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The Cycle

by WordPlay T. Jay

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WordPlay T.JAY – Plot Lines [Intro] Yeah x3 [Verse – WordPlay T.JAY] Let me stop time to plot lines Way before MySpace and dot coms Way before dorm rooms and Top Ram… Way before the first time I got some I cheated on Judy with Dominique I cheated on them with pen and ink I keep writing all these necessary verses And I’m hurting folks on purpose just to try to find my purpose. Now ain’t that some sick shit to swallow. Let me drink all this Nyquil I borrowed Cause when I write it’s not numbing all the pain And my only motivation is to be a better man So line after line I keep scripting Just change up the plot that I’m living Not to mention my abusive step father Just to keep the demons sober I’m a take some Holy water [Hook – WordPlay T.JAY]x2 Down by the River, Wash my soul, wash my soul Wash my soul. [Verse 2] Let me stop time to plot lines Way before hot blondes and cold bars Way before lemon drops and mudslides Way before Bedstuy and sold cars Wrote about 40 verses a week Cause life had me begging to God, please! Wiped too many tears on my sleeve And fought too many nights with no sleep. But ain’t no stopping this King Arthur Sit the round table in the kitchen I’m carving David out of marble Start scripting all of my best visions Start ripping, all of the best riddles And to the world I’m just Malcolm in the Middle Screaming black power with no power All of these bars with no towers [Hook] [Poem] The clock of the angels runs forever, And God smiles on the newborn child. The camera sounds loud when the pictures in style. Can you see it? I would spend a week just to be unique, And realize that I’ve been me. No receipts, no repeats, The story lies… within me.
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Twenty Six 03:07
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The Cycle 03:51
Intro – Kid President The World needs you to stop being boring Yeah, You! Boring is easy everyone can be boring But you’re gooder than that! Verse 1: WordPlay T.JAY Aiight, here’s a formal introduction Mr. DOT Pitching hits up in the air like it’s MLB Putting plenty on the table now it’s you owe me I make em shimmy shimmy ya like I’m ODB OTMMG ya homie speaks motifs I’m from the middle of the map and you too oblique I know a bunch of red bloods that ain’t bout that beef And I’m the leader of my crew so call me Chief no Keef I get it loose no leaf homie you’re sucrose sweet Looking like a super hero when I loop these beats Now aw shucky shucky what you know bout me If you ain’t working like I’m working then you’re without T While you hyping up those lames I was sitting in the flames Now Mufasa’s in the house and she’s playing with my mane They checking for my name, Boy he ain’t really tame All my lines are leveled up so I guess I’m super saying Hook: x2 If you don’t hear me turn up x4 I’m bout to pop in a minute Verse 2: It’s been a long time coming but I’m near my mark And I’ve been racing for a while but they ain’t hit my start I’m on the rise thus far, and I just play my cards And that liquor got em stuck man they Rosay parked And I ain’t moving for you busters spending units on the clusters Who you touching too disgusting when I whisper on percussion Keep em lusting, cause I ain’t bout to cuff em I already got a Dyson when I need a little suction This is rap’s Sam Walton flipping lyrics like it’s Dolphins It’s rap cyanide putting tracks up in the coffin, Aiight. How you saying you’re the greatest they ain’t even talking Cause I’ll never reach the peak if I ain’t started walking cause I see my destination using motivation And you’ll never see the charts by losing all your patients Put it in perspective ain’t no second guessing Holding on to the moment cause I’m so arresting Hook: Verse 3: I meant to cramp your style when I put you on the cycle Jesus Christ I done made you a disciple Praying to the heavens that you’re girlfriend’s staying And looking at an artist that the world made famous Banksy flow I’m bout to paint these notes Screaming show me the money when I bump this dope This is wordplay t.jay he stays insane no brain No gain, no change, so lame you need Rogaine I’m super definition and you needing some nutrition Search the kama sutra just to look up my position I don’t wanna be like Kendrick, Cole or any of them niggas I flow in the Maschine and I empty out my sickness Some people think I’m finished and my 15s up How the hell could I be done when I just warmed up Hell I just made lunch so excuse my stunt I done came too far and I don’t do no punts yeah. Hook
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Hook: WordPlay T.JAY & Samantha Erickson I’ve walked through the fire, swam through the rain I’ve wrestled the storm, took all of the pain Missed all of the sunshine and gave you the reigns I’m never the same I’m emerging again (emerging again x3) Verse 1: WordPlay T.JAY Falling from the ashes right (alright, alright) Rain drops on my glass at night (my glass at night) The waves turn I hear the tides (I hear the tides) Throw away my foolish pride I used to contemplate suicide, Frankenstein I’m too a live Subject to my sentence and my only verb is do or die Call me square up root your ties, grounded now and I’m due to fly Every day that they that they scrutinized I proved them wrong I do oblige Hmm, make the world to my liking Now the powers in my writing, where’s the powder now I’m fighting There’s no gods if I’m a Titan put me on I keep enlightening Mouth guard they keep on biting, not coming down I’m gliding Bridge: They try to speed me up but I’m riding slow, riding slow They wanna keep me down but I gotta grow, gotta grow I’m riding way to high I’m never low, never low Somebody lit the fuse I’m bout to blow, there he goes Hook: Verse 2: I can never let her see me cry (cant see me cry) I’m her strength but still I’m human right? (I’m human right) I’m feeling like a Jedi Knight (a Jedi Knight) I only do leave you to try My passion what I utilize, can’t dog me out I euthanize Your math is wrong no proof in lies, I guess you wear a true disguise I’m cool with being myself Fan me out don’t need the wealth, house of cards and still I dealt Float up top, I must be kelp. Never booked you must be shelved. I’m too cold to see me melt, acting out now bring my belt Cause I’m winning all the titles, and I dance on words recital Pick your train up way too bridal and I’m on the drums like tribal. Bridge: Hook: Bridge x2: Hook:
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Trap Dreams 03:16
[Intro: Maurice – from “Coming to America”] You see, I started off just like you guys, and now I’m washing lettuce. Soon I’ll be on fries, then the grill. A year or 2 I make assistant manager And that’s where the big bucks start rolling in. [Intro: WordPlay T.JAY] Check, check one two (Trapping….Dreams) [Verse 1: WordPlay T.JAY] Said I’ll never make it. Said I’ll never be this cold Then I put out the cycle Then the whole U.S. got snow T dot J-A (Me) Coming here to meet my goals You get it the cycle? Every four weeks I flow. (Woo) Heavy like a maxi pad won’t stop for you niggas, taxi cab Now I’m back in black put a kick right in like a hacky sack Middle finger to your beamers On The Map now started with a mean mug Middle finger if you’re salty never caught me on my knees pray to Jesus [Hook] 2x: Trapping, (Trapping, trapping) Trapping dreams (Background: Lord almighty, Lord O’ Lord Almighty) 2x: I’m a King, I’m a king, trapping dreams. [Verse 2] Try to tell me I’m a loser. Guess they’ve never seen my soul I’m like a 12” vinyl You’re fruit by the foot asshole (Jerk) Using pen as a weapon A whole lot of sin I’m confessing Got the Holy Ghost, 87 Tell my mama call up the reverend Cause I’m back up with aggression, read the message Who you testing when you never learned the lesson Now your backs kinda sweating I can see you home alone Better call up Kevin (AHH!) Don’t believe it till they see it but they always wanna be it to receive it I’m a Thriller Billy Jean and I’m kinda Off the Wall better Beat It (Bad). [Hook] [Verse 3] I’m an icon now (You know it) You better grab a Nikon now (Click) Thought I would have been finished? Played chicken like its Tyson now Brain got the brights on Turn like a cyclone, mind blown Turn the mic on Scale it up like a python, right on Think I got the conscious flow Get action like Bronson thought Seven seals like an envelope But I’m all the way hot never kind of dope You boys kind of slow Keep you way back there like a kind of tow. And I’m more than okay and my fort stands still like Geronimo [Vamp] Dreams, Trapping (trapping) Trapping Dreams [Hook]
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Intuition 03:33
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Frankenstein 04:22
[Hook: WordPlay T.JAY] I wonder what it’s like to be down and feel low, feel low I wonder what it’s like to just cry on your pillow, pillow I wonder what it’s like to not shine and feel gold, feel gold. I wonder what it’s like to be down and feel low, feel low I’m so blessed to be alive x3 I’m alive, Frankenstein. [Verse 1] Young choir boy, you can’t ignore Write a score, I’m self employed you’re null and voice I was pick up out of the ashes Box me up, greater than Cassius My past slipped outlast it like Magic One of a kind, can’t mold me like plastics It’s tragic, count your blessings when you see them Ain’t made a million yet but I’m happy to be breathing Life is only receding when holding on to the demons So pray and let go of weakness and never let it defeat you Every day is a sequel to make it greater than equal If it isn’t lethal you’ll be stronger when it’s beneath you So get up and take another step Aim for the top I’m saying nothin’ less There’s nothing left but pick a path and do it Never half pursue it and put your back into it. [Hook] [Verse 2] Young choir boy I know I’m spoiled I know the wars, I’ve seen the loss, I’ve won the spoils I’ve seen the foils of past plans forgotten Keep it moving without them with knuckles whiter than talcum Grind living forever I’m Martin, Ghandi and Malcolm Any negative thoughts no stress I do without them Now baptize my head in the waves of the water Using my very soul to make a way for my daughter Son, moon, whatever I’m happy to try the hardest Not graduating with honors I’m happy to be an artist. Cause the struggle doesn’t last always Won’t be living in the past all day So I get up, I take another step I up and broke the cycle just by taking nothing less Knew I’d be the best now I say it with my chest Passing all the test simply knowing that I’m blessed. [Hook] [Bridge: WordPlay T.JAY] Lord protect us all from enemies Till I succeed drown inner peace with Hennessy I still stand got many legs like centipedes You’ll never finish me. You’ll never finish me Till I succeed drown inner peace with Hennessy I still stand got many legs like centipedes You’ll never finish me. [Hook]
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Feels Good 04:12
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Atlas 04:55
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The Cycle is an album that centers on breaking the cycle of poverty and violence. Growing up in gang infested neighborhoods, and a home filled with domestic violence, the rapper/producer turned to making music to distract him from the pain. This is the story of the process that made the artist.

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WordPlay T.JAY is now getting more personal and taking his music into spaces he hasn't traveled to. He delivers more melody with witty lyricism. Instead of giving the story verbatim he now takes you on a journey through his words. After decades of sitting in the pews the choirboy has grown up, grabbed a microphone, and taken control of his fate.

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released August 26, 2014

Album Producers: WordPlay T.JAY, Nico Fazio, Clay Cooper
Executive Producers: WordPlay T.JAY & DJ Chris O.G.
Photography: Lizzy Caroline
Art Direction:
2014 (C) On The Map Music Group

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WordPlay T.Jay takes his underdog story and flips it into a story of success. Creating music that caters to the underdogs of today.

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