𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 ²

fifteen.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
getting heated

Jamal

next day

Tory's livestream had everyone talking. He had given the fans a sneak peek of him and Hakeem's new song, and they were dying to hear the full version. He and Hakeem were trying to get the song released asap.

They were in the studio, getting ready to record the whole thing. "You ready?"

Hakeem nodded. "I am. But I gotta admit, I'm a little salty that Tory revealed our song and not me."

"We can do our own livestream. It's not a big deal."

"Let's get to it then."

They played the music and got in the booth. Jamal sang his verses with so much emotion, and got to the chorus part. He sang in a high pitch while looking at Hakeem, and he was smiling.

JAMAL :

No matter what, you know I'm here forever
No matter what, I know you're here forever
We've been through the storm and we're still together
We're back together now as one
It's you and me over everything

The beat stopped, and a gentle piano played in the background.

JAMAL :

Leave it all behind, no more wasting time
Too focused, the worst's behind us now
Made it through the fight, finally got it right
This is what I've been waiting for practically my whole life

The beat changed for Hakeem's part, and Jamal prayed he didn't start with that Andre mess again.

HAKEEM :

See I always stayed down for my bros
Because loyalty is all I know
Down to ride for em, and I won't lose control even when we hit bumps in the road

We get money on our own, and treat it like baseball and bring it back home
No king kong, but we strong
So just like the bank, better leave us alone

Like we car shopping, swear we've been through a whole lot
We swerved around all the road blocks
I put my family over everything like hot sauce on the stove top

Don't want me to retaliate
Mess with nobody related
I roll for my bros
You know for my folks, I'm going as hard as the pavement

If they need anything, then I got em
Promise all of their problems, my problems
I can always tell one thing about em
They hold me down, even when I'm at rock bottom

Through it all, when I fall
They pick me up like a phone call
No pretend, all my kin
We going for the win like a long ball

Jamal looked at Hakeem in complete shock after that. "Holy shit."

Hakeem smiled. "You liked that?"

"Hell yeah, I liked that! That was way better than that Andre mess you were rapping about."

Hakeem's smile faded. "You know he needs to be exposed, right?"