Intro
Loyalty tastes like metal on your tongue
First time you taste it, you don't know you're young
Think it's just the cost of keeping close
Think the debt's the only thing that holds
Verse 1
Marcus front me rent when the check don't land
Fifty dollars short, he just understand
Didn't ask for nothing, just a nod next week
I saw him sweat it out, saw him choose the street
Six months later, his sister need a ride at three a.m.
I'm there, no questions, that's how it begins
He never mention what he gave, I never say I owe
But both of us know how the payment flow
Grandmother in the hospital, my line ring at two
Marcus there before I call, that's what brothers do
Not in words or promises, in the small things
The gas, the time, the standing still
When a man says nothing but he shows up for your weight
That's the currency that save
Chorus
Loyalty tastes like metal on your tongue
First time you taste it, you don't know you're young
Loyalty tastes like metal on your tongue
First time you taste it, you don't know you're young
Verse 2
We don't keep a ledger, just a memory
Of who held the door when the cold came heavy
I remember his face when his mother passed
Didn't have the money for the casket fast
I sold my watch, didn't think about it twice
Some things don't got a price, but they change your life
Now his daughter call me uncle, she don't know why
That I would die for that man, and I ain't tell no lie
The block made us, but the block don't teach you love
The block teach you hunger, teach you push and shove
But Marcus taught me that a handshake mean something real
That a man who got your back is a deal sealed
Chorus
Loyalty tastes like metal on your tongue
First time you taste it, you don't know you're young
Loyalty tastes like metal on your tongue
First time you taste it, you don't know you're young
Bridge
Fifteen years, and we don't talk about it much
Just the way he look at me, that's enough
Just the way I know where he stand
Just the way he know I'm a man
Metal taste fade, but the bond don't rust
That's the economy we trust
Outro
Loyalty tastes like metal on your tongue
First time you taste it, you don't know you're young
Hold it close, don't ever let it go
That's the only wealth we know
