[Intro (phone conversation)]
Yo, what up, son?
Yo, what's up, kid?
Yo, you holdin' your head up?
I'm tryin', man, but you know, the system is shady, man
Word, man, they always, man, they always tryin'
To keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin'
We still, you know we got love for you, son
And we prayin' for you and we, you know
We tryin' to hold it down wh-
You know, while you in there, man
No question
Hopefully they won't have to keep you for too long
Yeah, for real, I sure love be out in a minute, you know?
But you know what I want you to do, kid? You know what would be the bomb, man?
What's that?
You need to do some shit with 'Face, man
'Bout how niggas be shady, man
Scarface?
Yeah, man
Yo, that's my nigga, yaknowwhaImean
Scarface is tight, son
Yo, that's a good idea, word is bond
I'm gonna talk the play in tomorrow
Yeah
And see about if we could hook up with him
That's proper
[Chorus: Guru]
Scandalous, money, greed, and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin' yo' back, it be a must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous, so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal
[Verse 1: Guru]
Check the horror scene
The kid was like twelve or thirteen
Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams
Watched his father catch two in the dome and to the spleen
Nothin' but blood everywhere, these streets are mean
They spared his life, but killed his moms and his sister Jean
Of course, over some drug shit
His pops was on some ill-out, spill your guts out, on some thug shit
Didn't know his boys was on some shady, no love shit
His pops got played out though, with silencers they laid him out, yo
Took his stash, and all the cash, and left him tied up on the couch, yo
With tape over his mouth, so he couldn't cry out
'Cause his dad was the nigga with clout
Survival of the fittest so they split his wig, no doubt
Despite the stocking caps, he noticed the same cat
Who used to give him dough and taught him to use the same gat
Supposed to be like an Uncle, fam and all that
He could tell that it was him 'cause he had on the same slacks
He wore when he took him out to Meadowlands racetrack
Why did he flip and go out like that?
It's called betrayal
[Chorus: Guru & Scarface]
Scandalous, money, greed, and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin' yo' back, it be a must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous, so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal
It's called betrayal
Punk ass niggas
It's called betrayal
[Verse 2: Scarface]
He on a mission to become a ball player
Flip big Benz's, flossin' all gators
Had it all mapped out, a 6'8" 12th grader
Fresh outta school and finna go make paper
He had a brother who was hustlin', collectin' his change
Never let his baby brother stick his neck in the game
Told him all he had to do is just enjoy the ride
And he ain't have to worry about money 'cause that's in time
So now he's pacin' as the time moves slowly
Can't wait to face Shaquille in the paint and school Kobe
Kept his grades and stayed up under neighborhood functions
And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumping
So now he's sittin' on the sidewalk bleeding
Fell into a puddle of his own blood and stopped breathin'
And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin'
But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even
And all the cryin' in the world ain't goin' to bring him back
His brother, sittin' at the wake, wipin' tears from his mother's eyes
Why'd the game have to go and take the young boys life
Only the wicked live shife, payin' the price
While he's starin' at the shell his brother's soul once held
The trigger man made bail
And you, wouldn't pay the boy his mail, and sacrificed your fuckin' family
That's betrayal
Betrayal (echoes)
[Chorus: Guru]
Scandalous, money, greed, and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin' yo' back, it be a must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous, so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal