Once Was by Manga Saint Hilare Lyrics
[Verse 1: Young Kye]
Yeah uh
Live life love life
Live life loving
Live long live once live twice, fuck it
Cos I was broke before I ever knew what broke was
Cola in my cup before I knew what coke was
This gang life so holy like the pope was
My mentor and these .45s before i knew what a phone was
Baptised all niggas need their cell washed
12 people not guilty thats what my hope was
Tried to shape up cos niggas became cutthroat still
Cos i've been cuffed though still
Never been sus though still
Made money but the money weren't enough though still
Will i make it out this hood who gives a fuck though
Whos alive whos dead and whos in prison?
Yeah, tryna add it up but all i see's division
Used to be the smartest niggas
Now they probably wouldn't listen
Tryna filter out the bullshit and instagram the pictures
Used to break down the block
On the same block i built up
Used to empty out my Glock
The same Glock i filled up, i'm grown up
Nothing ain't changed dog, i'm still young too
Middle finger to all my haters i'm still loved
I'm still living, they still wish I was dead, i don't
Care bout nobody i'm just a head, get it?
I made you a real boy don't forget
Still i hold down my set and upset is all you can get
[Chorus x2]
Looks like i'm losing friends
Looks like i'm losing friends
We used to write with, write with
I gotta stay
We used to argue with
I gotta stay
[Verse 2: Manga Saint Hilare]
Upside down bikes on the front line
Zees calling girls off his dub line
If you come around here, but you wasn't from around here
Then you're gonna get run down one time
We got all of our beginnings from the ends
But who knew it was the beginning of the end?
Went from "our bruddas to the end"
To a visit to a text
To a "swear i lost your number fam"
Send again, pretend
I can't remember who never kept it real first, it could've been me
I thought that you thought that it shouldn't be me
Like i was getting blessings that i shouldn't receive
Maybe i'm a victim of (???) paranoia
I guess to overthink is the ting when you start to grow up
I heard you got a daughter, it's mad i don't even know her
I left most of my dogs but i ain't just like noah
It wasn't meant
I probably wouldn't even recognise med
Joys got too sons and one i've never met
All the invites i ignored and tings i never went
All the promises that i never kept
We all did a lot though
But a lot less together
So i guess we're all where we're meant to be
And that weren't together
[Chorus x2]
Looks like i'm losing friends
Looks like i'm losing friends
We used to write with, write with
I gotta stay
We used to argue, argue
I gotta stay
[Outro]
Looks like I'm
We used to
We used to
Looks like I'm
We used to write with write with
I gotta stay
We used to argue, argue
Yeah uh
Live life love life
Live life loving
Live long live once live twice, fuck it
Cos I was broke before I ever knew what broke was
Cola in my cup before I knew what coke was
This gang life so holy like the pope was
My mentor and these .45s before i knew what a phone was
Baptised all niggas need their cell washed
12 people not guilty thats what my hope was
Tried to shape up cos niggas became cutthroat still
Cos i've been cuffed though still
Never been sus though still
Made money but the money weren't enough though still
Will i make it out this hood who gives a fuck though
Whos alive whos dead and whos in prison?
Yeah, tryna add it up but all i see's division
Used to be the smartest niggas
Now they probably wouldn't listen
Tryna filter out the bullshit and instagram the pictures
Used to break down the block
On the same block i built up
Used to empty out my Glock
The same Glock i filled up, i'm grown up
Nothing ain't changed dog, i'm still young too
Middle finger to all my haters i'm still loved
I'm still living, they still wish I was dead, i don't
Care bout nobody i'm just a head, get it?
I made you a real boy don't forget
Still i hold down my set and upset is all you can get
[Chorus x2]
Looks like i'm losing friends
Looks like i'm losing friends
We used to write with, write with
I gotta stay
We used to argue with
I gotta stay
[Verse 2: Manga Saint Hilare]
Upside down bikes on the front line
Zees calling girls off his dub line
If you come around here, but you wasn't from around here
Then you're gonna get run down one time
We got all of our beginnings from the ends
But who knew it was the beginning of the end?
Went from "our bruddas to the end"
To a visit to a text
To a "swear i lost your number fam"
Send again, pretend
I can't remember who never kept it real first, it could've been me
I thought that you thought that it shouldn't be me
Like i was getting blessings that i shouldn't receive
Maybe i'm a victim of (???) paranoia
I guess to overthink is the ting when you start to grow up
I heard you got a daughter, it's mad i don't even know her
I left most of my dogs but i ain't just like noah
It wasn't meant
I probably wouldn't even recognise med
Joys got too sons and one i've never met
All the invites i ignored and tings i never went
All the promises that i never kept
We all did a lot though
But a lot less together
So i guess we're all where we're meant to be
And that weren't together
[Chorus x2]
Looks like i'm losing friends
Looks like i'm losing friends
We used to write with, write with
I gotta stay
We used to argue, argue
I gotta stay
[Outro]
Looks like I'm
We used to
We used to
Looks like I'm
We used to write with write with
I gotta stay
We used to argue, argue