So Long (Imitator)

Verse 1: Po3 A thug changes, and love changes And as they tell me best friends become strangers Yea, word up, but... I never thought this could’ve happened to us I truly believed you had my back and so I granted my trust Instead of hands upon my shoulder, it was dagger you thrust And while it hurt I just imagined you must, like it was a part of the cycle Harder you fight, the less you win Back at the start of the hike I wanted to write with the best of them Halfway up the mountain now and I question when the quest begins Once I hit the crest I can address the wind, catch a breath again, spread it thin I remember when intelligence was welcome in a conversation But can’t recall just when we stopped relating It’s hard to say it but I think we simply grew apart I was so moved the day you introduced me to this art That I would never stop and couldn’t do it just to prove I fit the part I knew the hardest move to make was keeping true at heart And so I meditated on it, my message stayed as honest As a medicated prisoner who would get a steak for talking And I’m a goner now, missing you is all I got left I met you in a park back when I knew myself a lot less I was a hot mess, you taught me how to cool my jets and talk fresh Then you jetted, and I just couldn’t get to where you were headed, shit Hook: Po3 So long, you’re not the man I used to know now An imitator steady fakin’ on the low down But hold on, me and the family got that old sound Demonstratin’ how to hold down for the whole town So long, you’re not the man I used to know now An imitator steady fakin’ on the low down But hold on, me and the family got that old sound Demonstratin’ how to hold down for the whole town Verse 2: Cee Yeah, best friends become, best friends become Best friends become strangers Yeah, yo, I don’t have beef with anybody but I’m mad at you And everybody changes but you morphed into a different dude We met when I was a kid at 12 or 13 And I was immediately hypnotized by the way you dress and you speak You was the coolest thing I ever seen or heard I was impressionable, and soaked up all the game you puttin’ down in your words And you was too real, my parents tried to stop me being ‘round you But we never let a little interference stop us hanging out And shit I studied you, you gave me a voice I’ve given you love, you given me art, awakening passion that be moving the boy, pause You showed me how to stand up as a man and speak my truth Giving me confidence for shit I never knew I could do But that’s a distant memory, I mean, I still feel your effect on me But things ain’t been the same since you put money in your recipe And there’s an element of fraudulence taintin’ your style I’m hearin’ A fuckin’ shame if you ask me but hey, you livin’ And I bet your soul is still intact Behind the facade, behind all the lights and smoke and mirrors lies a realness that cracked And here’s to hoping you don’t lose your glow But for now, imitator, so long, you’re a shadow of the man I used to know, oh Hook: Po3 So long, you’re not the man I used to know now An imitator steady fakin’ on the low down But hold on, me and the family got that old sound Demonstratin’ how to hold down for the whole town So long, you’re not the man I used to know now An imitator steady fakin’ on the low down But hold on, me and the family got that old sound Demonstratin’ how to hold down for the whole town So long, you’re not the man I used to know now An imitator steady fakin’ on the low down But hold on, me and the family got that old sound Demonstratin’ how to hold down for the whole town So long, you’re not the man I used to know now An imitator steady fakin’ on the low down But hold on, me and the family got that old sound Demonstratin’ how to hold down for the whole town