Mama told me
It's the ones that know me
So be more careful with the ones
You call your homies
Cause you never know
Same ones that say they'll cut you
Free could also be an enemy
You were blind to see
Gave you the rope
Mama told me
It's the ones that know me
So be more careful with the ones
You call your homies
Cause you never know
Same ones that say they'll cut you
Free could also be an enemy
You were blind to see
Gave you the rope
Hard to believe
I know
But it's hard to not agree
That jealousy can break
The code of loyalty
So train your hardest
Not to be fooled by what
Your eyes tell you is honest
And you find out that
The sand they made you stand
On wasn't solid
That's why I always plan ahead
Of any problems
Incase even my own try
To drag me to the bottom
I do the math and just subtract
What doesn't add to all the facts
Bad energy keeps multiplying
Mama told me
It's the ones that know me
So be more careful with the ones
You call your homies
Cause you never know
Same ones that say they'll cut you
Free could also be an enemy
You were blind to see
Gave you the rope
Mama told me
It's the ones that know me
So be more careful with the ones
You call your homies
Cause you never know
Same ones that say they'll cut you
Free could also be an enemy
You were blind to see
Gave you the rope
Hard to believe
Gotta protect your energy
Cause in these streets
Ain't no love if you doing better
Than your close ones
I done seen it all
I had many fold
That's why you can never
Be too careful
Cause even the devil was an angel
Where I'm from you never
Bite the hand that feeds ya
That's why you gotta watch
The people near ya
Make sure that you just
Keep the snakes beneath ya
Cause the bible said the snakes
The best deceiver
That's why I always plan
Ahead of any problems
Incase even my own try
To drag me to the bottom
I do the math and just subtract
What doesn't add to all the facts
Bad energy keeps multiplying
Mama told me
It's the ones that know me
So be more careful with the ones
You call your homies
Cause you never know
Same ones that say they'll cut you
Free could also be an enemy
You were blind to see
Gave you the rope
Hard to believe