Caine & Abel

You know I grew up with
Five sisters and no brothers
I'd be in Sunday school
And they tell us stories of Caine and Abel
You know the first murder that was committed
By one brother to another brother, and uh
I looked around my neighborhood as
A child and I
Saw the crime and violence and I said
"Wowhow could two people who love each other
Bring this into the world?"
God bless em, you know?

Two brothers, a single mother
A father that loved em
But not enough to leave the streets
And make their mama a husband
The only males in their life
Was a couple of cousins
That their mama had babysitting
‘cause she was strugglin’
But typical ghetto shit
The cousins was hustlin’
Or should I say halfway
‘cause they got high like their customers
The oldest boy was Caine and
The youngest was Abel abel distracted cuz
Caine took 'caine off the table
They decided as pre-teens to serve the fiends
Like Pusha T and Malice
They re-up'd for the green
Furnished their apartment like a palace
Made their mama a queen
Abel was only 12, Caine barely 13
No idea of the evil that
The streets would bring
Infatuated by images on the big screen
Like Nas in it was written
They had street dreams
By 17 they was on they grind
They were listening to old-school
Rap from mama’s time
Bought myself an Uzi and my brother a nine
Bought, bought myself an Uzi and
My brother a nine is what Caine said
As Abel walked on his side
Into Candler Roads Pawn Shop
Caine bought himself an AR15 and
His brother a Glock
Through the years they would spray it
They campaign on the block
Till every square foot of Zone 1 was locked
More money, more murder
Marked their rise to the top
But like the Chambers brothers
Like the Flenory boys
When you cut from the same cloth
Made from the same stock
Sometimes you can’t share the same
Space at the top
These young brothers retired
Their young mother
Abel opened businesses in the
Name of his mother
Cain dropped off big money bags to his mother
And once a week they sat
Down for Sunday supper
She told em one Sunday how she
Loved em and she hugged em
Sensing something’s wrong
They asked her what’s your trouble
She answered: "Yall’ give me rings, riches
And way more but there’s one thing that my
Heart truly prays for"
Caine smirked, said "Mama don’t say stop
Gave her 100K cash told her "Lady go shop"
Abel looked at his mother
And the watering eyes
And told her "That’s nothin’ baby
I’m done flippin' the pies"
Caine looked at his brother with
Fury off in his eyes (WHAT?)
Rocked him and he socked him in
His left and right eye
And he hit him and he bit him
And he split him in two
All he said as he beat him
Was "Why she love you?!"
The more mama yelled "Stop!"
The more hate he would take in
Abel was Roemello, Caine was Raynathan
Kris said "Love's gon get you" so
We back to the Glock
In the middle of the struggle
All we heard was pop unlike Roemello
Abel was not able to survive that shot
(God bless em) unlike Roemello
Abel was not able to survive that shot

I dedicate this song to Caine
And any brother who willingly
Or unwillingly has killed his brother
Cause I know that scar on you forever homie
It's the Grind, Grind time rap game
Bang bang bang