[Verse 1]

I was like, know your honor

Wearing my code of honor like a coated armor

Thinking I was better off making a solo

Than I was in a society I don't trust

Rather stay outside of it, so unjust

I know it's cold in the outskirts, so much drugs

To numb your senses from the violence, but I won't budge

And I don't know about gods above

But I know I won't be judged by no man like I won't judge

A thin line between now and then

I still hold some of those values and I understand

The connection to the mechanisms

Creating the same code of honor you get in prison

Can't talk to noone, can't trust noone

Ain't no justice it's just you plus noone

We don't love ourselves, so we self-destruct

Forgetting who we matter to, like some selfish f***s

[Chorus]

Our self-destruction they applaud it

It's fitting right into their scheme

Our negative vibes we uphold them

I just know that ain't you that ain't me

So don't tell me 'bout your code of honor

Cuz' I wouldn't call it honor

All I see is how we put ourselves in the corner

[?] that they put us under

[Verse 2]

Because the code of the streets is the road to defeat

Looking over your shoulder stay on your toes and your feet

Can't sleep, soon ya' got coke on your nose and your teeth

Or whatever drug you use, you're loosing control underneath

All you see is betrayal, you think it's because we're weak

But maybe it's against our nature, do we know what we need?

I think we need new definitions, do we know what it means?

To be real, cuz' it takes strength to be weak

[Chorus]

Our self-destruction they applaud it

It's fitting right into their scheme

Our negative vibes we uphold them

I just know that ain't you that ain't me

So don't tell me 'bout your code of honor

Cuz' I wouldn't call it honor

All I see is how we put ourselves in the corner

[?] that they put us under

[Verse 3]

I know I told you otherwise so now you think I'm [?]

Just want us to be free from the hatred that's internalized

And a lot of s***t ain't changed from before

As long as we ain't equal in front of the face of the law

I ain't saying we should talk to the police, the judges

Or the DAs, that's just as destructive

And when we see their corruption, I know it's seductive

To try to serve our own justice

And that ain't wrong, we should build our own

But a network can't be built on [?]

We got too much love, too much righteousness

We need to let it all out, otherwise it's just

[Chorus x2]

Our self-destruction they applaud it

It's fitting right into their scheme

Our negative vibes we uphold them

I just know that ain't you that ain't me

So don't tell me 'bout your code of honor

Cuz' I wouldn't call it honor

All I see is how we put ourselves in the corner

[?] that they put us under

Our self-destruction they applaud it

It's fitting right into their scheme

Our negative vibes we uphold them

I just know that ain't you that ain't me

So don't tell me 'bout your code of honor

Cuz' I wouldn't call it honor

All I see is how we put ourselves in the corner

[?] that they put us under