“Had 8 partners growin’ up/ 8 turned to 7/ 7 turned to 6 n!*@%^$/ got 2 in heaven/ 6 of us, holdin it, now it’s 5 rollin’ thick/the 6th one’s parole flipped, 5 n***az went to 4 quick/ when he went O.T, college life, converted into gangbangin/ 4 n***az still hangin/ years passin, slang changin/ 3 of us now, 4th n***a ain’t around/ we all thought he was real, he did that snake shit, fake shit/ beat his ass down/ yo his mouth could’ve got us all wasted/ what a fuckin clown/ all I got left in the end is two of my best friends/ and we all goin’ out ‘till the death of these ends”
—Nas
