This the story of the runner-ups

In the winter kept the summer tucked

The summers us - we ain’t gon lose again I promise- I put that on mommas’ mommas the commas comin - the drama been bubblin - let you think it’s for nothin - I give a fuck bout the public - say what I want what when I wanted - who kept it real and who fronted - I can’t pretend alls well ‘less I’m well in the end - I can’t depend on friends l learned that the hard way - learned that the last time -Lot changed since back then - lot changed since bad friends - since SK died - i been prayin help

Wonder if God ain’t save you to save me from myself

Who loved me when I ain’t love myself

Who helped me when I ain’t help myself

When I was prayin with no answers

Shellcase on the shelf - facin this L straight to hell- puttin points on the scale

Bussin back and forth now- they bust a pack in a mail- hammer on me hairpin trigger thin as my nail - got a beam on a steel this keltech Kal-el - real or fake? When it ends the only way you can tell - I gave it all and still failed - still made it prevail -

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heaven or hell - when you know - it’s hell or jail if you told - can’t break or bend if you bended you fold - you kept it “real” - then you really got sent up the road - they kept in touch for a minute- but a year after sentence - them letters never came back- still written - an got me trippin… wonderin if you did or didn’t get em - did the guard do somethin with ‘em?- did I do somethin to God - to leave me with these bruises - leave me with these scars - a child when I was caught - an adult how I was charged - locked me In this box - and boxed me in these walls - got me boxin everyday - I’m cautious on the yard - the least nigggas could do is pick up for me when I call - just answer me when call - I know god still carry me every time I fall - but I’m still fallin - be a year since I hit the bottom- replaced my tears with liquor out the bottle - bottled my pride - till niggggas had to die for that shit -

Did what I did - still gotta live with that shit and I don’t feel how I felt

What if got ain’t save me to save me from myself

Who loved me when I ain’t love myself

Who helped me when I ain’t help myself

When I was prayin with no answers

Shellcase on the shelf