Freshology
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The beginning of ur post is very true. All in all once u attain a certain level of success, most ppl will wanna bring u down vs keep u up. Real nikkas know its ALWAYS somethin in the dark. Glad u brought up De Haven. Idk Hov or him but Im willin to bet this song was bout em AND it came out before DeHaven came out publicly(2001ish) nikkas so quick to say Jay slimey, Jay a snake. 3 sides to ery story brehs
[Jay-Z]
A-Alike (uh-huh) be alike (that's right)
We don't vibe no more because we don't C/see alike
And your mom got it twisted, she think Hov' changed
Nope; Hov's still here like Rogaine
Ask your boy what he did to the whole game
How he jeapordized the whole game
Now when we see each other it's so strange
I don't know whether to hug him or slug him (damn)
I don't know whether to cap him or dap him
I don't know what to think of him, I don't know what's happenin
But what I do know, all the nikkaz that you know
locked up doin a few doe, but who knows?
Maybe it wasn't you, maybe I'm buggin too (right)
But I'm scared dog, I don't know what the fukk to do
Do me a favor, place yourself in my shoes
The game, no exceptions, gotta follow the rules
Fast fwd years later when DeHaven was "talkin tough on the Youtube": "So fukk De Haven for cavin/ Made men dont speak or make statements" or somn to tht effect on No Hook.
Yep, A Week Ago was also about DeHaven too