Consequences?

Verse 1

When you young, you just have to learn how to grow up, grow up

But it's hard when nobody there to show ya love (show ya love)

Ain't no family, can't depend on your mom

All you got is your friends you can trust (trust)

And if that friend was to turn on you, huh? (Huh?)

All that pain would make you burn up, huh? (Huh?)

And I know some people claim they don't love (uh-uh)

But they will if you put 'em in a drum (yeah, yeah, yeah)

And that's how I felt when I first met Dave (uh)

I was scared, I was thinking he fake (uh)

But we bonded, we grew close quick (yeah)

Yeah, we bonded, he showed me the tricks (yeah)

And he told me, "Von, you need to be smart"

We was young, we had no idea where it start (where it start)

Verse 2

Now, Dave and me, that's brothers for life (yeah)

And he know I'll die before I betray (yeah)

And we never talked about my best friend (uh-uh)

Yeah, my brother, the one I call T.Ray (uh-uh)

And that's 'cause I know, if I ever did that (uh-uh)

Dave would kill me before T.Ray even got a chance (brrah)

T.Ray wasn't even supposed to be around (uh-huh)

Ain't nobody ever told him not to hang around Dave (uh-huh)

And I know Dave would never kill his best friend (uh-huh)

But that was before I knew what Dave was capable of (uh)

And I was just a kid, I had no idea

Chorus

But now I'm older, I understand

A lot of things that didn't make sense back then (back then, uh-uh)

Things that happen to me, I'm still tryna figure it out (yeah, yeah)

Things I did to myself, I know the consequences (uh)

But I never had no choice (uh-uh)

I'd never say I was proud (uh-uh)

But I'd never say I'd never do it again (uh)

'Cause I know, that's just life (uh)

And if I didn't, somebody else would

Verse 3

Now Dave wasn't known to be a killer (no)

But he was known 'cause he had a big will

And he was smart, but he wasn't wise

And he didn't think about all the consequences

Yeah, the consequences

And when things get hot, he would make big decisions

And Dave didn't know he was under surveillance

He didn't know this was a trap they had planned (uh-uh)

And to Dave, he thought he had to take care of business (uh)

But that's not what happened to the man (man)

'Cause Dave never wanted to kill his best friend (no)

And he never wanted to kill me either (no)

But Dave had to make a tough decision

And Dave tried to kill the man (man)

It didn't work and he ended up killing T.Ray instead (uh-huh)

Verse 4

And I only know that 'cause I watched it happen (uh)

But I just stood there and said, "What the—" (what the—?)

And Dave was like, "Von, you gotta understand"

Then he grabbed his gun and pointed it at me (what?)

I jumped back and I was like, "Bro, why?" (Bro, why?)

Like, you know how much this friendship means to me (yeah, yeah)

And I was like, "Dave, if you gon' do this, go 'head"

But I know Dave, he wouldn't do that to me (uh-uh)

But then Dave looked me in my eyes (uh-huh)

And I saw this look that I had never seen (uh-huh)

And then he took the gun, put it on the floor

And he said, "Von, we'll talk about it later, bro" (uh-uh)

And that was the last time I ever saw Dave (uh-uh)

And to this day, I still wonder why he did that (yeah, yeah)

Chorus

'Cause now I'm older, I understand

A lot of things that didn't make sense back then (back then, uh-uh)

Things that happen to me, I'm still tryna figure it out (yeah, yeah)

Things I did to myself, I know the consequences (uh)

But I never had no choice (uh-uh)

I'd never say I was proud (uh-uh)

But I'd never say I'd never do it again (uh)

'Cause I know, that's just life (uh)

And if I didn't, somebody else would