A Story To Tell

The drugs help him cope, he fell in love with medication So many doses, would've thought he was a patient Every day he's so high, heavily sedated Only 16, supposed to get his education He only 16, he a man in the house He had no father, or no uncle, or big brother that's around Only had his mom and his sisters, he can't leave them down So he take this gun and cock it back before he leave the house His mama barely had some money, hit the corner and sell his loud Only thing that's on his mind his girlfriend, bout to have his child And he would go to school, but he don't really got the time Who gon' take care of they baby or pay the rent for his mom His son came out, he gotta keep it on the hush Got a hundred thousand in his wallet, pocket about to bust He told his best friend, thinkin' he won't snake me out Should've knew that he was wrong, his best friend ran his mouth Best friend told his cousin, and his cousin thinkin' money He said he don't do nothin, and he ain't trust him, that's his cousin Thinkin' that his cousin love him, but he play him like a dummy Soon as best friend left, he called his cousin just to rob him Put the guns down, we don't gotta kill no more Put the drugs down, what you hiding feelings for You not okay if you don't feel no more You in the way if you on the corner Should've listened, cause he back up on that block Cookin' rocks inside the kitchen and go stuff it in the socks It got deeper than weed, it's work jumpin' out the pot His belt got double G's and his pocket got a knot His girl screaming, come home, his son won't stop cryin He should've been in the house, it's five a.m, on the dot He tryna to move the whole load, the plug just broke, it never dropped The cops spent three times, so he know the block is hot His best friend called his phone, he picked up, like, where you at A tinted car pulled up, like, the window's painted black He walked up to the window, thinking, it's another trap It's his best friend's cousin, he had, gave him what he had Tried to turn around and run, caught 30 shots to the back He was too high to react, man, he went out so sad And the worst part is, I'm gon' wake up without a dad He done built a foundation to get a body bag Put the guns down, we don't gotta kill no more Put the drugs down, what you hiding feelings for You not okay if you don't feel no more You In the way if you on the corner