Tappin' In - Tech N9ne, Darrein Safron, Joey Cool

I got a story to tell, 'bout when I ginormously fell

Won’t say no names though, 'cause it ain’t no game, bro

And it ain’t no angle makin' no woof tickets for me to sell

It’s about two buddies in the middle of bout due

A lady on the daily puttin' out to

One of the buddies, she told him never let his mouth spew

Don’t let your boy know what’s happenin'

'Cause we were together, plus shackin' in

That’s what you call get some back in friends

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

I was twenty-one

She was 40-somethin', say she wanna give me some

So I started puttin' Tecca Ninna in the lungs

Of the photographer that my homie Brian B’zle brung

But it was a catch, she didn’t want a nigga to rack

'Cause her and my homie were together, he’d give her the scratch

After every photo-shoot but he’d have a bitter attack

If he knew his colleague would shoot me then deliver the snatch

So I kept her secret like a dummy, keepin' it professional

I didn’t tell my homie but I was full of regret, you know?

Ridin' out with my homie, out my mouth, ain’t no decibels

'Bout when she finished flickin' me, we’d bang out on the sectional

I used to throw him hints sayin', «I really wanna smash her»

Then he would look at me like I was done it with laughter said

«She would never do it, I don’t know what you after

Out of your league, man you young, broke and plus you a rapper»

Damn

Bros become foes yeah (bros become foes)

Lord knows the lovin' was fly though

It ain’t worth livin' these lies though

On my dog (On my dog, On my dog)

Yeah

I should have told him, I should have told him, I should have told him

That I was tappin' in

I should have told him, I should have told him, I should have told him

'Cause he was a best friend

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

That ain’t never what you do to best friends

She would pick me up for photo sessions

But I didn’t tell my homie we were low-low sexin'

Man this lady had a body like she was SoloFlex’n

So right after work, she let me give her a pogo lesson

No confession never told him, I was grindin'

On his workin' roommate, I was slimin'

But I messed up and told my other homie Big Nick

But when me and him fell out he told my best friend

That I was lyin' all this time and then my homie said

Why is you playin' me, I’m hearing too many rumors

Yo you got something to say to me, man?

You know about my affection for that woman that stay with me

You supposed to be my homie, why you fuckin' and fakin'?

And then I gotta hear from someone else

You selfish man all you think about is your fuckin' self

You and her be together, I don’t need no one’s help

I’m feel like I’m finna lose it, I don’t know what I’ma do

But I swear to…

Hold on my nigga, you can’t be callin' me trippin'

I’m with my family and I don’t know what the hell you talkin' 'bout that’s

fuckin' insanity man

Why you lyin' to me bro, you know these people be talkin'

And their stories sound the same and you makin' it awkward

And I ain’t finna be the type to act like this don’t really hurts

What am I supposed to do 'bout it when I’m at work?

You and her, we supposed to be brothers that make it worse

And he told me everything y’all be doin', don’t do me dirt

Don’t deny it homie, really you oversteppin' your turf

Told me y’all was snappin' photos and you removin' her skirt

Even said I shoulda known this fuckin' chick was a flirt

Well how you gonna believe every damn thing he say?

Dog you for real?

You shoulda told me without a delay

We was like fam, now you got me dealin' with hearsay

And everything that he say, she say

Oh, I gotta go

Bros become foes yeah (bros become foes)

Lord knows the lovin' was fly though

It ain’t worth livin' these lies though

On my dog (On my dog, On my dog)

Yeah

I should have told him, I should have told him, I should have told him

That I was tappin' in

I should have told him, I should have told him, I should have told him

'Cause he was a best friend

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

That ain’t never what you do to best friends

So that is how me and my best friend fell out

'Cause I told another homie something he had to yell out

All of our bidness ventures and dreams was the hell out

And I’m left with underhanded things that I can tell 'bout

Lost my best friend, 'cause I was young and dumb

He lost his life to another brother with a gun

I never got to tell him that I was sorry, I was sprung

My other homie just died of cancer, I’m numb

So the moral of the story is don’t

Lie to get something that you really want

Always keep it real, though a lot of people don’t

That’s why they always in funk

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

Shoulda told him I was tappin' in

That ain’t never what you do to best friends