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by Salamay

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Intro 00:42
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Take It Easy 04:43
It's been weighing on my conscience  Tryna move right cause I know I got options  Crabs in the barrel, my plate got 4 lobsters Now we going dumb but the music stay conscious Things I see, I'm tryna live it out Almost lost myself tryna figure out How to switch things up for a big amount Soon they all gon say we the realest out Someone in they feelings now  Probably kill me to admit it, I don't say it but I need it Been a while and I feel it in my spirit  Hard to talk if I don't live it, wait a minute now it's different when it's (You) I don't know what to (Do) Play it real cool, act like I never care but I learned that with time, takes courage to be Scared That said, I don't want no bougie She gon try sue me We all want em but nobody ever wife a groupie Cerebellum don't function when tryna get the coochie Broken fella my nigga or is you Fela Kuti? But Had to go through it to remember why You only throw shade cause you never try How you gon hate and you ain't met the guy? Working so when I stop breathing, I still Never die I can only work on what I'm meant for  Almost had me thinking where I went wrong This slaps like I got the red palm It won't be forever how I'm slept on  Almost had me second guessing all that I believe All makes sense when I'm on my knees Have faith, work hard and you will achieve Either I'm not negative or I'm that naive Back then, I felt so rich with a fiver Back then, it felt so real when I liked her Back then, I would have dreams I would pipe ya You look how I feel and you smell like nostalgia  You down? I can't tell though Means more when your actions got an echo, think it's time to let go But she got the type of body make you put your own girl in the friend zone, her and her friends know
 Is it fake, is it real? Don't tell me not to feel how I feel  Don't tell me cause I choose when I heal Don't tell me Who I serve isn't real, all the time that I kill got my Close ones telling me that I'm next Eyes closed just to see that I'm blessed  I might put her in a white dress  Real talk only time I digress On God, it's been weighing on my conscience  Tryna move right cause I know I got options  Crabs in the barrel, my plate got 4 lobsters Now we going dumb but the music stay conscious Things I see, I'm tryna live it out Almost lost myself tryna figure out How to switch things up for a big amount Soon they all gon say we the realest out Watching television now, hating, mad, at who? Room full of glass All hands point at you Those you hang with might as well be a noose Those alarms just to keep tapping snooze
 Can't play the same card, skin liquorice Day job, full time work, sick of it Talking bout, I need my meter fixed Pond that I'm in, on God I need bigger fish Now I, find myself getting lost in my timeline  So much on my mind Like how I wanna ball on these niggas but I'm still on the sideline 
 With they mask on, try rob me of sleep Don't make sense the way some of us think but Can't lose sleep from opinions of sheep so award goes to Gemma for the coon of the Week All that talk, what you really do? Lately I ain't been in the mood, it's rare to find original  She said the way I'm slept on is criminal but there's a difference from who they hear and Who they listen to I can't lie I been stressing, all the time I'm investing For a dream that I dream, what an inception  Before I take flight, I need bigger wings Still I fiend for the little things and It's been weighing on my conscience  Tryna move right cause I know I got options  Crabs in the barrel, my plate got 4 lobsters Now we going dumb but the music stay conscious Things I see, I'm tryna live it out Almost lost myself tryna figure out How to switch things up for a big amount Soon they all gon say we the realest out So I'm on a mission now
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Why you so busy? Why you everywhere but don't go with me? And why you stressed? you ain't got a reason Why you got me asking you this every other season? I wasn't like this before I met you Now you in your own world when I try, I still can't forget You express how you feel on every instrumental When we talk it's like you don't know the alphabet Your issues make me feel like I'm the issue Had your back when anybody would try diss you Still believe you're worth the fight, if this one on one, rather sit and watch you try dodge When karma hit you With your dumb jokes but I miss that You the only one I see when it's pitch black Nowadays you go cold when you dispatch Say you need space, when you leave and get back It's the same routine Not a damn thing changed We just can't do things Cause you made new plans This can only go as far we choose to take it Always on your phone but have trouble communicating and I see it in you Got potential that could heal a nation We don't pay attention when the hoes instigating Low-key, know how we do it, always leave em guessing I'm not tryna see you miss your blessing My friends don't know you like I know you Sometimes still it feel like I don't know you Got me overthinking, hate the feeling Mum said never trust no words till they show you Wise words but words I fail to live by And I deserve and need me the best and you... You don't even compete with the rest I mean look at you, even how you breathe is a flex I can't explain I can't explain I can't explain But I still believe in you I still believe in you I can't explain I can't explain I can't explain But I still believe in you I still believe in you Achilles heel got me slipping I know lust like my siblings I lack trust in my instincts You found love in my weakness And lately I been thinking how it's funny that you don't even
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Rochelle I know you don't like rappers Say they hide who they are and they more actors You not tryna be a song, strung along, be the last to know what's going on I know you don't like rappers See, you independent That's intimidating Heard a real man never keeps a queen waiting This a eye roll moment for the neeks hating Actions speak so watch what you keep saying I don't have time, I don't make time Say that while doing nothing at the same time Not into games, too much stress, I get sick of it And I can never read the signs, I'm illiterate Introverted but outgoing at the same time And staying silent is the only way I Keep my distance, intuition I would find you Thank your parents I'm just happy that they had you Look for what it's worth, I put a bow on the earth for you Crawl through the snow and the dirt for you And still be the same when I be with the guys Know you holding back, I can see it in your eyes Start with a conversation, be my liberation I didn't say it's love but it's gone beyond infatuation They hang around but they don't really know you So many things I could show you but Rochelle I know you don't like rappers You say they hide who they are and they more actors You not tryna be a song, strung along, be the last to know what's going on I know you don't like rappers Rochelle I want better for me And to think you want the same for a nigga is hard to believe, I wanna achieve And I mean generational wealth, when I say that I get stares I'd take sensational steps over mediocrity, your 2 cents doesn't bother me There's broke and there's poverty Still, one owns property living in your mind rent free, let's see how many stay with you We've all heard it before, they either pray for you or they prey on you but how many Really stay for you? Not the things you possess or things that you do or things that you know cause you Think that it's cool I mean your worst days When you question who you see in the glass but you still go to class cause you still Gotta pass I mean Ungodly hours reflecting, reminiscing, repetition repetition repetition B I gotta get paid Defined as a blameless professional procrastinator It's not my fault, I couldn't think of something better but I'll do it next time I'm as selfish as you are, at least I'm honest with it Insecurity's a drug and you been (Sniff) with it, racing with paranoia It must be But these words mean nothing if you trust me
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Know there's better for me Life a test but I ain't never had no testimony Make your mind as I walk in before you get to know me I'm a target, why you think I got this weapon on me? Things change now Now you love me, you love me, you love the black man Left the womb with no rhythm, you tell me tap dance For a seat at the table and for the advance Outcome's Malcolm or in comes income for the price of freedom, this is Darden syndrome Is it worth it? No leader- I need a lead to follow If I steal with the steel, I still gotta eat tomorrow Why bring a child in this? Get on your knees and swallow What more you want from me? I can't risk my heart so don't you dare love me Didn't grow up having someone hold my hands for me Been running all my life, I see feds coming, all cause you scared of me I'm Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain All the things that I've seen got me numb to the pain, numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Never sold, never trapped, never been a shooter Sunday morning in service, I'm singing hallelujahs Dumb nigga chasing brain, know the smartest students I arrive, tell em go like they drive the uber Tried to paint you Picasso, you try brush me off But you let those who don't like you paint your picture Wearing Louis or Gucci has never made me richer Rewind those 3 lines it could benefit ya Wealth don't speak at all Niggas warming up the bench talking like they ball, learned not to get involved I don't need money on me to feel more bigger Same time, I ain't tryna be no broke nigga 5' 8" Ye, 6' 2" Jigga Money coming my height, I'm a tall figure Feel like I'm tired of this place It's like my chest been holding weights and you can see it in my face I'm Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain All the things that I've seen got me numb to the pain, numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Numb to the pain Black boy fly, my life in one episode I'm on trial, so if I die, let me know Lost in time but let this foul record grow Truth I speak is not on Rosetta Stone Black boy fly, my life in one episode I'm on trial, so if I die, let me know Lost in time but let this foul record grow Truth I speak is not on Rosetta Stone All that money and you still poor Loaded weapon or regret, which one would kill more? Tell me what you live for Incarcerated by opinions I just want to swim but I see bodies in the rivers As I look at my reflection, a sad excuse for perfection A fighting fool in regression, I smile to keep out depression Loading that Smith and Wesson Rejection has been a blessing Heading a new direction and channelling this aggression, try and make a difference Sick of people who don't need a script to play the victim I'm aiming and I ain't missing, been cheffing inside the kitchen That's the juice and the sauce One of y'all try reach then it's sorry for your loss Niggas tell me I could run it in my flip flops Play it cool, no other choice when you this hot Said once, she'd weight lift it if my dick drop Then late night, we'd take flights bumping hip hop But I got dreams of Bentley shopping without thinking what its costing Record labels text us with capital as big as Austin I'm just flossing, they said fake it till you make it Rules didn't apply for the ones who truly made it, who's debating? Mama said don't go out seeking to be validated Call me bro but you been acting like we not related They gon try drawing you out to see you animated If they can't find a problem with you, fabricate it Momentary sensations Phone my biggest temptation All these bars but it's hard to deliver the message You not looking out for me, you just looking for leverage Watch me still shoot my shot just to get them all triggered Know I got a sweet tooth and the darker the berry NSG options, which one will I marry? Get a massage once a week for all the burdens I carry Avoid people who gon make you say "I thought we were family?" Eye to eye, still you lied to me What's even worse was it wasn't a surprise to me With a smirk on your face like, "It is what it is" Just bought a new car but you can't feed your kids God speak to me, what? This is life now? We might speak one day, next, you Mike Brown Sad to say that's what made me live right now And that's real to me, can't put the mic down Cork city, my town Look around It was made just to put us down but I got no excuse cause I've seen niggas make it out It's crazy If I speak truth, you might hate G but still bump Jay Z like he ain't say the same thing Life a game of choice and I get to choose And when you black, you gon see red or sing blues When you try and make it, they gon wanna see you make the news Blueprint here but it's up to you to make the move, nigga
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I can be your refuge (I can be your) Take away your pain (Taking it all, taking it all away) You say things are different (You say things are different) But I will never change (I will never change) Won't you let me in
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Let Me In 05:15
Nigerian born or you Irish? She don't know still she ask, "Why you like this?" Cause of that queen that raised you's why I'm stylish, tells me what you need to hear And I'm gon do the same to my kids On the road to riches, who's worried about the mileage? But that's a different conversation Know they mad, you chose the alter over altercations and most say nothing I know silence speaks volumes but I gotta say something This is my soliloquy Speaking to myself For those who judgmental, best stay awake, see Haven't made the best decisions, no need to get specific, way you've been let down I thought by now that you'd be pessimistic I think you a half Christian You got ambitions But the discipline and diligence is lacking, I mean You know you've got no future with your mates holding blades ready to carve into bones like it's Thanksgiving G you only half living You want make the news? Gotta pay attention 'fore you pay your dues I know you've seen guys your age making moves No one's the same, I know you know this Till you get the difference between knowledge and wisdom, you remain confused In the house with four women Boys probably thinking this is for women Number 1, yeah you know 2 paths but do ask Not like you've sinned more than 3 times knowing that you'll be forgiven Or should we talk about your sisters? Just cause you don't talk about it doesn't mean that you don't miss them Laugh it off cause you ain't that soft Late night movies, order Chinese with the hot sauce None of your mates see you like you was there with the lights off Sis got her masters so proud, if I had one, I'd take my hat off It's one thing To have a fine girl by your side and get to say she mine But if you don't see her as the mother of your kids, you know you wasting time Already know the outcome Telling you that you should go out more Just another future ex like Malcolm Can't be the same guy I'm telling my own sisters to watch out for I'm from a place where being conservative is having two wives Grown men acting they shoe size, I'm tired of this Lust Greed Pride Arrogance A non believer asked me, "How could Jesus die for this?" At a time when it's worse than it's ever been Stuck at the bottom like Everton Little kids taking shots like it's Tenerife I see a couple looking like GB, boy you better preach but you feel convicted Who are you kidding? One thing talk the Love of God but it's another thing to live it, this is serious More than a new girl that you're dating More than basketball or tryna grow your beard out like Clayton, G I still feel convicted Who am I kidding? One thing to speak the Grace of God but it's another thing to feel it Clubbing in Church on Friday Then church on Sunday but the difference is on those different nights, you doing different things You gon keep sinking till it sinks in You've been called, don't leave the phone ringing How many times the devil tried to take your life? saying my soul's not for sale lucifer My Saviour paid the price, say it twice, this is real for me Man Somebody got killed for me Understand that Somebody made a deal for me No sugar daddy but the Guy paid a bill for me Looking at me crazy but why would I lie for? This is something I would ride for To me this is something I would cry for To me this is something I would die for but you just wanna chill and compromise with the little things Cause it's only little things Like it's not that deep it's only little things Like a spark can't blow you up into smithereens, oh I hope you listening Less talk, more action on the bigger question Feel like you took the wrong turn and you missed directions All these misconceptions Cause we ain't got the answers Crazy how if you die now, you gotta live with the consequences But I see you, you the man now Why fit in when you was born to stand out? Ignorance is bliss to a point but we gotta know If one of us fall then we dominos Why you act like you the only one with issues? All these bullets that be flying, I'm the reason nothing hit you 2019, add it up, that's 12, quick maths, Royce new, 2 years passed, you want one too so you out here flexing like you got it But you really just neglecting what's important Thinking you got time like you know the due date It's never too late until it's too late
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P.S.M. 08:33
Only Love I know was crucified Same Love saying we should unify I was living for a suit and tie So I either meet targets or meet suicide Struggling with letting go, meant to blow, I can't compromise it for some decimals, let you know, they ain't for you even if they said you bro With a higher power, written, it's been set in stone Should be married to the streets but I had cold feet, you know me I got other plans House bigger than my pride, see my mother dance, on the fence, temptations Road's longer when you do things that the others can't Look in my eyes, I risked everything for this Say you rooting for me, you don't realise Body language fluent but I hear it in your eyes One thing I hate is when somebody telling lies Been watching, look I got too much to say They only feel you when you pass away We tried it all is what the doctor say God take him home is what the pastor pray Smiling heavy but I'm not ok, another body dropped today Try and do the mathematics Darker the shade, they playing target practice, sick of tired Naive to say so I just want p's Can't match my drive with all your car keys, I'm raw please, they switching now Remember when you laughed at us? "What a bunch of bad rappers" "4 for a nice average" One rhyme, saw me as a no name Saw me on stage, now you talking bout your throat game What? All them dark skin jokes, now you want dick? Now niggas get gassed, take they own pick Always motives, I'm not living for those moments, g I'm focused and she knows this, if she grind then she can hold this You care less when tears dropping from your mother Had me decorating armour, had to take family further Want no drama, dodge women, I'm just waiting on my karma Fed it to her, that way she can't be my baby mama, living life with the tints on it Might stretch her vocals chords if she sing on it Hit the team? I could never put a ring on it Got the fam on my back, add a mink on it Facts, if I speak on it I give it to my Creator and I love when you hating They don't know where I'm aiming Ain't no choice but to make it It's not in me to fake it I put my life inside my lyrics, figured facts should come with figures Niggas had me burning bridges, claim they know what real is I got dirt all on my fingers, used to making bad decisions, cycle vicious, sacreligious, tryna get it with my niggas Told you and I warned you Hating it they'll applaud you Smiling but they ain't for you Greetings to keep it cordial Best compliment I got is when they look at me strange and start squeezing they face like you ain't normal You surprised? I'm offended How I'm wise with the letters You a fraud and I meant it Check the style, I'm embellished This is crack, imma sell it Yeah I'm fly, I'm propelling Doing fine, copacetic I'm the guy, yeah I said it Heard he only stay real if he doesn't make it You wish, I ain't tryna stay underrated On my way to the top, grab my boarding pass and like it's my first time, g I'm coming fast Don't be fooled by the love, you don't know them guys They be smiling in your face plotting your demise Have you crying to the Lord 'fore you close your eyes Flashback with your wifey where the ocean lies But it's cool, it's a game, see I know your lies Gift and a curse when you know you're wise, you used to show me the door now you tryna show me titties, must be dizzy, nah I'm busy and I'm batting on a billi, now she coming for my accent Just before you was staring at my black skin, Emmy for the acting Type to tell everyone, she got a black friend Rookie in this thing but I'm tapped in I been spectating, now the flow breathtaking They just know I came up, they don't know the steps taken I be getting real love, 's probably why the rest hating and I'm sick with it, never been the best patient Got me spaced out again back with thoughts that align, in my mind I'm a star but I'm yet to go far, from the depths of my heart, I just wanna see the scene shine But I won't suck dick for some screen time Fortune said, "release, show these niggas you a beast'', you know half of them are weak, they don't practice what they preach Red beams poking thinking how am I gon' manoeuvre this? Never measured up but g I'm headed where the Ruler is, I gotta move smart Sharp ass mind like that yellow kid Bart, had to hit the restart just to get the recharge now I'm working in my leisure Look at my expression, I do better under pressure and I know Time don't last, time go fast when I rhyme with class, now I'm in class watching time race past, every rhyme I spazz which means I'm gon' last Funny when you working for the finer things No one ever tell you what the drama brings You don't see behind the scenes, out here tryna keep the peace, you gon' make me grab a piece, call Annalise for my release and bro she got her own mind Face like Gina and a body like Pam, got me looking like damn Said straight up you looking for the right man Said if she don't like rappers place your heart in my hand I'm a prophet, a genius Only way I'm selling out is if we talking arenas, I know that I need this Still looking for a way to get the recognition Anything can fit your palm if you see repetition Never listened, all that pessimism messing with em, once I get the vision, they invent a prison, scepticism On the television, you can ever reach em, what the hell? this is the best decision, I could ever risk and I could ever picture And you was on your way but you stopped there No one cares if it's not fair You make me feel I don't belong here Which makes it clear that I'm the one here Keeping it a hunnid Feel like I been running Anything, I gotta get the money So much hides behind a smile but I'd go through it all just to make mother proud Ain't no overnight here boy we working Tempted again, I can tell that he lurking Losing myself, I just can't for a person Probably the reason right now that I'm searching I knew some but they lost in the streets I don't chill round y'all for my peace I got love for my enemies Since I met God, I know what it means Music loud but there's no one around still they all going wild as I sing to the crowd Tell me how's that for imagination? Reality for someone who's not impatient Keyboard learning, now I'm tryna make beats Till y'all full, I just feel I can't eat Never thought I'd get to open up for Dave East Didn't do half of my set but they asked to take pics Thinking out loud I must have quarter milli on me right now Steph Curry range with a Range on the road, everywhere that I go now they say it's my town but Envy taking niggas more than old age so I'm swerving BS like it's road rage Even when you show em love's when they hate more Niggas love to give advice but can't take one Messing with me mentally Can't get the best of me, save it for the ones who be deserving of my energy I don't get gassed by who's tryna get next to me Niggas chose pussy, b I chose equity I've been told May watch who you listen to These days men talk more than women do They love on a countdown, it's not unconditional and stay with the fam if they all got a vision too Know where I am but I'm lost in my thoughts, lotta things to be done till I'm dropped in a box, I don't sniff, I don't cut, don't do scotch on rocks still I look in the glass, all I see is a opp These days all I really want is peace of mind I don't talk but I always feel the need to rhyme, seeing I'm noticing niggas too scared to be themselves, following they friends when they don't know who they even is Joy in the pain, found love in the rain Gold, pride, flow, peace, truth, lust in my veins Is depression a myth if often it came? Give it time, I'll be fine till I fall deep again But I'm glad that the skin's smooth Melanin gold with heavenly flows when letting it go, it better be told, I'd do anything it takes just to be happy while I catch a body on the track like it was thrown at me Never stole, always gave it back Did the same thing with her heart but she still attached All that shade thrown, she won't see me catch Money coming, I'm just tryna find a fit to match You can't say how you feel at your big age Need forgiving, I been sinning, Lord I need grace Mentally I need the rest, it's like my feet chase A life that I'm tryna live without the briefcase Confess Itching for a fix now I'm obsessed S'why I do more and I talk less It's on D.N.D, I don't want stress And I like people round me but I love space S'why a few people round me got a long face Like, "I ain't even heard from you in like 4 days" A legacy or hanging out g, what you want chase? Only Love I know was crucified Same Love saying we should unify I was living for a suit and tie So I either meet targets or meet-

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Throughout this project, a connection is created with the artist as we explore a myriad of emotions through soft cadences, sweet melodies and effortless rhymes and lyricism. A raw display of storytelling, with a buzz of excitement and the edge of a new sound, Salamay delivers a debut project worth listening to and spending time digesting. Music is indeed food for the soul and this project feeds it.

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released November 12, 2021

Lead production: Paul 'Major Keys' Koumah
Featured production: Ebenezer Laleye, Richard Femi Adebusuyi

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Salamay

Salamay, Nigerian born, is a conceptual artist residing in Ireland.
Salamay experiments with a range of sounds. "It's the only way I know best to express myself”.
Constantly developing his craft, Salamay presents thought-provoking lyrics combined with poetry that possess intrinsic meanings.
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