專輯：Bring It On: The Best Of
歌曲：A Week Ago
作詞：Shawn Carter;T Shaw
J Stoute;Ernie Isley
Marvin Isley;O'Kelly Isley
Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley
Christopher Jasper
作曲：J Stoute、Ernie Isley
Christopher Jasper
Marvin Isley
O'Kelly Isley、Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley、Shawn Carter
T Shaw
That's right
it was all good
just a week ago
Last week I had everything
had this all good
just a week ago
I had the money
had the cars the bitches
it was all good
just a week ago
and then my motherfuckin
niggaz started snitchin
Growin up in the hood
just my dog and me
We used to hustle
in the hood for all to see
Problems I called on him
he called on me
We wasn't quite partners
I hit him off my P
Met him unlocked doors
off my keys
Yeah we spoke
much more than cordially
Man he broke bread with me
my business spreads with me
The Feds came to get me
we both fled quickly
Wasn't quick enough to jump
over the hedges with me
Got caught and that's when
our relationship strayed
Used to call me from the
joint til he ran
out of change
And when he called collect
and I heard his name
I quickly accepted
but when I reached the phone
he's talkin reckless
I can sense deceit
in his tone
I said "Damn dawg what
nine weeks and you're home
He said Main man
you think shit's sweet
cause you're home
I just sat
spat no more speech
in the phone
The crackers up there
bleachin your dome
you're reachin
I said
The world don't stop
I've got to keep keep on
From there I sensed the
beef was on
I ran to the spot
store to add some more
features to my phone
To see if I had bugs and
leeches on my phone
Can't be too safe cause
niggaz is two faced
And they show the other side
when they catch a new case
It's on
It was cool when you had
hella weed to smoke
And you bought a new home
where you could keep the folks
I don't see how this side
of you could be provoked
it was all good
just a week ago
Funny what
seven days can change
A stand up nigga
now you sit down to aim
Used to have a firm grip
now you droppin names
It was all good
just a week ago
Like I put the toast to
your head and made you sell
We both came in this game
blind as hell
I did a little better
had more clientele
Told you put away some
cheddar now you
cryin for bail
Seventeen and I'm holdin
on to around a mill
I could bail out and blow
trial and come around
on the pill
Had niggaz thinkin I was
from Uptown for real
I had so much hustle
plus I was down to ill
Like a Brooklyn nigga
straight out of Brownsville
Down and dirty
down to fight
the round thirty
Freezin on them corners
still holdin my crack
Lookin up and
down the block
the fuck is the dough at
Came from flat broke to
lettin the dough stack
You tell them feds I said
I'm never goin back
I'm from Marcy
and Marcy don't raise no rats
You know the consequences
of your acts
you can't be serious
It was cool when you had
hella weed to smoke
And you bought a new home
where you could keep the folks
I don't see how this side
of you could be provoked
it was all good
just a week ago
Funny what
seven days can change
A stand up nigga
now you sit down to aim
Used to have a firm grip
now you droppin names
It was all good
just a week ago
The lawyer I retained you
said you leakin some things
All this after a week
in the bang
I'm mad at myself cause I
didn't spot the
weak and lame
I woulda bet the house you
wouldn't speak a thang
Nigga this was the oath
to the top of broke
Even pricked our finger
anything that got between us
we sposed to cock the ninas
what happened to that
Instead you copped
out to a misdemeanor
Fuck it
the same thing make you
laugh make you cry
That's right
the same game that make you
mad could make you die
It's a dice game
and sometimes you crap
Who woulda thought you'd
get popped one time and rap
Now you know that's bad
when your sister is mad
and your son gotta
grow up like
This is my dad
The labelling of a snitch
is a lifetime scar
You'll always be
in jail nigga
just minus the bars
It was cool when you had
hella weed to smoke
And you bought a new home
where you could keep the folks
I don't see how this side
of you could be provoked
it was all good
just a week ago
Funny what
seven days can change
A stand up nigga
now you sit down to aim
Used to have a firm grip
now you droppin names
It was all good
just a week ago
Shit is crazy man
All these niggaz
out here snitchin
We was one step away from
takin this crack money
and recyclin it
through the ghettoes
and buildin back up
our own hoods
Now all you niggaz start
snitchin on each other
I got partners doin 15 20
Wouldn'ta been doin SHIT
if you didn't snitch
Beyotch
It's about time y'all
check that shit out man
It ain't all good
Shut your mouth
Just watch the game
And don't snitch
It sure will do a
lot for you
Believe that baby
Jay Z Short Dawg's
in the house main
You know I got it
Got it goin on
We got the money
Ain't got nuthin to do
with crime baby
But I'm recognizing
You rat bastard
