Yeah… Triple-D style, mane… 2 1 4… back from the crypt. You little bustas think this shit is a movie? Think this shit is a game? Welcome to the darker side… where the sun don’t never shine. Keep playing with your life… and everybody else’s. Deep in the dungeon, I’m seeing the functions of bustas who thinking they really can hang Clutching a weapon but never been stepping, they just want the image, the clout and the name You walking with demons, you hear 'em all screaming, but you just a tourist, a boy in a mask Hoping for glory but end of the story is finding your body dumped under the grass. Why would you mess with the technical, ethical, chemical balance of street-level pride? Taking your family, putting 'em casually right in the path of a homicide glide? You selfishly seeking the status of "savage" but crying whenever the pressure is applied Now your apartment is leaking with carbon and lead while your mama is shaking inside! Is it the money? The honey? The jewelry? Thinking you move like a god in the night? But when the hollow tips whistle and sizzle, you find out your "brothers" don’t stay for the fight. You just a liability, fragility showing, blowing your cool Don't be a victim of street-level system, just another dead body, fool! Don’t jump in that water if you can’t swim (Yeah mane) The Reaper is waiting, he’s looking for him (Sho nuff) It’s the darker side, the darker side Where the fake ones fall and the mothers cry You risking it all for a name and a chain Now everyone’s bleeding to cover your shame It’s the darker side, the darker side Ain't no turning back when you cross that line. Step in the shadows, I’m seeing the gallows, you think you a "thug" ‘cause you post with a gun? But you ain't never seen brains on the pavement, you think that the murder is actually fun? I’m seeing the spirits of brothers who died for a block that they never did actually own Now they just ghosts in the hallway of projects, forgotten and rotted and left all alone. You bringing that heat to your grandmother's porch, you a coward, a sucka, a buster for real Claiming you "bout it" but when it gets crowded, you the first one to fold and the first one to squeal. The streets don't respect you, the OG’s reject you, you just a target for someone to hit A "sacrifice" play for the ones who are really out here in the trenches and doing this shit. Your sister is walking to school and she’s caught in the crossfire because of your ego and pride How do you look at the casket and tell ‘em you sorry because of the lifestyle you tried? It’s selfish, it’s petty, the reaper is ready, he’s sharpening blades while you posing for pics Get out the kitchen, you smell like a snitchin', you don't want no part of these Triple-D tricks. Bitch, get back! You ain't built for the warfare Bullets don't care about your designer or your hair Once that trigger is pulled, ain't no taking it back You a civilian playing a role, getting caught in the trap! You think it’s cool to be "locked in the feds"? 'Til you sitting in silence, no pillow for heads And your kids growing up with a dad in a cage Because you wanted to act like a "king" on the stage. It’s a tragedy, mane. It’s a comedy, mane. The way you be chasing the blood and the pain Just to be "real" for a minute or two? Now the hole in the ground is waiting for you! Stay in the house! Stay in the books! Stop tryna hang with the killers and cooks! Because when the light goes out in the Cliff... There ain't no mercy for you or for them in the Cliff! Don’t jump in that water if you can’t swim (Yeah mane) The Reaper is waiting, he’s looking for him (Sho nuff) It’s the darker side, the darker side Where the fake ones fall and the mothers cry You risking it all for a name and a chain Now everyone’s bleeding to cover your shame It’s the darker side, the darker side Ain't no turning back when you cross that line. Yeah… Now you see it. Mystic Stylez… But this ain't no magic. This is reality. Your pride is a poison, mane. And everyone around you is drinking it. Stop being a selfish bitch. Go home. Before the Prophet comes for you. IM_Y_IN_ID
