Original Key: F# Minor
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 80
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
[INTRO]
C#m7 Bm7
I'm hopin' I don't look down
C#m7
Ayy, long enough to see me drown
And if I ever come down
Bm7 C#m7
I'll be fallin' on the solid ground
Bm7
Fallin' on the solid ground
C#m7
Ayy, long enough to see me drown
Bm7
And if I ever come down
I'll be fallin' on the solid ground
[VERSE]
C#m7
Today, I had a conversation with one of my bros
Bm7
My homie, he's been close to me since we were six years old
C#m7
He calls my mama, "Mom," he seen all of my highs and lows
Bm7
From school fights to sharin' clothes
Bm7
From B ball to fuckin' hoes
C#m7
He sat me down and let me know some things he never told me
Bm7
Things he never got a chancе to say or even show me
C#m7 Bm7
Hе said, "I know I don't tell you often, maybe not even at all
Bm7
But I'm so proud of you and your success, broski
C#m7 Bm7
And I admire how you chase your dreams, that shit's courageous
Bm7
Thank you for never switchin' up when you got rich and famous
C#m7
Thank you for never givin' up on me or havin' lesser love for me
Bm7
Whenever we lose touch and be on different pages
C#m7
I hope you know I'm here for you the way you there for me
Bm7
It's crazy, you done more for me than all my family tree
C#m7
And when I say I got your back, just know I really squeeze
Bm7
And make some niggas really bleed, that's really what I really mean
C#m7
I'm proud of how much you matured and grew, but you still you
Bm7
The world knows you for your talent, but I know the real you
C#m7
And all your trauma's behind closed doors, you'll never heal through
Bm7
And all the pain, you act like you don't feel, but you still do
C#m7
I love the fact you keep your shit together, mentally
Bm7
You work hard for your respect, don't need no empathy
C#m7
When people look you over and shut you out intentionally
Bm7
You always said, 'If they don't fuck with you, they will eventually'
C#m7
But remember when I went through prison?
Bm7
When I did a bid and you the only one that came to visit?
C#m7
Put money on my books and sent me pictures of some bitches?
Bm7
They don't make 'em like you no more, my nigga, you just different
C#m7
And bro, you ain't have to pay my niece's tuition
Bm7
Or set me up with that new job and try to teach me the business
C#m7
Always quick to hold me down before you speak your opinion
Bm7
What goes around, comes around and that's the reason you winnin'
C#m7
But listen, I was thinkin', maybe
C#m7 Bm7
Since you my broski and I been there since we was babies
Bm7 C#m7
You can hit the bank and break me off with somethin' wavy?
C#m7 Bm7
Maybe just a couple hundred thousand? Nothin' crazy
Bm7 C#m7
'Cause I been hurtin' lately and I deserve it, maybe
C#m7 Bm7
And if you can't Do it, that's cool, it ain't like I'll be angry
Bm7 C#m7
You still my broski and I love you, but that's kind of shady
C#m7 Bm7
'Cause I been goin' through some shit, it ain't like I'm just lazy
Bm7
So maybe you should pay me
C#m7
I quit my job 'cause I don't wanna work for no other niggas
Bm7
What maybe works for some, don't work for some other niggas
C#m7
Yeah, they pay good, but you know I'm a stubborn nigga
Bm7
Plus, I know you got my back, right?
C#m7
If not, then fuck it, I ain't askin' again
Bm7
Just don't forget who walked with you when your back to the wind
C#m7
And don't forget who's ideas that got you rappin' again
Bm7
When you lost your passion and got lazy, and was slackin' and shit
C#m7
And please don't treat me like them niggas that be askin' for shit
Bm7
'Cause I never asked you for a damn thing
C#m7
I'd rather pull a hamstring and then run across some fan blades while jumpin' out a airplane
Bm7
While sittin' in the damn rain, while beggin' for some spare change
C#m7
I'm sorry that we all can't be talented and rich like you
Bm7
The little people still struggle, we ain't lit like you
C#m7
And if we bein' honest,
Bm7
it don't really seem like you want me to chase my dreams so I can get like you
C#m7
And lately, you been on some sucker shit, that's what I see, broski
Bm7
I hope you know that hater shit is a disease, broski
C#m7
'Cause last time I checked, we was a fuckin' team
Bm7
And just because you got paper, don't mean that you better than me, broski
C#m7
I know everything about you
C#m7
I know every single secret
Bm7
I know where you rest your head at
Bm7
I know every bitch you sleep with
C#m7
I know where you keep your bread at
C#m7
I pretended I don't see shit
Bm7
You a greedy motherfucker, you been hopin' I don't be shit
C#m7
You been gettin' fat while I been starvin'
C#m7 Bm7
You been buyin' every car and house while I been in the garbage
Bm7 C#m7
I deserve everything you got and more, and that's a bargain
C#m7 Bm7
You just wanna shit on me and see me fall, and that's alarmin'
Bm7
You just hopin' I'ma tarnish
C#m7
You don't want me to be nothin'
C#m7
You don't wanna open doors for me
Bm7
You did a lil' somethin', but you could've did a lil' more for me
C#m7
No wonder why your father turned his back on you, unfortunately
Bm7
No wonder why your niggas set them traps on you to sorcery
C#m7
You ain't nothin' but a phony, you a liar, you a snake
Bm7
And you can rap but you ain't Kendrick, you ain't Cole, you ain't Drake
C#m7
Can't believe I called you family, I should shoot you in the face
Bm7
Used to act like you was real, but always knew that you was fake
C#m7
You let the fame get to your head and all it did was made you whack
Bm7
I always knew the day would come when you would stab me in my back
C#m7
One day, your money gon' be gone and I'll be happy, that's a fact
Bm7
And then you'll move back to the hood and I'll be laughin' when you back
C#m7
But you my nigga and I love you
Bm7
And I wanna see you win, I wouldn't place no one above you
C#m7
And you always been my friend since we was steppin' in the puddles
C#m7 Bm7
Real niggas don't pretend 'cause you're my brother, you my double
Bm7
You my motherfuckin' twin,
C#m7
and I wanna let you know how I appreciate the things you show me
Bm7
It's kind of hard to trust niggas, that's why I keep you closely
C#m7 Bm7
And look, I know that I don't tell you often, maybe not even at all
Bm7
But I'm so proud of you and your success, broski"
[OUTRO]
I'm hopin' I don't look down
Ayy, long enough to see me drown
And if I ever come down
I'll be fallin' on the solid ground
Fallin' on the solid ground
Ayy, long enough to see me drown
And if I ever come down
I'll be fallin' on the solid—
Can't take care of later—
Only intended for playin' cards—