was
supposed to stay in the car."
"You know I don't fuck wit' that fool,
Kirbie. Get that nigga outta here."
Archie was shorter than me but he outweighed
me by at least twenty pounds. That didn't mean shit, though. I'd
still knock him out and dust him off when I was done. As far as his
background, he was a solid nigga. He had been hustling longer than
me because he was older than me and Kirbie both by four years plus.
I was 22, Kirbie was 18, and he was 26. I never liked Archie
because he'd been dating Kirbie since she was 14. But he did teach
her how to hustle, how to get money against the odds out here in
these crazy Kansas City streets. That's more than I could say for a
lot of older niggas who only wanted to fuck and mislead these
younger bitches.
Even still, I was prepared to shoot Archie
dead right now. He wouldn't be the first.
"Can I at least get a copy of the song so I
can hear it overnight?" Kirbie asked me. "I have a flash drive on
my key ring."
"C'mon, Kirbie!" Archie yelled.
"Yo boyfriend is calling you," I said to her.
"You better go before he gets shot."
She gave me a look as if I was dead wrong
for taking my stance. Then she stalked off, and she and Archie got
back in the Passat. I didn't take my hand off of my gun handle
until they drove off.
Kirbie Amor > Slim TexasBorn
Eight: Sorry I didn't get to meet up with you. You know
how it is in these streets. Nothing goes as planned. But as soon as
you hear my verse you're gonna be pleased! — with Coras Bane and Gee
Beats
CHAPTER 5
Kirbie Amor Capelton
The next morning I didn't even bother with Coras. I
didn't want to hear his mouth. So I called Gee Beats and told him
to e-mail me the track so I'd be prepared when Coras finally let me
back in the studio.
I was laying in bed with Archie when I got
the e-mail on my laptop. I liked my music blaring loud and Archie
was sleep so I got up and took the laptop downstairs.
Eagerly, I pushed play.
The R&B track came on and sounded
incredible! Even though I'd heard this instrumental a thousand
times, it still gave me an adrenaline rush, that tingling feeling
every artist gets when inspiration hits. I listened, bobbing my
head, as Slim Eight came in with his flow:
I don't love her but she made me come close/ I got
more than one but she gets the dick the most/ sucked me so good I
thought I seen a ghost/ sucked me so good I stayed for eggs and
toast
I liked how Slim put his words together.
Simple but effective. The beat changed up a little after his verse
was over, something Gee Beats was known for. This was where I was
supposed to lay the chorus. I listened closely to the sounds,
getting my thoughts together, vibing, when the next verse suddenly
came on. It was Coras rapping. I knew he was going to be on the
song—it was his mixtape we were working on—but I thought I was
supposed lay a verse second.
As I listened, my jaw dropped from shock.
This verse was about me! He must have recorded it after I saw him
yesterday. Quickly, I put my finger back on the touchpad and
skipped back to the beginning of his verse.
You're with the wrong nigga, I think you know it
too/ but what you don't realize is the shit I'm going through/
tried to play it cool and almost shot yo man over you/ Ain’t even
fucked you yet, Imagine when I do
I was speechless. The rest
of his verse talked about how he wished I felt the same way about
him. What he didn't know was that I did love him back. But he had a
girlfriend and a side chick. His
girlfriend was a jealous female named Monifa Chavis. She was cute
and made sure she let social media know it, but she had a habit of
exuding negativity and it rubbed off in her status updates. He had
been with her for as long as he'd been hustling.
Coras's other chick was also his manager. Her
name was Ashleigh Hedgman. Sad thing was she was my manager too.
They'd been sleeping together since the business relationship
started.
So why did Coras