TMVTL

Yeah, I'ma tell you like this You don't know until you know (you never know) And that's real -, uh (know) I'm from where tragedy made us strengthen and casualties don't make a difference The people who ain't from here can't imagine this way of livin' (can't imagine this sh-) But she a diamond in the rough, who? Jasmine K Dickens She's got a bachelor's, then a job at a maximum state prison But she ain't the same C.O. that's workin' at Chow (uh-uh) Her pops did ten joints in the jail she workin' in now (real OG) She work in Prince dorm, he flirtin' with her now (now, -ga), and then, she like 'em But she stand firm, she never break a smirk or a smile (can't break it) But he a rich -, he know how to play, got five left He got her address and sent her a bracelet and lingerie Prince playin' chess, he thinkin' of - her smart though He hit her once, now, he got that - smugglin' smartphones It went from that, now, she bringin' it in (that work), - Prince got her locked down, he feelin' like a kingpin again He runnin' - right, he feedin' his men (feedin' his boys) He sent that money home, so he meet up with Jasmine to re-up again (let's go again) But, nah, - way too lit, she tryna quit (tryna quit) But he wasn't havin' it, he said, "If you stop, then I frame you, -" That - stuck to his word, he did her dirty He testified on that -, and he got out early What's the first thing they teach you when you get status as a thug? (Status as a thug) That trust, more valuable than love (valuable than love) Little spatters from the blood (uh) But on this block, that's just what it was (you never know) When trust more valuable than love Let me tell you what happened next, okay? Same mother, two different pops, two brothers from two different blocks Here's the plot, some other -, one a hustler, one into stocks That's Lee, kinda tried runnin' the streets, but it didn't pop Changed his life around, he get props for gettin' out before it got hot He the oldest, lil' bro is just colder, he into Glocks He remind me of a - I'm sendin' through if I get the drop (I like that lil' -) They - on the same -, don't even know, she ain't low Crib out in the 'burbs, she gave keys to both, she exposed The truth, when she was nine months, gave Lee a stroke She never tried to meet my folks 'cause she was somewhere skeetin' bro And the child wasn't his (it wasn't his), played him like a sucker (like a - sucker) He popped to the nursery, - the baby and his brother Never know until you know What's the first thing they teach you when you get status as a thug? (Status as a thug) Trust, more valuable than love (uh) Little spatters from the blood (blood) But on this block, that's just what it was When trust more valuable than love All that love - gon' get you hurt (get you hurt) 'Cause it don't add to no plugs, you know why? 'Cause trust more valuable than love Nice guys finish last, and tough guys gettin' tatted up with slugs out here 'Cause trust more valuable than love You never know (here's how it went down) (never know) Small-time petty thief, crash dummy pedigree Might think he gangsta, but he nothin' like the Genevese (nothin') Caught a rapper slippin', and put a bullet in the leg of me Wait, I mean the leg of him, life feel like it's testin' me The rapper never answer when a D.T.s is questionin' Sciatic nerve severed it, he's on prescription medicine Had to learn to walk before he got back to his self again 'Cause feelin' like you cripple leaves him with a sense of helplessness Now we feelin' devilish, only one way to settle this (one way) The rapper does his homework, he gets governments, and addresses The rapper got patience, plus friends in high places And he knows a shooter without a gun, not dangerous The shooter on the run, for other stupid - he done The rapper drops a number-one album, he's back out havin' fun Catch that dirty motherf- when he finally gets sent to jail And have B.S.F. carved in his face with a dirty nail, you never know The first thing they teach you when you get status as a thug (uh) Is trust more valuable than love (more valuable than love) Little spatters from the blood (blood) But on this block, that's just what it was (was) When trust more valuable than love (yeah) All that love - gon' get you hurt It don't add to no plugs, you know why? 'Cause trust more valuable than love (yeah) Nice guys finish last (last), and tough guys gettin' tatted up with slugs out here 'Cause trust more valuable than love (you never know) More valuable than love You never know (ah, never know, you never know 'til you know)