[00:00.000] 作词 : Jeremie Pennick/Alan Maman[00:00.719] 作曲 : Jeremie Pennick/Alan Maman[00:01.438]Yeah, I'ma tell you like this[00:07.599]You don't know until you know (You never know)[00:09.355]And that's real shit, uh (Know)[00:12.149]I'm from where tragedy made us strengthen and casualties don't make a difference[00:15.536]The people who ain't from here can't imagine this way of livin' (Can't imagine this shit)[00:18.723]But she a diamond in the rough, who? Jasmine K Dickens[00:21.578]She's got a bachelor's, then a job at a maximum state prison[00:24.731]But she ain't the same C.O. that's working at Chow (Uh-uh)[00:28.110]Her pops did ten joints in the jail she workin' in now (Real OG)[00:30.890]She work in Prince dorm, he flirtin' with her now (Now, nigga), and then, she like 'em[00:34.524]But she stand firm, she never break a smirk or a smile (Can't break it)[00:37.301]But he a rich nigga, he know how to play, got five left[00:40.385]He got her address and sent her a bracelet and lingerie[00:43.261]Prince playing chess, he thinkin' of f***in' her smart though[00:46.422]He hit her once, now, he got that b***h smugglin' smartphones[00:49.688]It went from that, now, she bringin' it in (That work), dope[00:52.466]Prince got her locked down, he feelin' like a kingpin again[00:55.881]He runnin' shit right, he feedin' his men (Feedin' his boys)[00:58.184]He sent that money home, so he meet up with Jasmine to re-up again (Let's go again)[01:02.272]But, nah, shit way too lit, she tryna quit[01:04.649]But he wasn't havin' it, he said, "If you stop, then I frame you, b***h"[01:08.861]That nigga stuck to his word, he did her dirty[01:11.912]He testified on that b***h, and he got out early[01:14.889]What's the first thing they teach you when you get status as a thug? (Status as a thug)[01:18.171]That trust more valuable than love (Valuable than love)[01:20.509]Little spatters from the blood (Uh)[01:21.900]But on this block, that's just what it was (You never know)[01:24.156]When trust more valuable than love[01:26.285]Let me tell you what happened next, okay?[01:27.478]Same mother, two different pops[01:29.224]Two brothers from two different blocks[01:30.745]Here's the plot, some other shit, one a hustler, one into stocks[01:34.012]That's Lee, kinda tried runnin' the streets, but it didn't pop[01:37.308]Changed his life around[01:38.307]He get props for getting out before it got hot[01:40.547]He the oldest, lil' bro is just colder, he into Glocks[01:43.869]He remind me of a nigga I'm sendin' through if I get the drop (I like that lil' nigga)[01:47.322]They f***in' on the same b***h, don't even know, she ain't low[01:50.801]Crib out in the 'burbs, she gave keys to both, she exposed[01:54.200]The truth when she was nine months, gave Lee a stroke[01:56.750]She never tried to meet my folks 'cause she was somewhere skeetin' bro[01:59.975]And the child wasn't his (It wasn't his), played him like a sucker (Like a f***er sucker)[02:02.962]He popped to the nursery, killed the baby and his brother[02:06.021]Never know until you know[02:07.618]What's the first thing they teach you when you get status as a thug? (Status as a thug)[02:10.614]Trust more valuable than love (Uh)[02:12.849]Little spatters from the blood (Blood)[02:14.482]But on this block, that's just what it was[02:16.747]When trust more valuable than love[02:19.370]All that love shit gon' get you hurt (Get you hurt)[02:21.754]'Cause it don't add to no plugs, you know why?[02:24.038]'Cause trust more valuable than love[02:25.889]Nice guys finish last[02:27.583]And tough guys gettin' tatted up with slugs out here[02:30.352]'Cause trust more valuable than love[02:32.369]You never know[02:33.130]Here's how it went down[02:34.067]Small-time petty thief, crash dummy pedigree[02:36.430]Might think he gangster but he nothing like the Genevese (Nothing)[02:39.570]Caught a rapper slippin', and put a bullet in the leg of me[02:42.276]Wait, I mean the leg of him, life feel like it's testin' me[02:45.126]The rapper never answer when a D.T.s is questionin'[02:48.243]Sciatic nerve severed it, he's on prescription medicine[02:51.054]Had to learn to walk before he got back to his self again[02:53.932]'Cause feeling like you cripple leaves him with a sense of helplessness[02:56.915]Now we feeling devilish, only one way to settle this (One way)[02:59.697]The rapper does his homework, he gets governments, and addresses[03:02.938]The rapper got patience, plus friends in high places[03:05.168]And he knows a shooter without a gun not dangerous[03:08.133]The shooter on the run, for other stupid shit he done[03:10.958]The rapper drops a number-one album, he's back out having fun[03:13.795]Catch that dirty mother****er when he finally gets sent to jail[03:16.703]And have B.S.F. carved in his face with a dirty nail[03:19.630]You never know[03:20.666]The first thing they teach you when you get status as a thug (Uh)[03:23.019]Is trust more valuable than love (More valuable than love)[03:25.175]Little spatters from the blood (Blood)[03:26.345]But on this block, that's just what it was (Was)[03:28.223]When trust more valuable than love (Yeah)[03:30.622]All that love shit gon' get you hurt (Get you hurt)[03:32.441]'Cause it don't add to no plugs, you know why?[03:34.749]'Cause trust more valuable than love (Yeah)[03:36.481]Nice guys finish last (Last)[03:37.742]And tough guys gettin' tatted up with slugs out here[03:40.222]'Cause trust more valuable than love (You never know)[03:42.035]More valuable than love[03:44.152]You never know[03:45.185]Never know[03:45.800]You never know 'til you know