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Intro
00:42
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2. |
Take It Easy
04:43
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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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3. |
Tho(ugh)ts ft. Dami Mila
03:50
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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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4. |
Rochelle - Skit
00:45
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5. |
Rochelle / Trust Issues
04:08
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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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6. |
Numb ft. Dami Mila
06:05
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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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8. |
Let Me In
05:15
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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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9. |
P.S.M.
08:33
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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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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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