Man, it's your big brother, K-Rino, and I wanna talk to y'all about
Somethin' that we've been hearin' since we was little
Somethin' that, um, our elders used to say and, uh
You would just hear it all throughout time
It ain't really over till it's all done
Look back, you can see how far we've come
Don't burn bridges
Shouldn't burn your bridges on the way up
That's when you forget just who you are
Real niggas don't count favors
Said I'd always be around, ain't I
From the crib with the little roaches
To the crib with the five acres
Bet they couldn't see the vision in
Lot of niggas wasn't listenin'
Yup, now they comin' with they handout
Back then they wasn't pitchin' in
Yeah, I could either give you bread or
I could show a nigga how to fish like a fisherman
Shit, we spent 20 years in the same hood
Now I'm like Erick Sherman with the fishermen
No lames, only move with a fisherman
Now I got all the tools cause I visioned it
It's hot now, gon' be cool in a minicab
When I die, man, the kids gon' benefit
It ain't really over till it's all done
Look back, you can see how far we've come
Shouldn't burn your bridges on the way up
That's when you forget just who you are
Experience this on both ends
You know you my nigga regardless
Yeah, we came up in the projects
Runnin' with choppers like we in the forest
Fast forward 22 niggas, it's funny, dude
Yeah, they'll cross you if they get a profit
OG told me, look around, nigga
The one that's the brokest is often the loudest
Loyalty over dishonor, my nigga
You know I do everything that's in my power
Give you my last and the shirt off my back
Keepin' my word through you, my biggest honor
Even when we ain't seein' eye to eye
Promise to keep it just true and just honest
You can do all the good in the world
Niggas still cross you and shoot you regardless, but..
It ain't really over till it's all done
Look back, you can see how far we've come
Shouldn't burn your bridges on the way up
That's when you forget just who you are
Someone who bites the hand that feeds or has fed them
At some point in life, in some cases, people don't just bite the hand that fed them
They chop off the arm that's connected to the hand that fed them
And people who have done nothing but look out for this person
Hey man, I didn't handle with the state
Let him stay, baby
Hey man, I needed some money, man
I was..
My kids didn't have no food
I was... I was stuck out, man
Whatever the case may be, hey man
Now let me borrow your car, man
I'll let you borrow my car
Keep it as long as you need to
All these different types of scenarios
And then those very people turn around
And they burn you
They turn right around
Ass up
Take your kindness for weakness
Or they'll stunt on you
In a way that makes you go like..
And it's not you feeling like they should kiss your behind for all the things that you did for them
It's just you looking at it like human nature
All that I did do
And this is how I get treated