Red Marlboros

Talk my shit one time
Can I speak my truth?
Is it cool if I
Can just talk to you for a minute
For a minute
Uh
Yo
6 classes from a diploma, my homie say he proud of me
Let's celebrate, so he grabbed him a bottle when he was on his way over
A chain smoker 6 squares from carcinoma, said he be stressed
And I feel him for real. He said the streets ain't got me yet
And these cigarettes is the last of my worries. Boy I done seen children get killed
On accident. And you know it could of been me for real
Plus I can't blow the dope, I just got me job
So if these little white sticks help me ease my mind, from all the times
I worry about losing my life, dying from smoke instead of getting smoked
Is just fine. The irony, and honesty I can see his eyes
And obviously he can see the same things as I
Look up in my eyes and see the dichotomy of our lives
Seen eye to eye on many things, one thing we can’t deny
Two different paths. Cut from the same cloth, but I made a fit out of mine
He tried to do the same thing but it ain't fit like mine
You know I dabbled but I was just in a school
He dropped out before they constitution test him. Even had a jump shot
Always said he'll be a shooter, he just grabbed a Smith and Wesson
Went from bike riding and scrapes all on his knees
To serving p's now he got goals of serving keys, damn

You know you can break out
I told him, I told him, I told him
You know you can break out
You know you can break out right

Mostly likely to succeed I had goals of a degree
I was being hot though still hitting stains for sneaks
He move like bleach staining everything just to eat
Moms ain't love him. He told me though, I ain't have to see
I moved out the house. He had to leave. By 24
2 felonies, would been three but the judge was reduced it cause he was 15
Nah said we wasn't in the projects, but we black so it's no way to escape the nonsense. Never wanted to come to my crib, cause my mindset
That was enforced by the things that my mom did
Reminded him his mom wasn't trying, we ain’t get that close until we got older
Conversations over struggles what made us closer
Thought I had it together. Man I just kept composure
I thought he was cool , but he was broken, barely sober
Blowing dossier, he did that to hold him over
He looked me in the eyes back when I was like 19
And he wanted to be like me, I just wanted to be free
I guess he wanted the same thing, damn

6 classes from a diploma
My homie say he proud of me
Let's celebrate, he grabbed a bottle while he was on his way over
A chain smoker 6 squares from carcinoma
I’m a take the chains off all my niggas
I’m a put some chains on all my niggas
I’ll never change on all my niggas
Take the chains off all my niggas

You know you can break out

6 classes from a diploma
My homie say he proud of me
Let's celebrate, he grabbed a bottle while he was on his way over
A chain smoker 6 squares from carcinoma
I’m a take the chains off all my niggas
I’m a put some chains on all my niggas
I’ll never change on all my niggas
I’m a take the chains off