your back or who got your back I promise the line is this thin (I got this glass 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) I've been doing my own thing (I've been doing it baby) And they said don't never change (that's what everybody say) And I pray I stay the same (I pray) Fame changin' everybody 'round me I've been doing my own thing And we said we'd never change And I pray we stay the same (yo, yo, yo, wah) Fame changin' everybody 'round me Ok, good business with mad friends, mm (and we say we never change) But bad business with mad friends, aha, glass 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 got extra men Told you I would get this straight, told you once I got it big It's lonely at the top by the population looking in, ahh Then I got my deal Started wondering if them peoples with me are for real (Sometimes the mighty 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 and sustain at curtain calls One of two that either boo or bouquets, so was it Worth of your fam or worth all the fame Exchange your personal relationships for personal gain, uh I'm telling you balance a b*tch 'Cause when you're back, who got your back I promise the line is this thin, really, uh I'm telling you balance a b*tch 'Cause when you're back, who got your back Sometimes that line don't exist, I'm out I've been doing my own thing (I've been doing it baby) And they said don't never change (that's what everybody say) And I pray I stay the same (I pray) Want everything for the hitters 'round me I've been doing my own thing (yeah) And we said we'd never change (hey) And I pray we stay the same (yo, yo, yo, wah) Fame change' couple hitters 'round me I've been doing my own thing And they say don't never change And I pray I stay the same Fame changin' 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 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