CAN'T TRUST NOBODY

Intro
(Faint piano, deep atmospheric rumble)
Male: I learned a long time ago…
Everybody calling you brother…
Ain't necessarily your brother.
Female: Brother…
Male: Yeah…

Verse 1
Young with a hunger, I wanted that paper,
Didn't know later that shit make you colder,
Looking at people like, “Why they got more?”
So I started chasing whatever was closer.

Made some dumb moves just chasing a dollar,
Didn't see danger, I thought I was smarter,
Everybody talking like, “Bro, I got you,”
Whole time some motherfuckers watching my pockets.

I learned real quick, everybody ain't solid,
Some say they love you, some love what you got,
I put myself in some fucked-up positions,
All for a number that wouldn't mean shit.

I ain't proud of everything that I did,
But I won't lie like I wasn't involved,
I had to learn how the game really works,
Sometimes the lesson come after the fall.

Flow Switch - Faster
Run it up, fucked up, doubled it, struggled,
Back against the wall and I'm still tryna hustle,
Too much pride, I was too damn stubborn,
Thought I could trust him 'cause we came up together.

Sudden Stop
Then I learned…

Lower Voice
Blood ain't always thicker than betrayal.
Female: Betrayal…

Pre-Hook
I done seen smiles hide knives,
Seen love switch sides,
Seen somebody swear they with you,
Then disappear when it's time.

So I don't talk too much,
I just watch what they do,
'Cause when you really living like this,
You better know who really you.
Female: Who really loves you…
Female: Who really stays…

Hook
Male: Can't trust nobody—
Female: Nobody…
Male: Had to learn the hard way—
Female: Hard way…
Male: Keep my business to myself, I don't tell 'em what I'm 'bout,
If you really ride with me, I'ma ride that shit out.
I don't need a hundred people, I just need a chosen few,
'Cause the ones you call your brothers might be the ones that bury you.

Male: CAN'T TRUST NOBODY—
Female: Nobody…
Male: Can't trust nobody—
Female: No… no…
Male: Had to learn the hard way.
Female: Hard waaay…

Verse 2
I thought that was my brother, that's the part that fucked me up,
We was broke together, splitting meals, dividing bucks.
He knew where I slept, knew the shit I kept,
Knew every move I made, knew the people I was with.

I would've jumped in front of that motherfucker,
Never questioned it, that's what made it worse.
I gave him information I wouldn't give nobody,
Never thought I'd be the one getting played first.

One night he hit me like, “Come through, it's straight,”
So I pulled up thinking everything was okay.
But something felt different when I stepped through that door,
Too quiet in the room, and I ain't felt that before.

I looked around…
Nobody talking.
Phone started ringing.
My stomach dropped.
Somebody already knew where I was.

And that's when it hit me…
He didn't invite me there to protect me.
He invited me there… so they could find me.
Female: Oh…

808 Slams
I made it out, but I lost what I came with,
Heart still beating but I swear I can't explain it,
Called his phone—straight voicemail,
Called again—same shit,
That's when I knew somebody close had switched.

Went back through everything, every text, every call,
Started seeing little pieces I ignored before it all.
Same motherfucker telling me, “Bro, watch your back,”
Was the same motherfucker giving them the map.

That shit changed me.
I stopped calling everybody family.
Female: Family…
Male: 'Cause the person I would've died for… was the person who almost got me killed.

Post-Betrayal
Now I move different,
Think different,
Talk less,
Watch more,
No address,
No plans,
No loose lips,
No handouts,
No new friends.

If I say I got you,
Then I got you,
That's the code,
If you cross me,
That's forever,
Ain't no fixing what you broke.

I ain't heartless,
I'm just careful,
Big difference,
Understand?
Life'll teach you who is real
When you got nothing in your hand.

Half-Time
I didn't become cold… I became careful.
Female: Careful…

Verse 3
Now I'm good, but I don't move like I'm better,
Money came, but it didn't fix the pressure.
I learned peace ain't a room full of people,
Sometimes peace is knowing everybody ain't your equal.

I don't need ten deep, I need two that's real,
Somebody that'll stand when the whole room kneel.
If you fuck with me, then you know what it is,
I'ma ride for you heavy, I'ma ride for my kin.

But don't confuse loyalty with being blind,
I can love you and still watch every sign.
I can shake your hand and remember what happened,
Forgive what you did but never give you access.

I ain't chasing approval,
I ain't begging for love,
I got scars from the people
I was trusting too much.

And that's why when I say that I got you,
I mean that shit true,
But if you ever cross me,
There's nothing left for me and you.
Female: Nothing left…

Final Hook
Male: CAN'T TRUST NOBODY—
Female: Nobody…
Male: Had to learn the hard way—
Female: Hard way…
Male: I keep my circle small, I don't tell 'em what I'm 'bout,
If you really ride with me, I'ma ride that shit out.
I don't need a hundred people, I just need a chosen few,
'Cause the ones you call your brothers might be the ones that bury you.

Male: CAN'T TRUST NOBODY!
Female: Nobody…
Male: CAN'T TRUST NOBODY!
Female: No… nobody…
Male: I wasn't born cold—
Life made me this way.
Female: Life made you this way…

Outro
(Stripped drums, piano, atmosphere)
Male: Funny thing about betrayal…
It ain't the money you remember.
It's the face.
It's knowing you would've done anything for somebody…
…and they knew it.
That's the part that changes you.
Female: Can't trust…
Male: Nobody.
Female: Nobody…