Too Loyal...

(album: Too Loyal For My Own Good - 2021)

"As real as I can put it
Jealousy is real, and loyalty is rare
It's crazy how you can be there for everybody
But when you need somebody, nobody seems to be there
You know, fake people don't surprise me anymore
Loyal people do"

Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
(Quincy Tellem)

Coulda caught me a bird for a war I ain't started (uh)
But I found myself involved (turn, turn)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
Touch road and I grew some roses
Got straight out the mud of the soil (turn, turn)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
It was eight racks a show
I was still re'ing, whipped up for bro
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
Steady and slow always wins the race
I turned down million pounds and more (money)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?

I'm still grateful (turn, turn)
I'm still screaming, "Money ain't a thing!" it's a mindset
I signed for peanuts to my label (ugh)
'Cause I come up from nothing
And now it's just Gucci cufflinks (turn up, turn up)
They said that the dough won't change you
But if you get stuck
Do it fifty racks in cash then the jets can't touch you (real talk)
I signed my deal on a Monday (One)
Tuesday I blew some money (One)
Wednesday I patterned up pops
I'm feeling like I'm blessed by God and mumsy (one)
Shutdown my show on a Thursday
Friday, I had it comped out from early (one)
Uh, but the opps want clout more than they wanna hurt me
It's still losses and winnings
All the fans wanna see is drillers
They don't want me living, they want me existing
You know how it gets in prison
Twenty-four hours is a drive-by shooting
I call that social distance
Uh, and they wanna blame me for all the killings

Coulda caught me a bird for a war I ain't started (uh)
But I found myself involved (turn, turn)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
Touch road and I grew some roses
Got straight out the mud of the soil (turn, turn)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
It was eight racks a show
I was still re'ing, whipped up for bro
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
Steady and slow always wins the race
I turned down million pounds and more (money)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?

Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
My family turned funny, he ain't got morals
I told 'em if he link up with the oppers
Count me out, our relation spoiled (uh)
I still say "hello" to auntie (turn, turn)
We was at them old school hood parties
We would sip sip a Supermalt
But now if you link up we dish out smoke
But that ain't my fault, I was minding my business up in O (One)
I had eighteen zeds in the Addison Lee same time as notes
Knots all in my Amiri jeans, my Burberry tee ain't match the coat
Coat is a trench, so I'm coming for the trenches
Somebody told me I'm juggling both
I coulda caught me a twelve if I drilled it
With my life at risk, oh no (money)
I got a hood to inspire, and a family to feed, I call that growth (One)
I got nothing to prove (one)
But I got it all to lose
When I go die, don't call me a legend
Like Prince Tutankhamun

Coulda caught me a bird for a war I ain't started (uh)
But I found myself involved (turn, turn)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
Touch road and I grew some roses
Got straight out the mud of the soil (turn, turn)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
It was eight racks a show
I was still re'ing, whipped up for bro
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?
Steady and slow always wins the race
I turned down million pounds and more (money)
Is there such a thing as being way too loyal?