Trade You For A Pill

[Verse 1]
When these rappers say they kill you
They never will, they never did
All that barking on the timeline
In real life, they just kids
Screaming east side out the window
Then trade you for a pill
Sell your name for half a gram
Then swear they keep it real
Talking tough inside a caption
But shaking hands at every show
Say they "spin" but never travel
From the couch to front door
I'm from where your word is credit
You don't flex what you can't pay
You don't promise what you won't do
You don't fake the wars you say
[Chorus]
When these rappers say they kill you
They never will, they never will (never)
When these rappers screaming east side
They trade you for a pill, for a pill (for real)
I seen brothers turn to bargains
Over powder, over thrill
When these rappers screaming east side
They trade you for a pill, for a pill
[Verse 2]
They was yelling gang in photos
Same ones folded in that room
Told the feds about your cousins
Every crib and every move
All that "day one" talk is cheap talk
When the rent come due
They'll pawn off every secret
For a lighter, for a view
I been quiet, I been patient
Let the circus run its course
Now they rapping like they monsters
But they barely own a voice
I don't fear no empty threats, man
I just watch who really build
Who gon' stand when things get heavy
Who gon' trade you for a pill
[Chorus]
When these rappers say they kill you
They never will, they never will (never)
When these rappers screaming east side
They trade you for a pill, for a pill (yeah)
I seen brothers turn to bargains
Over powder, over thrill
When these rappers screaming east side
They trade you for a pill, for a pill
[Bridge]
Talk tough in a verse
Fold fast in a cell (hey!)
Pray loud in the club
Sell souls in the sale
I done watched it, I remember
Who was solid, who was still
Who was standing in the fire
Who would trade me for a pill
[Chorus]
When these rappers say they kill you
They never will, they never will
When these rappers screaming east side
They trade you for a pill, for a pill (for real)
I seen brothers turn to bargains
Over powder, over thrill
When these rappers screaming east side
They trade you for a pill, for a pill

rap, Dark, menacing hip-hop beat at midtempo, heavy sub-bass and sharp trap hats. Male vocals sit upfront with a sneering, conversational delivery; doubled in key phrases. Hook gets wider with chant-style gang vocals and a pitched-down ad-lib layer. Sparse, eerie keys in the verses, then extra distorted synth stabs and riser sweeps fill the chorus to lift the energy., hip hop