| 50&50 love |
| Yeah, for 199-motherfuckin'-5 |
| 50&50 love |
| Gangsta Dresta just stepped through the doors once again |
| 50&50 love |
| Dedicating this one to all my niggas all across the land |
| 50&50 love |
| We need a 50&50 love back in the hood, loc |
| Check this out |
| I walked through the turf |
| Me and Smurf jibba-jabbing about the old days |
| Smokin' on a joint |
| Listenin' to The O’Jays |
| Fucks up my mind to see how times changed |
| It’s all kinda strange |
| Ain’t a damn thang the same |
| Back when it was all about packin' switchblade |
| Half of us down now is runnin' around bitch made |
| Didn’t wanna fight brothas grown that was known |
| But now it’s on, if one of the homies come at me wrong |
| Back then things was like hyped |
| Even if the homies fight |
| Still kept the hood tight |
| Down with each other to the last bit |
| Now we got homies puttin' each others into caskets |
| Used to roll in Chevys, now niggas wanna benzie |
| Money and dope dem brought jealousy and envy |
| Niggas got greedy and the needy got left back |
| Now your own homie is the victim of your next jack |
| Servin' nigga with the gat |
| Stuffed in your mouth |
| Used to sleep on your couch |
| Spendin' nights at your house |
| And it’s a damn shame that the hood ain’t like it was |
| I’m talkin' about a 50&50 luv |
| I ain’t talkin' about 70&30 |
| Not 60&40 |
| I’m talkin' about 50&50 love, yeah |
| The homies used to take us to the liquor store to steal beer |
| That was when my cousin Gugulo was still here |
| Buddy gave a party like almost every weekend |
| I’ve been tryna sneak in, tryna put my freak in See how times changed, one of the sets we used to fight with |
| But that set now is one of the sets that we tight with |
| Time’s still changin' cause brothas turnin' into snitches |
| Can’t seperate the real niggas from the bitches |
| Even in the jailhouse niggas being phony |
| You really don’t know, who to treat like a homie |
| Back in the day we used to claim we was brothas |
| And cousins and shit and now we can’t trust eachother |
| Gotta watch my back not just cause a brotha gaze for niggas that |
| Bang for the same thang that I claim |
| Homies locked down doing time in a chamber |
| We talkin' about 'em a lot but yet we treatin' 'em like a stranger |
| I recollect the days when I was back in like the 6th grade |
| Tuckin' about behind the O.G.'s |
| Learnin' how the trick’s played |
| Damn, a nigga really kinda miss how them days was, G Cause it was 50&50 love |
| For the homies that’s restin' I pour a little drink right |
| But how many others go visit dem at their grave site |
| Forget the bullshit, pass the hats around the room homes |
| Let’s go and visit the homies and put some flowers on their tomb stones |
| Yeah, cause that’s the least we can do, you know |
| Be in the hood that they died fo And loved ones cried fo I missed 'em with a passion fo' what it’s worth |
| I hope I meet 'em again when I leave from this earth |
| And we done lost many of 'em |
| And it’s a shame that we let 'em go Without lettin' 'em know we love 'em |
| But now I’mma let the homies rest in peace |
| And all the homies that’s beefin' with eachother, loc, gotta cease |
| I can’t speak about nobody else |
| Can’t be street with nobody else until we be peace with ourselves |
| Homies ain’t homies like it was |
| I really don’t know who wants to fill me with slugs |
| Without the backstabbin Everything would probably fun |
| That’s how it is in the hood that I come from |
| Damn, a nigga really kinda miss how dem days was |
| Cause it was 50&50 love |