From The Jump

The Weeknd once said that there's beauty in the madness Quoted that shit Cause there's beauty in the sadness Beautiful night So I like call her Gladys When make music That's when I'm at my gladdest I ain't gotta fit in I record Then I master Art takes time You can't make it any faster But when I'm on other people time I gotta make it snappy All for one and one for all I'm writing to the masses I don't need fakes I need friends That greet a nigga with a handshake With me 'til the end F*ck these niggas and funny ass broads They ain't no better than jewelry in the mall, no Can't hang when the going gets hard No faith in me when I'm reaching for the stars Wanna stop me short when I'm tryna go far Never wanna ride But want the keys to my car Uh They say a nigga never show respect or any love And that I'm selfish Cause I'm the only one that I'm thinking of Funny bruh See you left me in the dust Left a nigga on read I was there from the jump Uh I'm parting ways now Cause I've fucking had enough Let this be a lesson to ya Real friends don't fake love Nah, nah, nope, nah, never Real friends don't fake love I don't need sympathy No, please The same ones claiming hard times Said the same shit to me People acting like the care But they never really there All they ever wanna do is find a way up in yo' hair All they ever do is never speak But wanna stare Niggas always asking for a dollar If you holla For an hour of they time But never keep they word Cause the same motherfuckers every time Bloodlines ain't never any better Tell Ariana that I quote her And I said it I don't like expressing feelings If my family never get em Audience been there from the jump Built this project from the ground up Like Noah's Ark Now I watch the floods come Pack my bags I'm taking a trip up and around the sun This is in honor of my father Homage to our father From his oldest son, my nigga I don't need fakes I need friends That greet a nigga with a handshake With me 'til the end F*ck these niggas and funny ass broads They ain't no better than jewelry in the mall, no Can't hang when the going gets hard No faith in me when I'm reaching for the stars Wanna stop me short when I'm tryna go far Never wanna ride But want the keys to my car Uh They say a nigga never show respect or any love That I'm selfish Cause I'm the only one that I'm thinking of Funny bruh See you left me in the dust Left a nigga on read I was there from the jump Uh I'm parting ways now Cause I've fucking had enough Let this be a lesson to ya Real friends don't fake love Nah, nah, nope, nah, never Real friends don't fake love I don't write to just write I write to relate Cause other people need answers When they help has gone away Everybody looking for the North Star to guide the way I stared death two times Dos times in the face First with my grandmother Then with my daddy just the other day Can't a soul tell a nigga that I ain't got the strength Cause I got the strength of Lord If I sent a prayer to his son this very day Uh I can rely on anything But the people pushing me away They won't listen to me now But they'll listen to me one day They won't listen to me now But they'll listen to me if I permanently I go away They won't listen to me now But they'll listen to me on a better day They won't listen to me now But I bet they'll listen to me If a nigga died today Uh If a nigga died today I don't need fakes I need friends That greet a nigga with a handshake With me til the end F*ck these niggas and funny ass broads They ain't no better than jewelry in the mall, no Can't hang when the going gets hard No faith in me when I'm reaching for the stars Wanna stop me short when I'm tryna go far Never wanna ride But want the keys to my car Uh They say a nigga never show respect or any love That I'm selfish Cause I'm the only one that I'm thinking of Funny bruh See you left me in the dust Left a nigga on read I was there from the jump Uh I'm parting ways now Cause I've fucking had enough Let this be a lesson to ya Real friends don't fake love