Now if you load your rifle right
And if you fix your bayonet so
And if you k** that man my friend
The one we call the foe
I'm about to open up your mind a little bit more this time (check it, check it)
It's like a whole different world now, when a was younger
I hung around this kid who was like my third brother
Watched out for each other, felt another's pain
And back in the day we even used to dress the same
I know things changed from the world to the game
But the strange thing is, I forget that kid's name
We grew up on the same block, come for 20 years
I forget how he looks but the past is very clear
We wrote our first rhyme together
Got drunk our first time together
sh**, I thought we'd get signed together
These are days when we still got along
Chilled in the studio and k**ed every songs
Hey yo, 1996, shortly after graduation
He flipped his attitude, we started having situations
Started acting weird, stealing sh** from the mall
And I know it ain't that bad, but I'm the one who took the fall
(What are best friends for, right?)
Yeah, that's when I realized that this guy was a a**hole inside
Lying, conniving, can't deal with that sh**
Keep on getting me in trouble, I'm about ready to split
Now if you load your rifle right
And if you fix your bayonet so
And if you k** that man my friend
The one we call the foe
[x2]
Yo, I let the record keep spinning
And everything is different now from the beginning
And try to hang with him, and I can't say I miss him
I'm trying to elevate, stay away from all the bullsh** and keep a mental state
And as the days goes by, yo, the months and the years
I was running in the clear but always felt that he was there
Always felt he was around, I started feeling weird
How's this kid affecting me when I ain't talked to him in years
I couldn't take it son, I had enough!
So I made my way downtown and got drunk as f**!
20 minutes walk home, took about a hour
Tried to get sober quick by jumping in the shower
Got out, slipped, hit the toilet, then my blood started to drip from the forehead
I stumble to my feet and everything became clearer
I saw my best friend, bleeding in the mirror
Now if you load your rifle right
And if you fix your bayonet so
And if you k** that man my friend
The one we call the foe
[x2]