Can't Trust Nobody

CAN'T TRUST NOBODY

Intro
Yeah…
I learned the hard way.
Sometimes the closest motherfuckers
be the ones you gotta watch the most.
Ain't that crazy?

Hook
I can't trust nobody, I been scarred too deep,
Smile up in my face, whole time they pray I sleep.
I done learned some lessons that a motherfucker can't teach,
When the wolves get hungry, everybody turn sheep.

I can't trust nobody, not the ones beside me,
Had my back against the wall, ain't nobody come find me.
So I got up out that mud with the fire inside me,
Now it's fuck the whole world if you come where my family's hiding.

Verse 1
It was two in the morning, phone ringing off the hook,
My brother hit my line like, "Something ain't looking good."
Pulled up to the crib, saw a car I recognized,
Same motherfucker used to eat with us, sitting outside.

Heart started racing, I knew something was wrong,
'Cause the ones who know your weakness know exactly where you're strong.
Lights off in the house, but I could see somebody move,
Had to make a choice—fight or run, what would you do?

I called my closest friend, that motherfucker never came,
Called another one—straight voicemail, ain't that strange?
Then I realized the address wasn't supposed to get leaked,
And the only people who knew were the ones I called my team.

Damn.

So I stepped inside with my heart beating fast,
Thinking 'bout my babies and the life that I have.
I ain't looking for trouble, but I'm ready if it comes,
'Cause when somebody threatens yours, you don't freeze—you become.

I found out later it was somebody I trusted,
Somebody I fed when they was broke and disgusted.
Gave 'em my last, put my name on the line,
And they tried to turn around and put a target on mine.

Hook
I can't trust nobody, I been scarred too deep,
Smile up in my face, whole time they pray I sleep.
I done learned some lessons that a motherfucker can't teach,
When the wolves get hungry, everybody turn sheep.

I can't trust nobody, not the ones beside me,
Had my back against the wall, ain't nobody come find me.
So I got up out that mud with the fire inside me,
Now it's fuck the whole world if you come where my family's hiding.

Verse 2
See, loyalty ain't something that you say, it's what you prove,
Everybody gangster till it's something they can lose.
Everybody love you when the money coming through,
Watch how quick they disappear when the money ain't for you.

I remember sleeping hungry, now they swear they know my pain,
They wasn't there when I was walking through that motherfucking rain.
They ain't see me wipe my tears when I couldn't pay the rent,
But they showed up with their hand when they heard I got a check.

Funny how it work, ain't it?
Love turn counterfeit.
Handshake full of smiles, but the other hand got hatred in it.
I was blind because I loved 'em, that's the part that make me sick,
Sometimes family ain't your blood—sometimes blood ain't shit.

I had to cut some people off, that shit hurt like hell,
But peace cost a lot when you've been living through the hell.
Now I keep my circle small, ain't no room for fake applause,
I'd rather eat alone than share a table with a fraud.

And if I gotta stand alone, then I'ma stand ten toes,
If I gotta fight for mine, then that's just how it goes.
I ain't talking 'bout the streets like violence is the goal,
I'm talking 'bout protecting every piece of my soul.

Bridge
Mama told me, "Baby, don't let hatred make you cold."
I said, "I won't."
But I ain't letting nobody take what's mine no more.
I forgive…
But I remember.
That's the difference.

Verse 3
Now every time my phone ring, I don't answer right away,
I done learned everybody calling ain't got love to say.
I watch actions, not captions, I don't care what you claim,
'Cause a snake can wear a halo and still bite you in the face.

Lost friends, lost sleep, almost lost my mind,
Had to rebuild everything one brick at a time.
Now the people that I love get the best of me,
'Cause I know what it feels like when nobody got your back for free.

So if you're riding with me, better ride when it's ugly,
Don't tell me that you love me—show me when it gets bloody.
When the lights go dark and everybody gets scared,
When your pockets get empty and your phone don't get answered.

That's when you'll know who you got.

That's when you'll know who's real.

That's when you stop looking for somebody else to save you
and realize you always had the strength to survive.

Final Hook
I can't trust nobody, I been scarred too deep,
Smile up in my face, whole time they pray I sleep.
I done learned some lessons that a motherfucker can't teach,
When the wolves get hungry, everybody turn sheep.

I can't trust nobody, not the ones beside me,
Had my back against the wall, ain't nobody come find me.
So I got up out that mud with the fire inside me,
Now it's fuck the whole world if you come where my family's hiding.

Outro
I don't hate nobody.
I just know everybody ain't supposed to have access to me.
That's the lesson.

Sometimes you gotta stop waiting on somebody to save you…
and become the motherfucker that saves yourself.