On The Way Down - K Rino

Well, looks like we got another one

They seem to never learn until they crash and burn

Lot of these guys sat on the mountaintop

Got full of they self then took that long long drop

Tell me ‘bout it

I’m about to give some game up

I saw a lot of folks before they flamed up

Then watched them change up after they came up

Accumulated fame but see I knew that they had changed

‘cause they head became swol like they had fluid on they brain

Whn they was hungry, whatever they had would be plenty

Hell, it used to be a time when you’d be glad to see a twenty

Then they gradually ascended to the first one in the line

And the people you used to run with now ain’t worthy of your time

We was loyal through your brokeness and the flaws you used to show us

Now you hardly seem to notice those who saw you at your lowest

You got higher status, old school homies you canceled fastest

Made some new friends to match with your current financial bracket

So now that you are rubbing elbows with the rich and powerful and turned your

back to people who knew you was still proud of you

But guess what?

Success just tests us

And when you lose everything you was blessed with, that’s when you know you

messed up

(on the way down)

You see everybody that you ever clowned as you fall back to the ground,

catch ‘em

(on the way down)

Nobody that gassing you up is some of the ones you shunned now passing you up,

see ‘em

(on the way down)

It’s a long painful drop at the bottom when you once sat at the top, catch ‘em

(on the way down)

That’s the time you gotta pay up and face the ones you stepped on on the way up

I won’t stop ya

You went from Burger King to steak and lobster

But I knew you when you didn’t have a pot to piss in

Now watch ya dissing ones who gave props to everything you dropped

But now you on top, knocking your own roster

You say you relatable, but that was debatable

The reason why others tolerated you ‘cause you paid ‘em to

You don’t have none of real patnas from the past wit’cha

All you keep around you now are yes-men and ass-kissers

Fools who cater to your craziness like they were waiters

No matter what you say, it gets favored by your enablers

But when the day that you start to fade comes to a head

I hope and pray that you was able to save some of your bread

‘cause the status that you once had is now leaving you fast

It’s only so long you can last when you treat people like trash

The more you try to fake the part, the more you make it harder

Went from selling out packed arenas to «can I take your order?»

Saw ya

(on the way down)

You see everybody that you ever clowned as you fall back to the ground,

catch ‘em

(on the way down)

Nobody that gassing you up is some of the ones you shunned now passing you up,

see ‘em

(on the way down)

It’s a long painful drop at the bottom when you once sat at the top, catch ‘em

(on the way down)

That’s the time you gotta pay up and face the ones you stepped on on the way up

On your way down, you saw that friend who believed in your dream

But you never felt like he was good enough to be on your team

Your first love who stuck with ya when everybody fled

But you broke up with her soon as you started making some bread

When you didn’t have a car, the homie that came fast, who drove you around town

and never asked for any gas

The neighbor that used to feed ya but you betrayed that

And the cat that loaned you that money you never paid back

Remember your homeboy who took the rap for your drugs?

And the Gs in the hood who protected you from the thugs?

The person who bought you some clothes ‘cause you couldn’t afford ‘em

The fan who wanted an autograph from you but you ignored him

The patna you started with who you been knowing for years

Down since day one, but when you left, you stole his ideas

The young up-and-coming fella that met you last summer who wanted to learn from

you but you gave him the wrong number saw ya

(on the way down)

You see everybody that you ever clowned as you fall back to the ground,

catch ‘em

(on the way down)

Nobody that gassing you up is some of the ones you shunned now passing you up,

see ‘em

(on the way down)

It’s a long painful drop at the bottom when you once sat at the top, catch ‘em

(on the way down)

That’s the time you gotta pay up and face the ones you stepped on on the way up