Trade It All

Yeah, I'm a product of the block I lived

And the Pac, Nas's and Bigs

For raw, took my door across to George Washington bridge

I was poor but more shocked had the law watchin' us live

Off of pure rock, ****, I'll put a Fort Knox in my crib

I was the one they overlooked, now a **** overbooked

Got them haters disappointed like when it's sorta overcooked

More money, more problems, jealous **** throwin' looks

That's why every hundred bands I make my clip grow a foot

Sold my story to the world, so everything I afford

Came from me losin' my brother and all the pain I absorbed

I'm down soldiers, all the members of the gang, got 'em lost

On this road to success, and yes, it came at a cost

So don't confuse what you hear, I'll put these jewels in my ear

'Cause I wore the same pair of kicks to school for a year

****, I'd trade it all to get my **** back

How real is that? 'Cause fuck it, we gon' grind together

Just to get it back

Hey, yo, life crazy but shit gotta happen so

Other shit could happen, real talk

For the **** in my position take care of your daughter

No matter what they choose to do they aware what you taught 'em

My kids took my advice 'cause I'm fair as a father

My ****, still I need an office and shares of the market

Two thousand dollar kicks that shit I wear on your carpet

You ever fuck two best friends that share an apartment?

If you pop out with that Mac is you airin' or talkin'?

'Cause whoever don't shoot first gon' be carryin' coffins

They put a mural of my face on the block I sold work on

Never took a first off, got me shoppin' at Bergdorf

Came home from school, city showed me a tool

His brother kept under the bed right in the room

Few years later I married the game, I jumped the broom

I walked away with wounds, it wasn't what I assumed

These **** don't stick to codes, these hoes don't stick to rules

I live that life but y'all only gangster on iTunes

I'd trade it all, give the cash back, the jewels and the cars

If it make you feel like I'm different from y'all

Come get the paintings off the wall, my girl Benz

Plus the one in the garage 'cause to me that material shit small

When it comin' out of my dog, before we learn to run we had to crawl

My day one's right here standin' tall so you can have it all

If it mean I get my brother back tomorrow, shit

'Cause all I got left is the scar, I still would trade it all