No Strings Attached

They only love you when they need you They only love you when they need you It ain't no strings attached naw They only love you when they need you They only love you when they need you It ain't no strings attached Naw They only love you when they need you it ain't no strings attached I got tired of hearing unc say he gone call me back I already know it's about some street shit targets on his back How many true colors I gotta see before my heart go black Now days all my friends is from the streets or hood They done heightened all my senses I been fighting through them And I'm smart as hell what I know will leave yo brains fried That day I shed blood from my brother i swallowed all my pride Because that shit ain't cool Shouldn't shed no blood from me I shouldn't shed none from you We can squash that shit we men it showed me how to just be cool Why everybody sounding sacrificial try to enjoy yo life And I'm still pissed about this world because this shit ain't right How many times I gotta pray So sick and tired being the good guy Trying to get my slice and get the f*ck on somebody please just cut the pie And reparations sound foreign to all the kids before 95 Everybody living they life like don't nobody see mines I need money for my daughter and these free spirits keep crying I can't be there for everybody life because how the f*ck ima live mine I'm stepping up and being the bigger man but ain't nobody else on that time It's like the past mimicking the future guess it's all the same rhyme All them ghetto ass laundromats I couldn't wait to make it home I'm trying to be calm as nature but these niggas keep playing my tone If you have a version of me stored inside yo head then get it gone I'm no longer living that guy because being nice to niggas is wrong I'm just trying to get put on I'm just trying to get put on I'm just trying to get put on I'm just trying to get put on They only love you when they need you it ain't no strings attached I got tired of hearing unc say he gone call me back I already know it's about some street shit targets on his back How many true colors I gotta see before my heart go black Now days all my friends is from the streets or hood They done heightened all my senses I been fighting through them And I'm smart as hell what I know will leave yo brains fried That day I shed blood from my own brother i swallowed all my pride Because that shit ain't cool Shouldn't shed no blood from me I shouldn't shed none from you We can squash that shit we men it showed me how to just be cool Why everybody sounding sacrificial try to enjoy yo life And I'm still pissed about this world because this shit ain't right How many times I gotta pray So sick and tired being the good guy Trying to get my slice and get the f*ck on somebody please just cut the pie And reparations sound foreign to all the kids before 95 Everybody living they life like don't nobody see mines I need money for my daughter and these free spirits keep crying I'm stepping up and being the bigger man but ain't nobody else on that time It's like the past mimicking the future guess it's all the same rhyme All them ghetto ass laundromats couldn't wait to make it home I'm trying to be calm as nature but these niggas keep playing my tone If you have a version of me stored inside yo head then get it gone I'm no longer living that guy because being nice to niggas is wrong I'm just trying to get put on