Stay True - La Coka Nostra, Ill Bill, Slaine

I’ve had people that I love, get taken away

I’ve had people I’ve trusted, change up, or get led astray

Death is only the beginning though

Even if they still alive, shit is different, yo

A door closes while another slowly inches open

Try not overthink and blow it

But when the time is really by you’ll know it

Eyes reveal, truth flies, try to conceal

Lie to my face, but you wise, buying is real

But that’s a favor that they did for me, I’ll probably thank 'em

Y’all know if this was 1992, I’d probably shank 'em

Still, I chill, calm and cold, like Oran «Juice» Jones

Be careful with your karma, you might tarnish your soul

But, that’s your journey, I try not to judge you

Got my own bills to pay for and my own hells to run through

I’m not beneath you or above you

Funny how «I love you» turned to «fuck you»

To thyself be true

I shall stay true

Stay true

true in the game

Dirt on my soul and mud on my pants

Smoke from my gun and blood on my hands

I’ve been through it all so what is my stance

Back against the wall still loving my chances

Buttered my bread and recovered my advances

Shuttered my senses, never stuttered my answers

Overdoses to homicides, suicides, and cancers

Chopped out the fake, gave you an hour of glances

But I’m still standing here, after all these years

Speaking my truth, this is all this is

All the nightmaring and dreaming

All the demons I’ve been haunted by

Angels have been keeping me alive when I want to die

Kept me feeling there’s a reason I should persevere

My memory is foggy, I can see my purpose clear

So many things to be afraid for, but the worst is fear

Yesterday is gone and so are you, it hurts to hear

I could’ve burst in tears, instead I write this letter

We had to wave the white flag, couldn’t fight forever

I don’t think I’ve been the same since the ties have severed

See the truth, but the lies are better

So be true!

I shall stay true

Stay true

true in the game