Foreword

[00:17.03] (Helluva made this beat, baby)
[00:19.50] If I tell my people I love 'em, I really mean it (I do)
[00:21.95] Niggas better not trip out in public, we bound leave 'em (fast)
[00:24.42] Ain't no sense in tuckin' my chain, they still gon' see it (too big)
[00:27.03] Micheal Myers, Jason Voorhees, this bitch a demon (no cap)
[00:29.57] You jumped off the porch when? I was never on that bitch (ever)
[00:32.09] I ain't have a chance to be a kid, that shit was over with (damn)
[00:34.58] They was out here doin' dope, I was on some sober shit
[00:37.10] Cool nigga, but you play with me and get over hit (boom)
[00:39.52] I can tell you all 'bout the trenches 'cause I lived in it (bitch, I did)
[00:42.07] Got money, took cover, and I slid in it (I slid in it)
[00:44.53] When the feds did a sweep, my niggas hid in it (they hid in)
[00:47.18] But I can't really speak on all the shit we did in it (shh)
[00:49.65] I can switch names, put a spin on the plot (and fool 'em)
[00:51.85] Say what they need, they gon' put me on the cell block (can't do it)
[00:54.39] I gotta teach, you don't hear this type of shit a lot (you don't)
[00:56.90] Tell you what you can keep doin' and what you gotta stop (chill out)
[00:59.25] Ayy, playin' by the rules, you gon' end up gettin' lost (facts)
[01:01.98] Real niggas lose, snitch niggas gettin' off (I seen it)
[01:04.39] Soft niggas steppin', real killers gettin' soft (I seen it)
[01:06.88] It's crazy when you see a lame with it all
[01:08.53] Nigga make it for a long time in the dope gang, he a rat
[01:12.04] Real niggas never make it last (you know that)
[01:14.10] Gettin' money, tell 'em cut you in and they might cut back (niggas hoes)
[01:16.83] Niggas ball hog, never pass (never)
[01:18.71] They say a happy ending shouldn't even have no pull to you (it shouldn't)
[01:21.67] Dead or in jail, the streets'll never be good to you (facts)
[01:24.07] They vouchin' for niggas that ain't really hood to you (he a bitch)
[01:26.62] No rules, your main homie'll put that wood to you (brrah)
[01:29.05] And these hoes'll do whatever in advance
[01:31.17] Act like they in love, they really got different plans (yeah)
[01:33.90] A fake nigga with whatever just to get a chance (I seen it)
[01:36.38] Until he get ahead, he gon' act like he your mans (man, I done seen this shit)
[01:39.47] One wrong move'll get you stopped at the beginning (just like chess)
[01:42.43] It's only for the moment if you winning
[01:44.32] Tryna be a good nigga, they gon' turn you to a menace
[01:46.68] Nigga, fall and you finished (finished)
[01:48.16] Chapters of the Trenches (trenches)
[01:49.46] Spit it 'cause I lived it, nigga, Chapters of the Trenches (ah, ah, ah)
[01:51.87] Can spit it 'cause I lived it, nigga, Chapters of the Trenches (ah, ah)
[01:54.45] Can spit it 'cause I lived it, nigga, Chapters of the Trenches (ah)
[01:57.02] Can spit it 'cause I lived it, bitch, Chapters of the Trenches (let's get it)
[01:59.11] Brodie said, "Be in the 'fore the streets light or you in trouble" (huh?)
[02:01.94] Nigga, that shit went in one ear, through out the other (okay)
[02:04.37] I was still outside 'til two AM, I was thuggin'
[02:06.88] Niggas makin' threats, we like, "Fuck 'em, niggas ain't on nothin'" (come do it)
[02:09.38] Robberies, homicides, brothers dead, mamas cryin' (what else?)
[02:12.02] I was still down to ride (yeah), jump out with that llama flyin'
[02:14.54] Sharin' clothes, choppin' dimes, servin' fiends a lot of times
[02:17.04] Can't listen when they speak on them trenches, niggas ain't qualified (bitch)
[02:19.55] Spit it 'cause I lived it, nigga, Chapters of the Trenches (ah, ah, ah)
[02:22.07] Can spit it 'cause I lived it, nigga, Chapters of the Trenches (ah, ah)
[02:24.56] Can spit it 'cause I lived it, nigga, Chapters of the Trenches (let's get it)
[02:26.93] Can spit it 'cause I lived it, bitch, Chapters of the Trenches
[02:29.17] Nigga, I lived it, nigga
[02:31.63] This ain't no shit I ain't heard about, nigga
[02:33.37] This ain't no shit I saw on TV, nigga, I was right there, nigga
[02:36.32] Fuck you talkin' 'bout, nigga?
[02:38.10] Bitch