[Verse 1] I got a ledger for the loyalty, it's audited quarterly Names I don't say out loud no more, formerly Brothers 'til the wire hit, then they moved disorderly Learned that lesson expensive, the tuition was extraordinary Now I watch the hands, not the mouth, that's the policy Everybody's honest 'til the equity's a possibility I don't hold a grudge, I just hold the receipts quietly Forgiveness is for free, but the access is a rarity [Hook, falsetto] Trust nobody twice, that's the winter in me City full of smiles with the splinters in 'em, see Love you from a distance if you dented what you meant to me The door's still open, but the vault... never [Verse 2] They say Sunny you too guarded now, maybe legitimately But the ones that never crossed me never felt the security Inner circle eat first, that's the whole ministry Day ones got keys to everything, no scrutiny It's not cold, it's calibrated, call it maturity Every scar on the trust is a line in the liturgy I still give first, give often, that's the purity I just watch where it lands now with a little more clarity
