[00:00.00]Trade It All - BENNY THE BUTCHER
[00:04.08]Yo
[00:05.42]I'm a product of the block I lived and the Pacs Nas's and BIGs
[00:08.57]For raw took my dough across the George Washington Bridge
[00:11.41]I was poor for more shock had the law watchin' us live
[00:14.33]Off of pure rock nigga I put a Fort Knox in my crib
[00:17.39]I was the one they overlooked now a nigga overbooked
[00:20.35]Got them haters disappointed like when the soda overcooked
[00:23.26]More money more problems jealous niggas throwin' looks
[00:26.01]That's why every hundred bands I make my clip grow a foot
[00:29.08]Sold my story to the world so everything I afford
[00:31.96]Came from me losin' my brother and all the pain I absorbed
[00:34.85]I'm down soldiers all the members of the gang I done lost
[00:37.92]On this road to success and yes it came at a cost
[00:40.61]So don't confuse what you hear I put these jewels in my ear
[00:43.80]'Cause I wore the same pair of kicks to school for a year nigga
[00:47.26]I'd trade it all to get my niggas back how real is that?
[00:50.13]'Cause fuck it we gon' grind together just to get it back
[00:53.20]Ayo life crazy but shit gotta happen so other shit can happen.
[00:57.78]Real talk
[00:58.20]For the niggas in my position take care of your daughters
[01:01.17]No matter what they choose to do they aware what you taught 'em
[01:04.13]My kids took my advice 'cause I'm fair as a father
[01:06.89]My next deal I need a office and shares of the market
[01:09.81]Two thousand dollar kicks that shit I wear on your carpet
[01:12.86]You ever fuck two best friends that share an apartment?
[01:15.72]If you pop out with that MAC is you airin' or talkin'?
[01:18.59]'Cause whoever don't shoot first gon' be carryin' coffins
[01:21.59]They put a mural of my face on the block I sold work on
[01:25.09]Never took the first off got me shoppin' in Bergdorf
[01:27.93]Came home from school City showed me a tool
[01:30.76]His brother kept under the bed right in the room
[01:33.56]Few years later I married the game I jumped the broom
[01:36.57]I walked away with wounds it wasn't what I assumed
[01:39.37]These niggas don't stick to codes these hoes don't stick to rules
[01:42.40]I live that life but y'all only gangster on iTunes
[01:45.07]I'd trade it all give the cash back the jewels and the cars
[01:48.12]If it make you feel I'm different from y'all
[01:50.24]Come get the paintings off the wall
[01:51.62]My girl Benz plus the one in the garage
[01:53.99]'Cause to me that material shit small when they comin' out at my dogs
[01:57.81]Before we learned to run we had to crawl
[01:59.85]My day ones right here standin' tall so you can have it all
[02:03.50]If it mean I get my brother back tomorrow
[02:05.53]Shit 'cause all I got left is the scars I still would trade it all