Alchemy, by Jay Cinema & Chow

Alchemy

by Jay Cinema & Chow

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1.	Alchemy (Intro) 00:39		buy track
2.	All On Me 01:32	lyrics	buy track
Not the best, but I'm not the worst The way my brain work a gift and a curse Nigga like me been hurt since birth Probably will be in the dirt, or even the hearse Ain't got time for the what ifs Gotta make my music and dip You niggas wanna be rich, that's it? I'm tryna make sure crackers don't fuck with my people again It's been too long with the bandages Decades of the damage Look how we manage, rather graceful Can't blame me for not being faithful It's kinda hard out here I preserved through the years Dodging all types of fears It's clear I'm not who I used to be Had to outgrow that Clean fade to to the nappy fro, now we got the locs I'm black, beautiful, iridescent The skin like onyx We built different like iron man armor Live with honor, nothing more nothing less We blessed, but we still stressed Surviving off weed and deep breathes We blessed, but we still stressed We blessed, but we still stressed Surviving off weed, and deep breathes
3.	How Do I? 01:47	lyrics	buy track
Couldn't keep the burdens off my back, attached to my vertebrae Heard the rumors they say, but don't acknowledge them Keep prospering even when the ruins remain It's the last days, can't be afraid We still puzzled by the maze Puddles in my way Problems in my face The issues I neglect aiming at my neck Gotta use my head, play it smart We were Backyardigans, still we knew our part Where the time to Pack dispersed, now I'm a loner Traveling man Freestyles his lifestyle Wanders without a plan Hands cold and bruised Took a few hits to the dome, saw his brain flew If only he knew the consequences originally Life isn't perfect, but I don't think it's meant to be How can I enjoy pleasure if I don't go through pressure How can I enjoy sunny weather if the rain fell, never I think I'm getting myself together Used to think I didn't measure On the road of becoming better But how do I keep the pain on tuck Fuck, guess it all begins with that first real effort How do I How do I How do I How do I
4.	Drum Me (Look At Me!) 01:12	lyrics	buy track
All I see changes in the world I don't agree with It's egregious Breathing in marijuana cause I don't want to be sober til my plight is over But I can only watch it expand My pupils bounce and dance in attempts to find something secure on this broken land we call home My eyes low, but I still see bigger It's mad pressure on a nigga, but imma still deliver Well aware too many people got it out for me Thankfully Chow and Jay crafted alchemy I was on the balcony, looking for a strategy to combat my agony Questioning mortality Found the answer, I require gas in me Fucking up my brain chemistry I prefer papers, but I don't mind the fronto leaf Sluggish, need something to help my energy Pass the weed It was hard for me to speak now the world tuned in to my speech Oh look at me Look at me
5.	Burnin’ Up w/ Chow 02:06	lyrics	buy track
Every step we take becomes nothing but faded memories I'm gassed up, operating off sour d and my blue dreams We bleed deep; all the way into the soil Life is perfect because I'm black Niggas was born royal Black planet, but do anything for the white dollar I'm astonished We blow chronic, never chronically online Live the harder way, I'm dropping pennies and dimes I wanna shine, but guess it's not my time I be in my mind, trying figure out the proper sequence In my zone, breaking down the defense Me and chow some rejects, that's why we keep the papers twisted like Keith Sweat Close your mouth when cinema speaking You might learn something for once I'm burning up just like the sample is Blowing runtz in the direction of white kids I mean well Receive blessings from the wishing well Niggas not hustlers, only time they touch cream is at Carvel Vanilla scoop, don't ask why I'm like this I'm just the results of what life can do to you Living proof When death comes close to you Hundred bands of bamboo Gon' crack me up way harder than the tooth Shine brighter past my words full of grace Afternoon to ya kid Boy it's been a bummer Burnin up within The flame off the torch gassin me up Turnt blue from the grees I need me a better win Quit ya day job pal Buddy buddy gorilla grease Growing strong in the east Been in the north U can see me chillin by the feast Piff burnin Madeira wine portugees golden Ha Locals laughing at the lines But they steady sterio So typical of the losers Who barely passin physicals Hunger ridden on the fat of the skin Burnt ash and the lashes from the wind Hard hits while the storm comes within Burning loud Neighbors coughin of sin Ta Kid stop the yapping This zip burnt faster than ya last one Cuz grace by my hands Loading up the cash son Jeez louis You be thinking you a bad one Don't play with me Cause now you playing with god son
6.	Sympathy Route 01:35	lyrics	buy track
Walked outside and the sky was painted orange Sweating profusely like I put on my best performance Lord help us Hell is upon us Dancing in the rain to sade The kiss of life taught me to cherish the day I feel no pain Expose my scars like a tattoo Bullet proof soul My love is deluxe Pick the easel up Staring the canvas Wonder who's going through it the worse Myself or the planet I feel stranded, isolated People love the music, if only they how hard it is to make it Dangerous I take a puff and I'm on vacation I complain, but I know I'm gods favorite This really is one hell of a life, ain't it Can't explain it Reality draining, that's why I stay faded Took the flower to dome piece Now everything pretty I'm not ready Thought I was good in the west like Ja and the grizzlies Nah, not really I'm getting too old to be acting this silly Live by my shoe size I apologize I just need more time All I need is more time
7.	Chemdawg 02:03	lyrics	buy track
What's gon happen when the world stop spinning? Papers stuffed with chemdawg, I might be at my limit I see the world different, tripping, set it down I can't finish Hol' up What's gon happen when the world stop spinning? Papers stuffed with chemdawg, I might be at my limit I see the world different, tripping, set it down I can't finish I'll never die, got infinite lives Load up save file I been surviving for a long while Tired of it Threw the pen away, writing rubbish My bucket was full of tears Wasted too much bread through the years Can't save nothing I'm a glutton Blowing trees just to feel something Can't press a button and go back Just gotta take life for it is my nigga It's a drag I been having these thoughts since hall pass Who knew these problems would last this long Laying in the bed that I made Bills barely paid Trying make a way out of minimum wage Flip a coin, 2 face how I view my days Disengaged All my niggas got to maintain But what can we do to stay sane Stay sane What's gon happen when the world stop spinning Papers stuffed with chemdawg, I might be at my limit I see the world different, tripping, set it down I can't finish I can't finish nigga I can't finish
8.	Protection 02:43	lyrics	buy track
Ayo, make money, money Take money, money, money Can't lie, the haze got me thinking crazy Stay busy, but I miss my old lady Stuck on you, but it's all cool though With my brother Chow though Young sucio, need to clean up my act You know the shit come easy like jumping jacks We on point like thumb tacks Why you speaking if you ain't talking facts Your words fall flat All this pressure, but l I gotta relax Missing my heart, maybe one day I'll get it back Whoever's above me, just give me protection Don't know where I'm going, don't know where I'm heading Fuck the world, but I still need my blessings Love the world cause it give a nigga lessons I know I gotta keep the flame lit But it's hard when everyday is all the same shit My body aches, it needs a vacation But a spliff is a better sensation Fuck a top 5, I don't want to be your favorite I just need to fix up my mental Everyday I'm fighting with the devil You win some, you lose some, I just want it to be done for once In the crib, looking for some weed crumbs So I could burn trees and find peace Money, weed and beats all a nigga need Shit is going take us overseas That's a guarantee, never hopefully Cause I'm protected by those that stay above us It was never luck, it was written like the Lp So think twice before you decide to fuck with me Use your brain little nigga Whoever's above me, just give me protection Don't know where I'm going, don't know where I'm heading Fuck the world, but I still need my blessings Love the world cause it give a nigga lessons
9.	Why The Slumber w/ Micah Gabriel 01:52	lyrics	buy track
Do you dirty like old Krispy Kreme doughnuts Fuck out my face, lack of funds bout to have me go nuts Tryna slide moms a couple hundreds It's what I owe her They telling me I'm the one like Oprah Never do it for exposure Most of y'all lame Can't wait for sun to stop ya rein This shit right here like the needle in the vein Me and Micah G came through like Bron and D Wade Nice at this, really the specialists Please get off my dick Never giving you a single thought, but you convinced I'm your nemesis Stop tweeting, get a job kid Fadeaway dice roll Light stroll Landscape side scroll They fast forward your forwards They talk online bro Sideshow My cost of admission was different, it's fine though Face it This is lightning striking twice in the same uptown basement I used the spark to spark the facelift Treat the night shift like the day shift I treat the day shift like the graveyard We got the same 24 We got the same star Play your cards right, you might just do something Blue dream by the bakers dozen Slumber party on me, these publications bugging My team putting up numbers Boy wonder The real McCoy Probably hit the cloysters with your cousin MG
10.	Gone For Too Long 02:29	lyrics	buy track
I hope these tears worth it You can hear the blood and sweat up in these verses I'm malnourished but that fire in me still burning Look me in my eyes, you can see that I'm fucking livid Yakubians fucking up the way I'm living What I want to do to them, type explicit I miss my smile, nowadays waking up with a grimace Painted on my face, talking to myself,questioning my damn fate Why the only time I can make a song when the feelings in my heart rather strong I don't understand I gotta be a man But I'm holding on habits that are setting me back I can't help but feel like I'm trapped Living in America, how can I stay relaxed? Young and black, so I'm only given pieces and scraps I know my pops worried, cause my room looking like a hurricane ran through it I feel useless But I'm worth more How long will me and my family be poor White man got luxury galore Meanwhile I got problems I can't ignore Whitey on the moon, and whitey in the sea It's a black planet, explain to me why we not free Explain to me why babies can't eat Explain to me why the homeless gotta stay in the street Explain to me why my future look bleak Explain to me why everything we do is obsolete Explain to me Explain why I'm talking on this damn beat Explain to me I been gone for too long, I gotta stay calm, I gotta stay strong
11.	What Is Alchemy? (Interlude) 02:32		buy track
12.	Fly Wit Me 02:08	lyrics	buy track
Let's take a trip to the astral plane Where it's nothing but energy, and we don't have no names Where the bitch ass cops can't put my niggas in chains And the dumbass government can't make me a slave Fly with me, get high with me I don't want to do this alone Hold my hand in case I can't handle all that is shown This my first time, are you experienced? Have you been to electric ladyland Let's take the chance, got a couple grams Colors coming in, what a beautiful trance Let's advance Tell the truth I just want to dance and get away Every step I take tells me this world isn't safe Why you think I take the purple haze to the face And find myself walking in a everlasting maze But I need something else Wise man told the psychedelics will help So fuck it, let's lay down, close our eyes and melt And tell each other all the things we felt All the things we seen, was it real or just a dream Stargazing, reminds me life is amazing But these expectations got me hesitating I mean Nigga like me wants to sit by the sea Listen to the trees, maneuver with the breeze But nah Just another rat tryna get to the cheese But when you get it they squeeze it out of you and claim the victory I promise, I won't let these devils trick me Fly with me all the way to the unseen Where everything is red, black, and green They say the color on me is dirty Shit I prefer to say it's clean Fly with me Get high with me
13.	Third Eye w/ Dayamore 02:57	lyrics	buy track
I said roll it up, light it up Let that shit kiss your lips Sit back, just chill til the weed starts kicking in We really live what we write, it's like magic Chiefin on a spliff til it starts ashin Really zooted, too high, in manhattan Tryna find a way to survive, I keep on crashing Probably got to change the way that I'm living Im too ignorant Stuck in my ways, keep my lungs filled up with haze It's like every day a rainy day lately I keep on blazing up so I don't go crazy Eyes looking lazy Wrote this in 33 seconds, Tracy McGrady Channeling Jay Cinema Dayamore Ascending To the fifth dimension Is it God or Goddard Law of assumption be the power Manifesting causing wrinkles in time So sublime when I rhyme Cause I'm a queen author Fine tips rip these new age rappers like Excalibur Head of this Banking in like chancellors Matriarch so divine Make them move like magis preferably Balthazar Bearing gifts myrrh for the apostle, the mkst highs ambassador Bitch I'm a messenger High off the third eye I can't even lie I know we here for a good time So inhale Let it fly Baby let go G5 93 let's get high Look Playing by the gates of hell It's just Jay & I Loading up the 9 Blazin L's cool J's 14 shots to the dome OP Fishbowl Nukes gon blow, when u get what im preaching They be like Daya UAP I'm just an ET trynna phone home trynna reach in Let the light be shone Tap into source, these be the words I poem Mycorrhizal networks, do the root work? Turn my back to the bullshit, this a cool shirk I'm alive Puffin on that pain Shrooms for the grounding I'm eternal I'll survive Honey This that ether Magic Black so divine. Super novas stars always shine It's just brotha J, Mary Jane, and I Forever on this type of time
14.	What A Day 01:50	lyrics	buy track
Trying live and the best me Plagued by my worries, when will I be stress free Counting on my heartbeats I'm like this cause I was raised in them dark streets Let me tell you what was taught to me Shit not free so you got to go and take it Survived the storm, but it's still out raining I want more, swear my brain racing I don't got enough, but yo I won't complain Long walks to nowhere just to ease the pain And I'm smoking on prerolls I don't know the strain But it get me through the day But it got me through the day I escaped I escape But it get me through the day But it got me through the day What a day in the park, took mad steps Sat back, and I reflected What a day in the park, took mad steps Sat back, and I reflected What a day in the park, took mad steps Sat back, and I reflected What a day in the park, took mad steps Sat back, and I reflected
15.	Put The Word In w/ Chow 03:00	lyrics	buy track
It's like the city turn green When around me Hustle hard Puffin strong Make em dance grimy Chow and Cinema Cruising Piffin strong On the Indica Whicha bruh The piffy steady hittin long Man it's never been about this About that Triple THC And all these enemies around me Back the fuck up Make em bleed This crazy mentee make me tragic Hit the duffie Toast the glasses It's the world full of flashes Time fast Do the dashes Hit me up Knock the racket Is we dumb Is we mackin Yea Brother stay focused on the mission In a crazy world Full of fibbin Never lie Never listen Find ya peace Find ya riches In our cities in the east We so hungry In the belly of the beast Preach But we never get the mention Man it sucks when you pay attention To the signs as we restless Yea It's like the city turn green When around me Hustle hard Puffin strong Make em dance grimy Chow and Cinema Cruising Piffin strong On the Indica Whicha bruh The piffy steady hittin long I'm off the lucid blue Tryna figure out what to do With my youth while I still got it The piff hit my brain and I gain some different knowledge Told me stay off the ledge, got to keep ya head protected Invest in your heart, I keep mine in a cage Cause when I leave it open it be bleeding for some days Type of scars you can't heal with a band-aid Shorty's arm and touch the only times that I feel safe But she let me go, dropped me soft Wish I could turn these feelings off but I got too much care inside of me Should of stayed in school, been a scholar, have some dollars Instead I talk about how I feel, making people clap and holler All over the globe But let me sit my ass down, I got some shit I need to smoke It's like the city turn green When around me Hustle hard Puffin strong Make em dance grimy Chow and Cinema Cruising Piffin strong On the Indica Whicha bruh The piffy steady hittin long
16.	Love 222 You 02:51	lyrics	buy track
My heart heavy, but it won't break But I've been hurt, knocked me off my own pace Won't show my face You can't see the shame I display Scars don't fade They accumulate I wake up feeling lost in the race Am I moving fast enough, is my feet collecting dust I was told to take my time, now they telling me to rush Can't budge I be in my thought's remembering how life was We'll never get those memories back We making new ones Tugging on my weary spirit I let the tears fall and disappear into the dirt I'm overdue for a rebirth on earth I was thinking tranquility was a myth Then I smoke a spliff and my brain twists to the state of living Question if I make the right decisions I'm wishing My mind travels in search of something different Seeing sounds in a room full of nothing Kush cakes so I could rest without rage and stress Why is life the most beautiful mess And why is death the answer for peace I won't get in the physical And why the land I call home barely livable And why are we all looking down to our phones, everything is digital And why don't we kill politicians that never follow through on the promises they gave us It's just the principle And why I still want love to you Despite the bullshit you put me threw Your birthday is coming soon By the time you hear this it'll be in the past tense But I'll still be making attempts to make sense of it all My heart heavy and it won't break But you did shake it up My heart heavy and it won't break But you did shake it up My heart heavy and it won't break But you did shake it up
17.	You Lie 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Memories try to fade, but one hit from this jay and they're all restored It was a storm when you left, but now it's clearing up But I ponder why the fuck I'm still tearing up It's ridiculous You said you wasn't gonna leave my side, but you lied Now I'm traumatized, walking with these swollen eyes I couldn't fight it cause you interfered with the mission I feel slighted, you said was gon be different Now im tripping, coping with these hurtful feelings I resort with the herbal for the inner healing I wonder if you know what you did to my spirit As of late I been slow, walking incoherent Got my foot on the gas, I can't stop the wheels It's not a fantasy, this shit really is real You was my galaxy, now life feel so surreal Had me on the hook, but you dropped the reel I guess it was for the best But it hurts coming out of my chest I guess it was for the best But it hurts coming out of my chest Love calls, but I ain't picking up When love calls I ain't picking up Love calls, but I ain't picking up When love calls I ain't picking up Got my mind made up Like damn, we could of walked, talked it out Make you laugh when I remind that your my other half But now we're walking on these different paths Forever really did come fast, shit is so sad And I know that I wasn't perfect But you told me I was still worth it Gave me your heart and said I deserve it But you took mine and threw it in the furnace I could still feel my shit burning But I still got to thank you It's all painful, but you remain my muse Felt it in your soul, everything you said was true Now when I think about you all I feel is gloom Had me in love, now I'm stuck on the dark side of the moon Keep a place for me inside of you Love calls, but I ain't picking up When love calls I ain't picking up Love calls, but I ain't picking up When love calls I ain't picking up Got my mind made up
18.	Blessings On Bless w/Big Flowers, DJ nOOnsomewhere, shemar & Chow 06:19		buy track

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Alchemy! A magical process! Thank you to my brother Chow for giving me the opportunity this beautiful work of art with you. We've both grown so much since when we first started making this project. It's been an honor to grow and truly cultivate this friendship with you. This project means the world to me! I shared so much of myself with this one. Micah, Dayamore, Michael, nOOn, and shemar, I cannot express my gratitude enough for the contributions y'all gave to this! Yeshua Sunn, you are the greatest! Thank you for really making this project come alive with the art! Caleb and Miles, you both allowed 2 of these songs to come alive visually, thank you so much. If you're listening, I hope this project gives you something the same way it gave me a lot. Peace!

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released February 2, 2024

Written & Performed by Jay Cinema
Produced, Mixed, Mastered, & Performed by Chow
Micah Gabriel featured on track 9
Dayamore featured on track 13
Big Flowers, DJ nOOnsomwhere, & shemar featured on track 18
yeshua sunn on cover art

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