5 To 50

(album: The Plugs I Met - 2019)

[Reporter:]
US Attorney James Kennedy says [?] is connected to Buffalo's Black Soprano gang
Other members are awaiting sentencing

[Benny the Butcher:]
Ah
The Butcher coming, nigga
Yo

I been selling dreams to sleepers, nigga
Tell the truth, that's the perfect business
'Cause in the drought, I was paying double
For some work that wasn't even worth the ticket
Plate scrapers, went to work to get it
Check my bank statements, probably hurt your feelings
How I'm in every verse admitting
How I work a kitchen like it's Church's Chicken
What you know about taking bags
'Cross state on a half a tank of gas?
The first around ain't a workaround
You gotta hit it twice just to make it last
Take a quarter, you make a quarter
Put that together, that'll make a half
When the coke come pressed, it's
Matter fact, I ain't telling niggas shit
Who are these niggas? I think they all overrated, I think they all are outdated
I'm independent but they think that I'm signed to Shady 'cause my jewelry look like I made it
Just got a house, I need a brand new Mercedes, we kicking ass like DaBaby
I'm on the grind, I'll link with the plugs that I met one more time if these labels don't pay me, uh

[India:]
I remember when I first told my father who I was dealing with
I'm like, I told him I was dealing with Benny
He was like, "Benny from Montana?"
He was like, "Be careful with him"
He was like, "That boy crazy, that's the H block"

[Benny the Butcher:]
Yo, yo
I ran off the deep end
Kicked out my mama house, came back carrying things in
I'm careful 'cause they give you five for a robbery
But they burying kingpins
The real trenches
War with the Feds, nigga, and I'm talking real business
For Duffle, was plea to a 20
They forced him to trial, he came back on appeal sentence
These investigations current, nigga, them wiretaps got me playing it safe
Ask Earl Howard 'bout it if you think I'm fronting 'bout that 20 grand a day
This the only block on the East side
Where the dope shooters all come and get it
Quarterbacking plays from a kitchen
How an honor student gon' become a chemist?
At my mom crib having flashbacks
Ten guns on me like I'm Mad Max
Put the team on with the last batch
But you niggas never gon' be half that
On the road to riches or jail bars
With some niggas that I'll burn in Hell for
I was feeling like the cards was dealt wrong
Got my money up and put myself on, motherfucker

[India:]
Sure enough, a few months later
It was like 7: 30 in the morning
I heard some loud banging at the door
Benny went to the window and said, "Bae, it's the police"
I swear my heart dropped

[Benny the Butcher:]
Yo, uh
Daydreaming 'bout my past
Zoning while I'm driving, hoping I don't crash
Loyal 'cause you feed 'em, that'll only last
Long as I'm balling, Bulls vs. the Jazz
And before you niggas ever got some cash
I could put 200 grams on every half
That's another twenty if you do the math
Carry zeroes over every time I add
West signed a deal, nigga, I was glad
Got me out the hood, I was down bad
Still owe my plug for another half
Every time you bring my name up, he get mad
Then I turned my flip phone to a stash
Six figures, legal money, that ain't bad
Three-time felon, now I run a business
Every plug I ever met, I made 'em cash
'Fore I rode a tour bus, made a fork jump
Thirty bands on me, made me sag
I can turn your front door to a drug store
Make any kitchen to a lab
Man, I hear these drug stories and I laugh
Talking 'bout the coke sales they never had
Pull up on a nigga, you gon' know the pad
Only house with a Bentley on the grass

[India:]
But everything is different now
Everything is legal, Benny doing what he love to do
I don't gotta worry 'bout no more police kicking in our doors
Our life is good