[00:03.06][Intro: Dresta][00:04.07]50/50 love[00:06.28]Yeah, for 199-mother******'-5[00:10.00]50/50 love[00:11.56]Gangsta Dresta done stomped through the doors once again[00:14.04]50/50 love[00:15.68]Dedicating this one to all my ******s all across the land[00:17.01]50/50 love[00:21.62]We need a 50/50 love back in the hood, loc[00:24.91]Check this out[00:26.02][Verse 1: Dresta][00:27.06]I walked through the turf[00:28.20]Me and Smurf jibba-jabbing about the old days[00:29.74]Smokin' on a joint, listenin' to The O'Jays[00:32.60]******s up my mind to see how times changed[00:35.17]It's all kinda strange, ain't a damn thang the same[00:37.90]Back when it was all about packin' switchblade[00:40.64]Half of us down now is runnin' around ************ made[00:43.34]Didn't wanna fight brothas grown that was known[00:45.91]But now it's on, if one of the homies come at me wrong[00:49.24]Back then things was like hyped[00:51.41]Even if the homies fight, still kept the hood tight[00:53.90]Down with each other to the last bit[00:56.33]Now we got homies puttin' each others into caskets[00:59.16]Used to roll in Chevys, now ******s wanna Benzie[01:01.72]Money and **** done brought jealousy and envy[01:04.66]******s got greedy and the needy got left back[01:07.31]Now your own homie is the victim of your next jack[01:10.00]Serving ****** with the gat stuffed in your mouth[01:12.45]Used to sleep on your couch, spending nights at your house[01:15.57]And it's a damn shame that the hood ain't like it was[01:18.38]I'm talkin' about a 50/50 love[01:20.53][Hook] (x2)[01:21.80]I ain't talkin' about 70/30 (A 50/50)[01:23.87]Not 60/40 (A 50/50)[01:25.99]I'm talkin' about 50/50 love, yeah[01:41.56][Verse 2: Dresta][01:42.79]The homies used to take us to the liquor store to steal beer[01:45.91]That was when my cousin Gugulo was still here[01:48.64]Buddy gave a party like almost every weekend[01:51.22]I've been tryna sneak in, tryna put my freak in[01:53.76]See how times changed, one of the sets we used to fight with[01:56.58]But that set now is one of the sets that we tight with[01:59.46]Time's still changin' cause brothas turnin' into snitches[02:02.15]Can't separate the real ******s from the ************[02:04.92]Even in the jailhouse ******s being phony[02:07.56]You really don't know, who to treat like a homie[02:10.45]Back in the day we used to claim we was brothas[02:13.06]And cousins and ************t and now we can't trust each other[02:15.70]Gotta watch my back not just cause a brotha gaze for ******s that[02:18.73]Bang for the same thang that I claim[02:21.60]Homies locked down doing time in a chamber[02:23.87]We talking about 'em a lot but yet we treating 'em like a stranger[02:26.70]I recollect the days when I was back in like the 6th grade[02:29.63]Tucking about behind the O.G.'s. learning how the trick's played[02:32.69]Damn, a ****** really kinda miss how them days was, G[02:37.09]Cause it was 50/50 love[02:38.65][Hook] (x2)[02:57.52][Verse 3: B.G, Knocc Out][02:59.58]For the homies that's resting, I pour a little drink right[03:02.24]But how many others go visit them at their grave site[03:05.08]Forget the bull************t, pass the hats around the room homes[03:07.80]Let's go and visit the homies and put some flowers on their tomb stones[03:11.19]Yeah, cause that's the least we can do, you know[03:13.56]Be in the hood that they died fo' and loved ones cried fo'[03:17.22]I missed 'em with a passion fo' what it's worth[03:19.77]I hope I meet 'em again when I leave from this earth[03:22.77]And we done lost many of 'em[03:24.72]And it's a shame that we let 'em go[03:26.49]Without letting 'em know we love 'em[03:28.27]But now I'mma let the homies rest in peace[03:30.19]And all the homies that's beefing with each other, loc, gotta cease[03:33.64]I can't speak about nobody else[03:35.33]Can’t peace treat with nobody else[03:37.22]Until we be peace with ourselves[03:38.90]Homies ain't homies like it was[03:40.92]I really don't know who wants to fill me with slugs[03:43.59]Without the backstabbing everything would probably be fun[03:46.24]That's how it is in the hood that I come from[03:49.38]Damn, a ****** really kinda miss how them days was, cus[03:52.63]Cause it was 50/50 love.[04:28.52](In memory of Eazy-E, R.I.P)[04:30.36]