I Lost My Friends

I lost my friends
To so much
Unnecessary drama
That kept coming around
Around the corner
We didn't want no trouble
We just defended ourselves
The only way we knew how was to fight

I lost my friends
To so many fistfights
That we had when we was younger
Always arguing about nothing
When it was something in the room
Nobody wanted to admit it
So everybody started fighting
Now everybody's shooting everybody
For I got the code

Once you grew up in the hood
Everybody gotta fight
If you don't fight
Everybody get a knife
Or get a bottle
Get something
Some people will go crazy
With the knife
Just watching with the hands
With the hand quick speed
That they come with

I lost my friends
To the chain gang
I lost some good people
That was only genuine and real
Only defended they selves
By catching a few bodies
They didn't wanna do

They said fuck I regret it now
But I said if I didn't do it
My life would be gone
Y'all be crying about me
Having me on a shirt R.I.P

I lost my friends
Some friends I can vent to
About all my problems
Cause they do it to me
So we just vent everything
That we feeling
Even if it's in anger

I just vent everything
To my best friend
When I can't
If he don't answer
I just hit him with a text
Like what's up
What's good

He always tell me
Keep my head up
Think positive
Now don't think negative
Cause you know where you would go

If you think negative
Can't nobody stop you
Can't nobody stop the bull rush
That you turn into
Only see red in your eyes
That's why I tell you to stay high
All the time

Like a Rastafarian
That I am
Only follow the real knowledge of Self
That I wanna do
I lost all my younger friends
To the streets

I lost some good friends
That I only wanted to be brothers With
Cause we had that brother bond
The brother bond
That me and my cousin have
Cause we act the same
On so many things
We see life as another way
Everybody's different
Everybody see it as their own way

So
When I had my first son
Everything came clear to me
Walking in the light
Tryna see everything in my past
I gotta tell him bout it
But not about everything

So when I tell him
I'm just gon tell him
Listen to the songs that I put out
Then you'll get your answers there
Why I love you so much
Cause my life was so fucking crazy

I don't want you to go through Nothing like that
Fight everyday to keep you here
In my arms
Never wanna bury you in a coffin
Like most people gotta do their Children

When they come out and fence
When they come to a teenager stage
Get shot
Always been a victim in the streets
Cause somebody can't get who they Want
So they get an innocent person

They just shoot
Innocent people tell me why they do That
If they scared they scared
Some will fight, some will run, some will shoot
What you expect them to do

I lost so many friends to drama
To the violence of the streets
Of the world that they try to take in
Knew a few friends that popped pills On the regular
Said it made them feel so fucking Numb to the world
All the drama that they had in their Life

They just wanted to numb it and be Free
For the moment when the stress coming their way

Never wanna be stressed in a calm situation

Never thinking bout nothing good
Always thinking bout something bad That's going on