Lyrics of 'Betrayal' by Gang Starr

Intro(phone conversation):
Yo what up son?
-yo what up kid?
Yo, you holdin your head up?
-Im tryin to man, but the system is shady
Word man they always man, they always tryin
To keep a good brother down, but Im 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 wont keep you in there for too long
-yeah, for real, I sure love be out in a minute, you know?
-but you know what I want you to kid? you know what would
-be the bomb man?
Whats that?
-you need to do some shit with face man
-bomb on niggaz, be shady man
Scarface?
-yeah man
Yo thats my nigga, yaknowwhaimean
-scarface is tight son
Yo thats a good idea word is bond
Im gonna talk the play in tomorrow(yeah) and
See about if we could hook up wit him
-thats proper

Hook: guru

Scandalous, money greed and lust
In this trife life, there aint nobody you can trust
Plus theres no justice, its just us
In fact, watchin yo back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friendsll try to set you up
Its 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
Hi spops was on some ill-out, spill your guts, on some thug shit
Didnt know his boys was on some shady ass 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 em, tied up on the couch yo
With tape over his mouth, so he couldnt 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 doe
And taught him, to use the same gat
Supposed to be an uncle,fam and all that
He could tell it was him cause he wore the same slacks, he wore when
He took him to meadowlands racetrack
Why did he flip and go out like that?
Its called betrayal

Hook

Verse 2: scarface

A betrayal
Punk ass niggas
Its called betrayal

He on a mission to become a ball player
Flip big benzs, flossin all gators
Had it all mapped out,6-8,12th grader
Fresh outta school, he fin to go lay paper
He had abrother 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 aint have to worry about money cause thats in time
So now hes pacin as the time moves slowly
Cant wait to face shaquille in the paint and school kobe
Kept his grades and stayed up under naighborhood functions
And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin
So now hes sittin on the sidewalk bleedin
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 aint goin to bring him back
His brother, sittin at the wake wipin tears from his mothers eyes
Whyd the game have to go and take the young boys life
Only the wicked live shife, payin the price
While hes starin at the shell
His brothers soul wants hell the trigger man made bail
And you, wouldnt pay the boys mail, and sacrificed the fuckin family
Thats betrayal
Betrayal