Loyal

(album: The Dude With The Strap Back Dad Hat - 2019)

I'm asking where the Loyalty at! Is you Loyal?
You asking if yo boys got yo back? Is they Loyal?
Sometimes I don't be calling you back, but I'm Loyal
She have You wondering where she at? Is she Loyal?
Cuz' you be leaving her out so much, now she Spoiled!
Hiding your true colors, like forgetting we was Royal
Niggas out here drilling but ain't striking no oil
Putting brothers in the soil, Man, that ain't Loyal
Lost some Loyal soldiers like that, when we was young heads
Who could've picked up pencils instead of trying to dump lead
Brothers like Dale and Brennan, building bunk beds
Wait until you popping like pimples, that's when you bump heads

Love, Life, Loyalty and Live Long Like a Legend, yeah
That's all that I'm repping, L7, there ain't no question here
Can't replace my affection, my fanbase is my reflection
When I was feeling down they both was getting neglected
Til' I looked in the mirror and wasn't recognizable
Every time I tried to go I was more unreliable
Been denied so much but still felt undeniable
I wake up those who riding still, tell em' we arriving yo
Never forgot from where I came, I know that the time has
Changed, I promise to stay the same, my Loyalty to the Game
My Loyalty ain't for fame, my Loyalty ain't for sale
Remember Everyone Ain't Loyal, that's R.E.A.L
Tell them cats chill, you ain't LOYAL
If you ain't Jazzy Jay, Uncle Phil, LOYAL
In the ending I'm Ian Fleming, nigga, my Word Is Bond
You more like a brunette that turning blonde, I'm Loyal until' I'm...Gone!

You can't trust a word that they say
'Cuz friends will turn to foe in a day
Is it real or an act?
For the pride or a bag?
They'll put the knife in ya back. Are they Loyal?
Your girl just ain't been acting the same Is it Loyal?
Your boys been acting different they change It ain't Loyal
Is it real or an act?
For the pride or a bag?
They'll put the knife in your back
Not everyone Loyal

Who you loyal to? What you loyal through?
Is this temporary? Check yo temp see what it boils to
I ignored the truth, for the last time, not no more wit' you
Had to chuck the deuce, to some dudes who just wasn't true, yeah!
I could disappear and never hear a ringer
Could count my real friends with only Homer Simpson's fingers
All I got is my homies like Tommy, Cole & Gina
I'm Martin in the Middle, Let nothing come in between us. Uh!
Through the game, never changed, you stayed LOYAL
Got some fame, niggas came who ain't LOYAL
Had some gains, felt some pain, remained LOYAL
Dedicated like my name Dwayne, the same LOYAL
Get money with the crew, Stay Loyal, There ain't nothin
You can't do, when you choose to stay loyal
I be loyal to the grind, stay in line, staying Loyal
What's Real? Remember Everyone Ain't Loyal. that's REAL!

You can't trust a word that they say
'Cuz friends will turn to foe in a day
Is it real or an act?
For the pride or a bag?
They'll put the knife in ya back. Are they Loyal?
Your girl just ain't been acting the same Is it Loyal?
Your boys been acting different they change It ain't Loyal
Is it real or an act?
For the pride or a bag?
They'll put the knife in your back
Not everyone Loyal

[Spider-Man Infinity War Sample: "Uh... Speaking of Loyalty..."]

You wanna talk Loyalty, well let's talk about it
No need to walk around it, no need try to hide it, fam
I'm no Iron Man, I can't be Tony Stark about it
I lost my Rhodey homie and I was lost without it
I kept my cool, it was nothing to lose, another friend
I've went through this before, I'll go through this again
Your birthday the first day that we chopped it like cake
About faults that we made, and the honest mistakes
I can't honestly say, that shit really has changed
Or the Loyalty's gained, cuz, Boy, you the same
There will always be test and questions of moves that we make
But Loyalty is nothing more than a proof of your faith
I know people I left in my house that abandoned me
Blood makes you related, Loyalty Makes you Family
Seven, maybe you not understanding me
I try to say this candidly, but can you be, LOYAL?

And that's that
You my dawg, until we fall
And that's all
Ain't nothing else to it
That's what Loyalty is to me
What is it to you?