Fair Trade

Album

Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Label

OVO Sound

Genre

Hip hop

Composer(s)

Aubrey Graham;Jacques Webster II;Ozan Yildirim;Ebony Oshunrinde;Jahaan Swee;tR.S. AntoineC;harlotte Wilson;Kenneth Edmond;Varrel Wade;Marcus Reddick;Brandon Banks;Kyla Moscovich;Michael Gordon;Dernst Emile II;Teo Halm

Entered Chart

Sep 18, 2021

Peak Date

Sep 18, 2021

Released

September 3, 2021

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

OVO Sound

B-Side

n/a

I've been losing friends and finding peace But honestly that sound like a fair trade to me Here, Drake denounces fake friends who are stressing him out. Rather than letting these people grind him down, he's cutting them out of his life. During the second verse, Drake addresses a prospective girlfriend. He warns the girl if they are to date, he expects her to be totally committed to him. The topic of superficial friends is a frequent one for Drake: On the 2013 track "The Motion" he reflects on colleagues who ask him for favors, then ignore him when they don't need him anymore. On Nothing Was The Same's "Started From The Bottom," Drizzy proclaims a staunch moratorium on friends because of all the fake ones he's encountered. On More Life's "Fake Love" the Toronto MC calls out people who pretend to be his pals in order to benefit from his success. Travis Scott raps the third verse, making several references to women and cars. The Texan also keeps on piste by recounting being a victim of phony friends. This is the fourth collaboration between Travis Scott and Drake, following "Company," "Portland," and "Sicko Mode." On the beginning, the bridge and the outro, this song samples Charlotte Day Wilson's "Mountains." Wilson is a Toronto R&B singer-songwriter who released "Mountains" as the lead single from her 2021 debut album Alpha. Because of the sample, Varren Wade, Babyface, D'Mile, Brandon Banks, Kyla Moscovich, Teo Halm, Marcus Reddick, Mk.gee and Wilson all get credited on "Fair Trade." Travis Scott created the low-slung beat along with Oz (who also co-produced "Sicko Mode"), WondaGurl, Jahaan Sweet, and Patron. Oz created the beat at home in Switzerland in the summer of 2021, then sent it over to Drake as part of a pack. A couple of days later, the Toronto MC sent him back an idea. It was one of four placements Oz landed on Certified Lover Boy. "My job is really flooding Drake with beats," the producer told Billboard. "He sent me the first idea back, and we went crazy on that, and he posted the song on Instagram. It's a lot of going back and forth."

I don't understand why you blame me
Take me as I am, it's the same me
Yeah
Senseless sight to see
Yeah
Senseless sight to see
Ayy

Feelin' young but they treat me like the OG
And they want the tea on me, I swear these bitches nosy
Said he put some money on my head, I guess we gon' see
I won't put no money on his head, my niggas owe me
I gotta be single for a while, you can't control me
Uno, dos, tres, in a race, they can't hold me
And I show my face in a case so you know it's me
Imitation isn't flattery, it's just annoyin' me
And I'm too about it
And the dirt that they threw on my name
Turned to soil and I grew up out it
Time for y'all to figure out what y'all gon' do about it
Big wheels keep rollin', rollin'

I'm outside, twenty-nine, G5, seaside
I've been losin' friends and findin' peace
But honestly that sound like a fair trade to me
If I ever heard one and I'm still here
Outside, frontline, Southside
I've been losin' friends and findin' peace
Honestly that sound like a fair trade to me

Look, don't invite me over if you throw another pity party
Lookin' back, it's hard to tell you where I started
I don't know who love me, but I know that it ain't everybody
I can never love her, she a busy body
Baby, if you want me, can't be turnin' up with everybody, nah
Can't be fuckin' on just anybody, yeah
I got feelings for you, that's the thing about it, yeah
You know that it's somethin' when I sing about it, yeah
Mama used to be on disability but gave me this ability
And now she walkin' with her head high and her back straight
I don't think you feelin' me, I'm out here
Bein' everything they said I wouldn't be or couldn't be
I don't know what happened to them guys that said they would be
I still see you at the top and they misunderstood me
I hold no resentment in my heart, that's that maturity
And we don't keep on us anymore, it's with security

I'm outside (yeah), twenty-nine (yeah), G5, seaside
I've been losin' friends and findin' peace
But honestly that sound like a fair trade to me
If I ever heard one and I'm still here
Outside, frontline, Southside (Southside)
I've been losin' friends and findin' peace
Honestly that sound like a fair trade to me

I don't understand why you blame me
Take me as I am, it's the same me (I'm trying)
Senseless sight to see (outside)
Senseless sight to see

Rollin' Hidden Hills, it ain't no safety
Ridin', engine revvin'
Got a real loyalty, gotta get my release
Spread your legs, downtown, said, I'm goin' out to eat
You can hear them raw sounds when I rock, I make you sleep (oh, oh)
I'ma roll on 'em 'fore I ever let 'em roll on me
Split this one down the middle, wake up in a harmony (sick)
Worry, sick, I'm sick of worryin' (sick, sick)
It's just a worryin', I'd rather bury them
I'm talkin' fake friends and skeletons (yeah)
Early mornin' shoulder rubs, the lawyers, I done sell a bean (it's lit)
I'm never settlin' in, this shit get darker than my melanin (ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)
At the crib all by myself, this shit been cavin' in
Scrollin' through my call log, by emojis, how I'm savin' 'em
Del Mar, that's the beach where my ho was but I favorite them
That butterfly emoji hold me down and all my babies them (yeah)
Back with demon face, won't push away, he got the K on him
I broke bread instead of watchin' niggas break down (break it)
And saved a couple bitches too like I'm from Cape Town
Know their position, you know ass up with the face down (let's go)
I'm never content, two mil' a event, I get it frequent
I'm make an expense, to me it's just sense
I'm droppin' the top, no tint for the whip
I'm droppin' the top, this bitch tryna spend
She droppin' the top, she back again
Fuck her 'cause she at the crib again, company (yeah, yeah)
I let it slide when I really shoulda slid (ooh, ooh)
After all the shit I did
Look at how they repayin' me back (oh, oh-oh, oh)
Now follow my lead
Tell me what type of payment is that? (Oh, oh-oh), I put that on my kid
And my trust, yeah, it is what it is (oh, oh)

And I'm outside (ah-ah, ah-ah), twenty-nine, G5 (ah-ah, ah-ah), seaside
I've been losin' friends and findin' peace (ah-ah, ah)
But honestly that sound like a fair trade to me
If I ever heard one and I'm still here
Outside, frontline, Southside (Southside)
I've been losin' friends and findin' peace (oh, oh)
Honestly that sound like a fair trade to me

I don't understand why you blame me
Just take me as I am, it's the same me
Senseless sight to see
Senseless sight to see
Up on a mountain (up on a mountain)
Search through the valley (search through the valley)
You hear me calling (you hear me calling)
Won't you come find me? (Won't you come find me?)
Please don't forsake me (please don't forsake me)
All of a sudden (all of a sudden)
My heart is breaking (breaking)
I feel it coming, I, I