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They switched

August 11, 2024

I really thought I had friends

Until I actually seen it

Until I actually felt it

Shit made my heart cold as ice

How I came thru for you

When there was nobody else

How you play me

Now you trynna play victim

You must be a trendsetter

Whiling with all these fake ass narrative shit

Like I didn’t help you when I didn’t have shit

When I didn’t have a place to live

Didn’t know if I was going or coming

Didn’t know what tomorrow might bring

Weather you was here for me or the riches

Like I didn’t give you a pop to pissed in

Man the last time that I check

I got that fucking check up

Now my funds run out

Yall loyalty switch & how yall rocked with me switch

I knew yall was goofy

Time Told it all

Yall all switched on me

Failed out ova shit I can’t even speak on

Man the last time that I check yall couldn’t move without me.

Im the plug baby

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▾ This Poem's Voice

Deeply personal betrayal and friendship trauma; autobiographical narrative.

Multiple dense ideas compressed: betrayal, sacrifice, status shift, loyalty collapse.

Strongly negative: anger, hurt, cold heart, failed trust dominate.

Explosive voice, rapid-fire accusations, emphatic profanity, confrontational tone throughout.

Approximately 28 lines; falls in 16-30 range.

Metaphor (heart cold as ice, plug), some colloquial imagery; mostly direct.

Primarily lyric internal voice with accusations; some dramatic confrontation elements.

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