[Chorus]

Some things change, some things stay the same

Feelings, desires, beliefs, opinions

Some things change, some things stay the same

Rules, laws, control, position

Some things change, some things stay the same

Fame, fortune, fashion, trends

Some things change, some things stay the same

People, problems, relations, friends



[One.Be.Lo]

Okay, some things change, some things stay the same

I once knew this kid who was caught up in the game (how?)

His wallet and his chain was the promise in his brain

20 inch speakers, amps got his wattage and his range

Smooth operator, player rockin with the 'caine

Fiends hollerin his name (go Lo) got his product in they veins (go Lo)

He said - "Livin clean only get you simple things"

So he balanced triple beams, now the block is feelin flames

Hot enough to make the Devil cop a lemonade

Cops poppin out a shade, now the spot is gettin +Raid+

Like roaches, night approach us, gotta get away

Quicksand, snitch ran to the cops to give his name

Picture his wife and kids not up in the frames

Stay dry, get wet, the only option's in the rain (drippin)

Impossible to maintain, momma so ashamed

Good Lord, granddaddy probably tossin in his grave



[Chorus: fades out halfway]



[over Chorus]

Yeahhh boy!

What goes up, must come down!

Don't believe the hype, knah'msayin?

{*chuckling*} Here we go again



[One.Be.Lo]

You get caught up in that everyday cycle, you might go psycho

Especially if you don't know what I know

My chords on the vinyl give you more than recital

And every situation we adapt for +survival+

+The fittest+, exercise mind, body, spirit

for the first place category mandatory finish

Cause only the strong get it, my lungs long-winded

in this race we call livin, can't fall victim

to the same old excuses (why not?)

That only mean your brain goin useless

We make a change for improvement

Every plan needs an execution

Every man needs an evolution

Oppressed lands need a revolution

The best solution for the problems in place

Empires fell flat on they face due to the change

You think it strange, my granddaddy would say

"That butterfly was a caterpillar back in the day" (okay)



[Chorus]



[One.Be.Lo]

We used to flock together, birds of the same feather

Shared the same clothes, same hoes, same treasure

When everything was fair, everybody gained pleasure

But everything changed when came the rain weather

Whatever, for unexpected shit like that

I keep an umbrella just in case it get like that

You was the cat, who used to smile up in my face

Come up in my place, in the 'fridgerator stuffin your face

Stuck in your ways, somethin was strange

I shoulda known you was nothin but +snake+

the way you used to +rattle+ on about yourself

It was all about you, what could I do?

I was just like - nah, I was nothin like you

See I was real, you was the cat that used to front

First time you did that shit behind my back, so what?

Second time I had a problem with yourself, hold up

Third time we had to talk, I was like WHAT THE FUCK

is this?  It used to be a friendship

Then this Decepticon +Transformed+ into a Benedict

I can't think of no other reason

other than the fact that you was jealous of the life that I was leadin

Tryin to deceive me, you only deceive you

What you thought was invisible was only see-through

I used to love you like you came out my own mother

But the man behind the mask could never be my brother