[Intro]
Its ATG
E-L-G-I-N [Echo]


[Verse 1]
Having haunting dreams (aye)
About the gangsta street life (aye)
See my name in the smoke (say)
Then I wake with the same fight (say)

Fake friends in my circle (move around)
Smile slimy, move shady (get from round)
Cant have snakes at the table (oh naw)
Only call when they need me (fuck yall)

Old scars in my chest (yup)
New lies in my face (yup)
Try to pray on my knees (yup)
But the night won’t erase (yup)

I been seeing that road (real clear)
Where the cold ones win (yall show fear)
Where a hug turns to hate (real quick)
And the truth wears thin (bullshit)

[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear it call
From the back of my mind
Two one ETX (South side)
Where the homies aint hard to find

Every dream got a blade (oh yea)
Every grin got a cost (oh yea)
If you love me for real (oh yea)
Then don’t leave me lost (oh yea)

[Chorus]
Two one ETX, (North side) hold me down
(hold me down)
Two one ETX, (West side) don’t back out
(don’t back out)
Fake love break like glass on the ground
I can’t trust what comes around

Two one ETX, (East side) hold me down
(hold me down)
Two one ETX, (My Hood) don’t back out
(don’t back out)
If you’re real, then stay right now
I seen too much to play around

[Verse 2]
Mama said watch them hands (dont trust em)
That clap too loud when you rise (watch em)
'Cause the same ones cheering (be lustin)
Might be snakes in disguise (straight bustas)

At the cookout they grinning (stay plottin)
But their eyes stay cold (just spot em)
Talking big about loyalty (yea right)
Then they fold for gold (got me tight)

I got dreams in my pocket (pull them out)
And a war in my sleep (no doubt)
Every night I’m a soldier (fight hard)
Every dawn I’m too deep (y'all broads)

If I fall, I’m still standing (10 toes)
With the hurt I survived (for those)
I don’t need your approval (at all)
I just need to stay alive (and ball)

[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear it call
From the back of my mind
Two one ETX (stay loyal)
Where the homies aint hard to find

Every dream got a blade (oh yea)
Every grin got a cost (oh yea)
If you love me for real (oh yea)
Then don’t leave me lost (oh yea)

[Chorus]
Two one ETX (You Feel Me), hold me down
(hold me down)
Two one ETX (Yuppp), don’t back out
(don’t back out)
Fake love break like glass on the ground
I can’t trust what comes around

Two one ETX (Whoop), hold me down
(hold me down)
Two one ETX (Fake Love), don’t back out
(don’t back out)
If you’re real, then stay right now
I seen too much to play around

[Bridge]
Bare piano, heart on my sleeve (tough love)
I been hurt by the ones I believe (fake love)
If you promised me home, don’t leave (stay please)
I’m still learning how to grieve (smoke trees)

[Final Chorus]
Two one ETX (You Real), hold me down
(hold me down)
Two one ETX (Stay Real), don’t back out
(don’t back out)
Fake love break like glass on the ground
I can’t trust what comes around

Two one ETX (My Home), hold me down
(hold me down)
Two one ETX (Real Hate), don’t back out
(don’t back out)
If you’re real, then stay right now
I seen too much to play around