Mick Jenkins - Alchemy lyrics

rate me

(Intro)

It's like turnin' nothin' into errythin'

Startin' wit scraps and redefinin' what society thinks is quality

Like who thought up the golden standard the haves?

The have nots ask not what ya can do fo' them but what have you done?

I mean you're sick and you're tired and you're hungry and you're thirsty

And ya take that first bite or drink, ya sip slow

Because truth is harsh but it burns, but it's also addictive

You want mo' till ya , drink mo' water

(Verse)

Flooded the market, murderin' flows it's blood on the carpet

A crime scene, gave 'em the light, wait 'till I turn on the high beams

Niggas ain't seein' me, drunk off this water ya might just see 3 of me

Don't greet me as God, my nigga I ain't no deity

Take off them water wings, I'm losin' water weight I been on creatine

Curin' my countenance, creatin' this gold from the lead in my pencil

I think I'm a alchemist, and it's gon take courage no cowardly dogs

In the pound, we don't want 'em round

No love lost or found, don't give a fuck bout a clown

Bit 'em wit the Pros conversation profound

I was down on my luck but I'm still myself

Drinkin' all this water tryna heal myself

Know I keep it real even steal homie

Just want ya to feel It I don't really eva feel myself

Remember when I had to find a meal myself

Fresh out of jail, crashed at my nigga Slims

He ain't think twice bout the shit

The move was a roll of the dice

Know the lord on my side cause them 63rd nights was a bitch

Always knew that life wasn't this though

Still had to get right wit the wrist wrote this though

Wit a lil light and a pistol

Lowkey, peep highkey the pitch ya know me

(Outro)

They say I be talkin' bout water too much, ya hear that?

That's how many fucks I could give

Still I got love fo' a hater would give up a rib

They say they confused bout ginger ale

Well come have a sip when it's chill

Y'all need to chill, people tell me I'm that nigga now

I know none of that shit is real