Ain't nothing ever promised in this world Ain't shit changed Dirty money never gets sterile Ain't shit changed Run circles round y'all sittin' still Ain't shit changed Real always recognize real Ain't shit changed (It's all about the Benjamins baby You know it's all about the Benjamins baby Know it's all about the Benjamins baby You know it's all about the Benjamins baby) I'm talkin' quarter million stuffed up in the ceiling I been workin' takin' trips to places you ain't never heard of I deserved it Had people plotted on me, I was nervous They was lurkin', probably certain I was almost at my end, it was curtains That bullshit don't phase me Shade don't pay me A lot of marinating in the mud That's what made me A lot of betrayal but my blood made me crazy A betrayal by my best friend probably saved me Once upon a time I was broke and imaginin' Made my first dollar, butterflies in my abdomen Livin' like a fairy tale, money goin' round Through my circle like a Ferris wheel Hatin' never served me well I don't give a fuck, I don't give a fuck, say that My Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday is a pay day I keep a bad bitch to crash in, yeah mayday So ain't shit changed but my lady motherfucker, ah Ain't nothing ever promised in this world Ain't shit changed Dirty money never gets sterile Ain't shit changed Run circles round y'all sittin' still Ain't shit changed Real always recognize real Ain't shit changed (It's all about the Benjamins baby You know it's all about the Benjamins baby Know it's all about the Benjamins baby You know it's all about the Benjamins baby) Ain't shit changed 'cept for everythang Either you growin' or you dyin', it's a scary thang Sometimes I'm growin' but I'm knowin' I won't ever change Sometimes I'm dyin' but I'm tryin' not to settle man Tell him man, this the big dawg here man Got you a set of big balls, let 'em hang See the fifty bars with y'all, where the game? This that country boy drip dawg, left a stain The pressure came, the more pressure came Supplied to y'all by old what's his name Back again with a whole fresher thang Think you gon' be runnin' him? Ho, guess again I can't think 'til I make a drank I make bank on another level they can't They make fake dank, you know wink wink Pulled up and made the skank thank thank Ain't nothing ever promised in this world Ain't shit changed Dirty money never gets sterile Ain't shit changed Run circles round y'all sittin' still Ain't shit changed Real always recognize real Ain't shit changed (It's all about the Benjamins baby You know it's all about the Benjamins baby Know it's all about the Benjamins baby You know it's all about the Benjamins baby)