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Story Behind The Song
Ride 4 Me acts as the definitive manifesto for Tha Book of Legends, serving as the ultimate test of character within a volatile environment. The song breaks down the binary of the street: either you are with the inner circle or you are an outsider. Lyrically, it contrasts the fair-weather allies who disappear during hardship with the single, iron-clad bond of brotherhood that remains unshaken when the resources vanish and the enemies surface. The narrative focuses on the concept of 'the ride'—not just as an activity, but as a metaphor for shared trauma and unwavering solidarity. By trading lines and shifting between high-speed triplet flows and authoritative, grounded delivery, the track captures the tension of watching one's back while navigating a world that constantly demands disloyalty. The story is a raw, unflinching look at the cost of success and the survival mechanism of keeping your circle microscopic to ensure your legacy remains intact.
Lyrics
RIDE FOR ME
[Intro]
Yeah…
When everybody switch sides, who stay?
Ride for me.
[Hook – Duet]
Voice 1:
Would you ride for me? Ride for me?
When the whole dayum world pick a side on me?
If I'm down, would you still slide with me?
Us against the world, keep it G with me?
Voice 2:
Phuhk yeah, I'm ridin’, n1gga, right or wrong,
Same motherphuhker beside you when the lights are gone.
Together:
You got my back, I got yours till the end,
Phuhk the whole world, we gon’ ride again!
RIDE FOR ME! RIDE FOR ME!
You phuhk with my n1gga, you phuhkin’ with me!
RIDE FOR ME! RIDE FOR ME!
Two real motherphuhkers—that's loyalty!
[Verse 1 – Rapid Melodic]
Don't need a hundred n1ggas all in my circle,
One real motherphuhker that'll jump every hurdle,
Money disappear, watch who really stay,
Hard times show who was real anyway.
Seen n1ggas yell “family,” then switch overnight,
But you stayed when the motherphuhkin’ road wasn't right,
We struggled together, now we shine together,
Rain, pain, whatever—we ride through the weather.
Phuhk fame, phuhk money, loyalty first,
You were there at my best, still there at my worst,
When everybody leave and the situation hurt,
My n1gga right beside me putting family first.
[Verse 2 – Aggressive]
You ain't gotta ask, n1gga, I'm coming with you,
If the world turn against us, I'm standing there too,
Real motherphuhkers do what real ones do,
Never leave your brother when he's fighting to get through.
If you broke, I got bread; I'm down, you there,
Everybody disappear? Motherphuhker, who cares?
Let these bytch-azz n1ggas keep running they mouth,
We getting this money while they figuring us out.
From the bottom to the top, ain't changing the route,
If my n1gga say ride, ain't no backing me out,
Ten toes down, that's what loyalty about,
Phuhk everybody else—we gon’ thug this shyt out!
[Hook]
Would you ride for me? Ride for me?
When the whole dayum world pick a side on me?
Phuhk yeah, I'm ridin’, n1gga, right or wrong,
Same motherphuhker beside you when the lights are gone.
Together:
RIDE FOR ME! RIDE FOR ME!
You phuhk with my n1gga, you phuhkin’ with me!
RIDE FOR ME! RIDE FOR ME!
Two real motherphuhkers—that's loyalty!
[Verse 3 – Double-Time]
Ride-ride-ride, motherphuhker, let's go,
Through the rain, through the pain, through the cold,
Everybody want shine, nobody want the road,
We were brothers when our pockets had holes.
Now we getting dough, remember them days,
Had dreams bigger than the place we were raised,
Never fold, never switch, never turn on the fam,
If my n1gga need me, motherphuhker, here I am.
Everybody love you when everything great,
When the whole world hate, only real ones stay,
Darkness come and you can't find your way,
I'm beside you saying, “N1gga, we gon’ be straight!”
[Verse 4 – Trading Lines]
Voice 1: Everybody turn against me?
Voice 2: I'm there.
Voice 1: Money disappear?
Voice 2: Don't care.
Voice 1: Motherphuhkers hate?
Voice 2: Let 'em stare.
Together: Two against the world—we prepared!
Voice 1: I got your back when shyt gets rough.
Voice 2: I got yours when life gets tough.
Voice 1: They say quit?
Voice 2: We say phuhk that shyt!
Together: Came from nothing, now look at this!
Cleveland to Compton, together we stand,
Real motherphuhkers don't abandon they fam,
Throw the whole dayum world at us, whatever it be,
You ride for your n1gga, I'll ride for my G!
[Final Hook]
Would you ride for me? RIDE FOR ME!
When the whole dayum world pick a side on me?
Phuhk yeah, I'm ridin’ till the wheels fall off,
Win or lose together, whatever it cost!
You got my back, I got yours till the end,
Phuhk the whole world, we gon’ ride again!
RIDE FOR ME! RIDE FOR ME!
You phuhk with my n1gga, you phuhkin’ with me!
RIDE FOR ME! RIDE FOR ME!
TWO REAL MOTHERPHUHKERS—THAT'S LOYALTY!
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