[Intro (phone conversation):]
Yo what up son?
-Yo what up kid?
Yo, you holdin your head up?
-I'm tryin to man, but the system is shady, man
Word man they always man, they always tryin
to keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin
We still, you know we got love for you son
and we prayin for you and we, you know
we tryin to hold it down wh
you know while you in there man
-No question
Hopefully they won't keep you in there for too long
-Yeah, for real, insha'Allah be
out in a minute, you know?
-But you know what I want you to do kid? You know what'd
-be a ball man?
What's that?
-You need to do some shit with Face man
'Bout how niggaz be shady, man
Scarface?
-Yeah man
Yo that's my nigga, you don't know!
-Scarface is tight son
Yo that's a good idea word is bond
I'm gonna talk the play in tomorrow(yeah) and
see about if we could hook up wit him
-That's proper

[Hook: Guru]
Scandalous, money greed and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin' yo your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal

[Verse 1: Guru]
Check the horror scene
The the kid was like twelve or thirteen
Never had the chance like other kids to follow dreams
Watched his father catch two inenter deleted
the dome and to the spleen
Nothin"Nothin' but blood everywhere, these streets are mean
They spared his life, but killed hisenter deleted
moms and his sister Jean
Of course over some drug shit
His pops
Hi spops was on some ill-out, spillenter deleted
your guts, guts out, on some thug shit
Didn't know his boys was on some shady ass no love shit
His pops got played out though, withenter deleted
silencers they laid him out yo
Took his stash and all the cash and leftenter deleted
'em, tied up on the couch yo
With tape over his mouth, so he couldn't cry out
cause'Cause his dad was the nigga with cloutenter added
Survival of the fittest so they split his wig no doubt
Despite the stocking caps he noticed the same cat
cat, whoWho used to give him doeenter deleted
and taught him, to use the same gat
Supposed to be an Uncle,fam Uncle Fam and all that
He could tell it was him 'cause he woreenter deleted
the same slacks, he slacks
He wore whenenter deleted
he took him to Meadowlands racetrack
Why did he flip and go out like that?
It's called betrayal
[Hook]Scandalous, money greed and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
[Verse 2: Scarface]Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin' your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal
A Betrayal
Punk Betrayal, punk ass niggas
It's niggas, it's called betrayal

He on a mission to become a ball player
Flip big Benz's, flossin flossin' all gators
Had it all mapped out,6-8,12th out, 6-8, 12th grader
Fresh outta school, he fin' to go lay paper
He had abrother a brother who was hustlin collectin hustlin' collectin' his change
Never let his baby brother stick his neck in the game
Told him all he had to do is just enjoy the rideenter added
And he ain't have to worry aboutenter deleted
money cause 'cause that's in time
So now he's pacin pacin' as the time moves slowly
Can't wait to face Shaquille in the paint and school Kobe
Kept his grades and stayed upenter deleted
under naighborhood functions
And then a group of knuckleheads came through dumpin dumpin'
So now he's sittin sittin' on the sidewalk bleedin bleedin'
Fell into a puddle of his own blood and stopped breathin breathin'
And everybody in the neighborhood still grievin grievin'

But destiny caught up with his ass and he got even
And all the cryin cryin' in the worldenter deleted
ain't goin goin' to bring him back his brother
his brother, sittinSittin' at the wake wipin
wipin' tears from his mother's eyes
Why'd the game have to go and take the young boys life
Only the wicked live shife, payin payin' the price
whileWhile he's starin starin' at the shellenter deleted
his brothers soul wants hell the
The trigger man made bailenter deleted
and you, wouldn't pay the boys mail, and mail
Andsacrificed the fuckin fuckin' family
That's betrayal
Betrayal [echoes]

[Hook]Scandalous, money greed and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin' your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal