Same Side Code

Yeah…

Same circle, different pressure Uh

You already know

Same side, same pain,

we was built through the storm Same nights,

same dreams, had the city feeling warm If you said you got

my back, better stand on what you swore ‘Cause I came from

loyalty, I ain’t switching for a score Same side,

same blood, that’s the code that I know We was broke on

the same block, now we chasing bankrolls If I eat,

then we eat, that’s the way that it go I don’t need

a hundred friends, just a few that won’t fold

I remember cold nights,

nobody had a dollar Now they see the way we moving,

everybody wanna holler I was stressing ‘bout the rent,

trying to help my mama Now I’m turning all that pressure into

something much stronger Brothers turned to strangers,

strangers turned to family That’s why I keep my circle tight,

ain’t nobody randomly Love ain’t what you say,

it’s what you show when it’s damaging If the whole world turn

against me, who gon’ still stand next to me?

I don’t need applause,

I remember every doubt They ain’t see the vision when the lights

was going out Now I’m putting on my people,

trying to take the whole team out Same side,

same mission, that’s what loyalty about

Same side, same pain,

we was built through the storm Same nights,

same dreams, had the city feeling warm If you said you got

my back, better stand on what you swore ‘Cause I came from

loyalty, I ain’t switching for a score Same side,

same blood, that’s the code that I know We was broke on

the same block, now we chasing bankrolls If I eat,

then we eat, that’s the way that it go I don’t need

a hundred friends, just a few that won’t fold

I done lost some real ones,

still I carry what they taught me Every lesson cost pain,

every blessing came costly They was with me when the fridge had

nothing in it but the frost So when I finally get a

meal, everybody at the table—no one lost Money change people,

I seen it with my eyes Some will smile in your face

while resentment live inside That’s why I don’t chase crowds,

I just cherish who’s beside me If you stayed when I was

nothing, you can celebrate beside me Mama told me,

“Keep your heart, don’t let the streets take it” So I turned

every scar into a song they could relate with Now the same

pain that broke me is the reason that I made it Same

side till the end—that’s a promise,

not a statement

If you ride, then ride If you love,

don’t hide If the pressure gets heavy,

don’t leave my side We came too far just to switch overnight

Same circle, same dream,

same fight Same side,

same pain, we was built through the storm Same nights,

same dreams, had the city feeling warm If you said you got

my back, better stand on what you swore ‘Cause I came from

loyalty, I ain’t switching for a score Same side,

same blood, that’s the code that I know We was broke on

the same block, now we chasing bankrolls If I eat,

then we eat, that’s the way that it go I don’t need

a hundred friends, just a few that won’t fold