BAND4BAND

Album

Single

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

UK Drill

Composer(s)

Oakley Neil Caesar-Su;Dominique Jones;Dennis Opoku;Gennaro Frenken

Entered Chart

Jun 8, 2024

Peak Date

Jun 15, 2024

Released

24 May 2024

Recorded

2023

Lil Baby hopped across the Atlantic to link up with Central Cee for this cut. "Band4Band" mixes Cench's UK grime with Baby's straight ATL flow. "Band" is a slang term for a rack (a thousand bucks or pounds). "Band for band" means comparing who's got more paper, straight-up bragging rights. Throughout this song, Cench and Baby flex their wealth and flaunt their lavish lifestyles. They're done stashing thousands, now it's all about millions. The beat's a straight-up UK drill heater cooked up by Ghana Beats, Geenaro, and Aasis Beats. With this track, the three producers landed their first placement with a big-time rapper – actually, make that two! This track was first a solo joint from Cench back in late 2023, but then Lil Baby jumped on it. "Band4Band" officially dropped on May 24, 2024, put out by CC4L and Columbia Records. UK video director Wowa (Hardy Caprio, Tion Wayne, Krept and Konan) shot the visual. It shows Cench and Baby and their respective crews riding through London in back-to-back Lamborghini Urus' in different colors. They flaunt everything: private jets, whips, diamonds dripping, the whole shebang.

I'm not in the mood cah my flight delayed
So I jumped on a private jet and I'm askin' the pilot the ETA
Lambo' parked on the landin' strip, everyone in my gang and my DJ paid
Why's my man talkin' 'bout Inshallah? These times, he don't even pray
Why's my man wearing a Jesus piece?
How does she squeeze in them jeans?
Big behind and petitest waist
Take time with the GBG, we don't beef nobody like GBK
Woke up on the wrong side of bed
So he's gonna get slapped if I don't have my Ps today
I love my young boy, I won't lead him 'stray
I'm stuck to lil' bro like PVA
Paid already, I don't need no hit song
We don't need ID, lil' bro seventeen in the club, he ain't scrollin' TikTok
Fs just saw him a thick one
"Which one? Who do you want, bro? Pick one"
If I shoot my shot, I'll hit one
Matter of time 'til I get them all ticked off
Alright

We can go band for band, fuck that, we can go M for M
Quarter mill' for the Maybach truck, double R with the factory rims
I got the 90, the Urus, the Virgil, the Brabus, I'm really a threat
It's got to the point that I don't even care
I got jewels in the safe that I don't even wear (uh)

Bro'll do it for some shoes and some clothes
You'll see what he'll do for a necklace
'Rari truck, look like a spider
It's crawlin', a dollar on just the accessories (damn)
She make me wanna go harder
I like her whole aura, I think I'm obsessed with her
They hit him up on his birthday
Did him the worst way, he had a death wish
I get right under they skin
I don't even try, I guess I can't help that shit
I'ma have love for bro for life
If we talk or not, I step with 'em
Of course you could beat me at talkin'
Ain't no back and forth, wait 'til we catch up with 'em niggas
Knockin' a bag and makin' the opposite mad
I done fell in love with it
UK Selfridges, with a cute one (ooh)
Bank account look good, it's a new one (yeah)
You the type like to type on computers (wow)
Got a mask, but he ain't no shooter
Top ten when she don't act bougie
Me and your friends we can go to Aruba
Hit France, it depend on my mood
This a Maybach Benz, this ain't no Uber
We can go band for band, fuck that, we can go M for M
Momma got a body like Kim and 'em
Momma been killin' that gym
We can go watch for watch, from chain to chain, the rings, I'm him
I done got rich, but I'm still with the shit
Land in London and go to the ends

We can go band for band, fuck that, we can go M for M
Quarter mil' for the Maybach truck, double R with the factory rims
I got the 90, the Urus, the Virgil, the Brabus, I'm really a threat
It's got to the point that I don't even care
I got jewels in the safe that I don't even wear