Like what is Tunez, what am I really tryna get out of this? I guess the whole idea is being in tune with myself Fully And really showing that, y’know I’m not even sure if I’m gonna be fully able to flesh out all that I want to But I mean it’s a start Like this is just really it, just kinda sit here and I work, but I really think more That’s most of the work, just processing My life and like where I am right now, how far I’ve come Where I wanna go

“Spaghetti” Oh Lord Let’s do this man ‘Kechi Chai! Searching for piece in my heart Never could keep it in mind Not that ideal of a start Thus I continue to climb Don’t need a pretty beginning That’s why they call it a glow up Head spinning like an oval Trying to find a new way I can blow up It ain’t enough to just show up Ma keep saying to grow up Like she don’t believe in me Don’t perceive in me this level of greatness Shoot for the stars like Space Jam Tell hoes not to bug me Wanna join the mile high club, cloud nine But never would love me Nerdy looking kind rapper So elegant and dapper Articulate, literate Why this nigga be tryin to Spit in a triplet I don’t try, I do This may not be for you But fuck your opinion and point of view I aspire higher anyway Like rap in five Ain’t no shuck nor jive Create buzz like a Hive This shit sound so Live I miss the stage They can’t cage me ever Why I rhyme so clever I just am, that’s all Such is my endeavor If I ever fall, then I bounce back Like Big Sean Michael-Leonard No relation to Kawhi Beloved keep your head high Word to Earth, Wind and Fire Plus I flow like Katara Avatar empire Yeah Yeah, na na, na na My boy Wang pulled a Sway on em Ain’t got the answers, so I pray on em Say grace for all my prey Pull that thang on em Big boy plate, hunger games And I know it’s getting late But we, not about to turn the lights out Don’t be uptight Grind hard, said we staying up nights Til we made the perfect masterpiece So fuck a “faster peace” It come and go But we here to build a legacy It’s time testing me And imma ace that shit Y’all ain’t safe, I keep pace like a marathon I said I’d keep climbing Til I’m there among the greatest ever And beyond that I’m the paragon Tha Don Chai! Yeah ‘Kechi Ride it out Aight that’s it bro, I’m outta this bitch

Yeah Na na 'Kechi, Tha Don Chai Just gotta keep going, y'know Gotta find it (one, two) Yeah I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching Never sold Merchant eyeing me like a nigga on the street Who be cat-calling I been stalling for a minute or two But now I’m long overdue So now it’s time to pursue I’m only short on a few Decibels of confidence or self fondness Used to bond ‘Kechi to Tha Don That goes beyond the dooey Truly seeing me in all my glory Best seller of my own story Can’t afford to let the ink dry Collecting dust Don’t know the way, but I must find it Must grind it out -- Parmesan That bar was full of cheese Ladies like the way I cheese But nowadays all I think about is earning cheese I’m really hard to please Everything has to be grandiose Not even close makes the cut It’s all a gut feeling But does you gut ever need healing It’s like Can you feel it calling on you Pressure falling on you To be free Trust and believe And keep trying Take time as I Just take time Yeah Take time as I elevate Stress mind so I meditate Let’s fly up to heaven’s gates Open up, let the blessings fall Rain down like a trip to the shopping mall Heavy drip, take a sip Big lips, small talk, all walk Take a dip in the deep end Never depend on a nigga playing defense On the pretense that you pass the rock Pretend that a nigga really tryna block He ain’t for the flock I ain’t messing with the zone, I’mma shoot my shot Set the tone, DND on my telephone Wanna say my name, then you better know What it is, what it’ll always be Destiny really calling me out the gutter Butterflies and a subtle stutter Music be my bread and butter Fed me, time to feed the others Can you feel it calling on you Pressure falling on you To be free Trust and believe And keep trying Can you feel it calling on you Pressure falling on you To be free Trust and believe And keep trying And keep trying

Na na, na na, na Yeah 'Kechi, Tha Don Chai Walk alone sometimes but We'll be alright, yeah One two, yo I’m just tryna live my own truth, own proof Never let these motherfuckers own you Niggas lying on you That’s just how it is, what you gon do Tryna write me off like my loan due Won’t do it Life entanglements, I comb through it Rolling old school, ‘58 Chrome Buick Can’t with all the clone music Who plant the seed for these wannabes Leaves from the vine I define the anomaly Call me divine, I don’t mind Know that I’mma be free from the judging hand Me and my motherland bleed You don’t understand I stand tall, stay on call Balling with my mans, may all fall But we ain’t stalling if we already down bad Learned that lesson on my own, had a clown dad He was afraid of his given name Passed it down to me Wealth from the Lord, I say it’s bound to be ‘Kechi Walking on my own I’m in the zone, don’t lose it I’m just tryna take it all And make this music Feeding on sheep in wolf’s clothing You walk alone, but you feel emboldened Came out and stole my shit, I took it back Chew your ass out, you under attack Don’t trust nobody who ain’t in the pack Wack niggas lying, save face Gonna act like they vibin with you Face facts, nobody crying with you We done trying, finna do it big Do it now Fucking with the kid, tryna cap Finna break the lid anyhow Walls, doors and glass ceilings We here just to break it down Not like these niggas who be faking sounds Vultures preying on you, breaking sounds Still a dirty game, never tame with Tha Don Can never bring me shame But if you dare, you probably scared Tear you down back to paper dreams You see me walking alone, ain’t always what it seems Always me beaming with my own light Deeming it to be my own fight, uh Dooey Walking on my own I’m in the zone, don’t lose it I’m just tryna take it all And make this music Walking on my own I’m in the zone, don’t lose it I’m just tryna take it all And make this music Music, music, music Said make this music Said make this music Just make this music It’s alright, don’t lose it Just make this music

Just a bunch of reflections But it's also a bunch of projections, too Sometimes I feel like it's more that than the former Even to that point Thinking ahead, to where I wanna be And bringing a light on that And connecting the dots backwards But there's still a lot in the shadows that need to be brought out I get caught up in attaining this big thing I don't even really know what this big thing is Just pray to find the answers And someday it'll all make sense The thing is it has to make sense to me first I know some people want to have a say in my destiny but It's not their destiny, it's mine

Yeah Na na 'Kechi Chai Reminisce on distant memories Don Dooey, fondue-y Look at me as I cook it up Poetic flow like a book Took the shit, made it my shit No shy bitch, made her my bitch No ride or die, said we getting high With the fam and homies that I fly with Don’t kill my vibe if you tryna slide There are very few that I vibe with Stay true to my point of view Four eyed, that’s another two Third eye seeing red and blue We ain’t cool, we just playing Lu Can’t be rich if you paying dues New moves, made it with the crew Lay low til we finna rule Proof Tune into the rhythmic melody A lot that some people be telling me Can’t fuck with no label that’s selling me Wholesale of a fraud, that’s a felony My broad stay abroad, she be mailing me Cocoa butter, shea babe, she my ebony Living life to the fullest I let it be Distant memories One lifetime ain’t enough for the moment Old soul with the deja vu, but I’m only Reminisce on distant memories Do you remember me, baby Distant memories, baby And the residue that stains your mental Be gentle with everything that remains A bundle of pleasure to match the pain The pressure surmounting against the grain A broken chain, they’ll know your name We chasing a legacy, not the fame Creating a memory, money gains Be making it steadily, honey dames It’s a funny thang (hm) They’ll say “roll with the times” “Illuminate,” then make up your mind There’s no debate, it don’t fit the crime Built different, won’t fit the rhyme Velvet with the silky shine Hellbent over who to sign I make it mine, I take my time I’m underground, overdue to climb A stunner now and my beauty fine No runner up, say I duly grind And keep it groovy like it’s Cooley High We harmonize, never say goodbye End of the road, it’s a do or die Like Bed-Stuy when I stupefy Bleed on the page when they crucify me Who define me? No one and no one at all Slipping Jimmy, I turn into Saul Bend the rules, so you better call No poker face, say I’m so appalled Dream big and we’ll have a ball One life to live so I’m finna stall A lot to give, reaching greater heights And I’ll never fall One lifetime ain’t enough for the moment Old soul with the deja vu, but I’m only Reminisce on distant memories Do you remember me, baby Reminisce on distant memories Do you remember me, baby

'Kechi Chai Na na Long time coming Sweetest melody It's like Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melodies harmonize Don't try to criticize my vocals That was realized through classical and local 'Kovsky and Kuti, Bilal and Beethoven Just like Lupe, rap wasn't my first chosen Then I became open to the rhyme, play the rhythm in my heart Bells chime, telling my own izm like Badu Call it 'Kechi-izm, but the shit ain't catchy Spit my flow, can't nobody else match me Actually it ain't just about the flow Put the Durag on it From the velvet to the silk, anyway I don it This songs about what's embedded deep within But if I go deep within her in bed then that's a sin I knew a Sim, I hadn't seen her since Got so cynical Life's no Cinderella or Sims Or wonderland like Little Simz Anointed by Simba But seems it ain't simple no more I feel I'm tryna make a deal staring at three doors Can't tell what's in store My hands getting sore Conga for hours, I'm soaring, I'm so empowered Swallowing the beat cuz music is my remedy As I sing over this melody Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melodic dictation, ain't that a situation Listening to inner tunes while y'all having conversation But it ain't oral, it's aural - skills for the drums Y'all still talking shit, block my ears with both thumbs Ask yourself Do you listen for content? For the lyrical views or the musical elements? Cuz I've spent days on the same line, the same beat I even skip lunch time Food for thought, my treat Let it thaw out in my mental Pause, reflect, repeat Eating up the instrumental, let it thaw out in my mental Pause See the effect I caused My mind's sharp like the teeth on jaws Or the sharp on D, it fits the harmony I fit the armor that God sent me When the walls fall down, the final trumpet sounds And I'll be found bound for the heavenly As I sing over this melody Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special Melody in my heart It's the start of part of something special

Na na ‘Kechi Chai Tell you more about where I come from Call it home sweet home, look Round the corner off of 63rd and Cass Wasn’t much around, a couple stations for the gas A couple fast food spots, Mickey D’s on the half days Remember grabbing BK on the last day of 8th grade 14 with the Airwalk kicks The whole block became my home when I was 6 Had a flock that was mixed with Arab, Indian, mostly Chinese I was still the token black that everybody was pleased with Always managed to tease me “Ike is happier than gay Sweeter than an oreo” Not much else they would say I’d be on Jameson Way down the street from the part Playing Sandman and soccer, couldn’t stay long after dark For the longest time, not much else that I knew of Took me a while to grow up from where I grew up I go back just for the few I love Now it’s part of my story ‘fore I blew up It’s home sweet home Home sweet home I’ll roam (roam on) my own But I can’t get too far from where I’ve grown Verse two take it back when I was living in my mama’s land West coast, Imo state, it was in my mama’s plan But I done block out some chapters of the plot Suppress all the bad memories, say “I forgot” Niggas calling me a brother then they stealing from the kid Then they feed off my intelligence, it’s just the way they live “Life is great” I was saying while I’m lying through my teeth I would clean the gutters, read my book And cry myself to sleep But not a peep to my mama cuz my sister’s doing fine Plus I’m here with all my family, a place that’s so divine And I was lying to myself, thinking there’ll be better days Til I caved and told my mama “I don’t think I wanna stay” That was 14 months, boarding school in my parents’ village I was 14, turned 15 with a different image Of this world and the places where I grew up Opened my eyes to a new view of Home sweet home Home sweet home I’ll roam (roam on) my own But I can’t get too far from where I’ve grown I’ve been searching for my freedom song in foreign land It’s getting harder to understand The sweetest melody that rings in my heart I know that we can’t be too far Drifting in this world Diving deeper into the unknown Tryna land upon a place I call my own Ain’t hard being alone, when the phone don’t be ringing And nowadays I don’t really be singing like the way I always did But someday I’ll be singing to my kid Tell him ‘bout all the things I did and let him know “One day you gone grown to have your own But you won’t ever be alone” Cuz it’s home sweet home Home sweet home I’ll roam (roam on) my own But I can’t get too far from where I’ve grown

627 in the morning 627 in the morning Forever with you Early morning rising 627 in the morning (‘Kechi) Yeah yeah (Chai) Na na, na na, yo Early morning rising Meditate, ain’t surprising, I see her face In the middle of grace She say we pacing it, taking it day by day Call her over, hope I make her stay I give thanks for her pretty smile Next time that we kiss, it gon be a while In this moment in time I know you not doing nothing special So come over, make you feel special Like the day I met you Like the night that you let me in Feel like making love to you, do it one mo gin It’s a win win Cuz I know you wanna see me too Laying in bed, need a better view Cuz you brighter than the sunshine Got better taste than a glass of wine I wanna make you mine, so divine Early morning on a rainy day Make you wet, you gon wanna stay Stick around and play 6:27 in the morning, heaven’s pouring Life is pretty boring, but never with you So come slide with me, stay inside with me Vibe with me My what a beautiful view 6:27 in the morning, heaven’s pouring Life is pretty boring, but never with you So come slide with me, stay inside with me Vibe with me My what a beautiful view You’re my early morning rising (Forever with you) Said you’re my early morning rising 6:27 in the morning, heaven’s pouring Life is pretty boring, but never with you So come slide with me, stay inside with me Vibe with me My what a beautiful view 6:27 in the morning, heaven’s pouring Life is pretty boring, but never with you So come slide with me, stay inside with me Vibe with me My what a beautiful view Morning Forever with you (Early morning) Forever with you (Early morning) Say you're my early morning Rising, rising, rising, rising Rising, rising (Forever entwined Got your heart, you got mine) Forever with you Chai Staying here, forever with you Forever with you Staying here, forever with you (Forever with you, forever with you)

So I meditate on those things, I meditate Try to listen to the voice inside Just find that quiet space Which is really hard because the noise isn't alway around me It's found its way inside my head And it's blocking that out that makes it hard Some things were harder for me and my family And again, this wasn't no hood shit or anything Like I grew up in the suburbs But we had to get some help Just thinking about what my name means, my Igbo name that my dad gave me Ikechi - power of God Chijiuba - God gives wealth essentially, which is my dad's middle name So it's like, is that the manifestation? Is that what I ought to do? Is that what I ought to reach for? I never loved money, but...

Na na Chai It go like Stay low Make bread & break bread To share with the folks Look out for Judas “Who this?” Laying in bed with the feds Hunting for red meat Prepared to sing you a lullaby In led sheets Slow enough to replicate a burning hell Rot in a cell, never die But shit, you might as well Cuz once the physical sensation wears off You start coughing in the brain And you can never put that pain in a coffin That’s where you start to go insane I’m Mary Magdalene smoking Mary Jane Reaching for greater heights without needing an airplane Wiping the feet of Christ in the midst of descent And I’m praying He’ll arrive before I’m due for my rent I ain’t looking for a dollar I’m just tryna make sense Of the changes And should I take offense? To the ranges of verbiage That holds greater meaning than the surface? I understand, but really Is it worth it? The purpose of “words holding power” Is to empower yourself Overanalyzing shit is really bad for my health And yet, here I am tryna string words together As I write to you this letter It doesn’t get much better Hoping these random thoughts Someday can bring me cheddar Learn to earn a life With the craft that I love Above the aptitude of the regular man More bars than my mama with the cellular plan Now check it I ain’t tripping, we be moving now Stay dipping in the wave Shit I play, it be grooving now I been feeling down bad for a minute Shit spinning on my mind But soon we’ll realize Things change Things change Everything changing Hard to grasp Wonder if my words will ever last Barely getting past the first listen Is it worth missing? Better question what’s the worst that could happen Bout to tap in, say I’m going fishing Keep with it, all ‘Kechi As I reel em in Feel that I got the recipe That’s appealing to them And I’m about to peel the layers Got a lot to say Do it with flavor Whip it up in the pot to play I’m like a Pac or Jay Grandmaster Flash or Dr. Dre There’s a math to my craft And I’mma lock in day in, day out Without the clock in, we ain’t counting hours All that matters are the flowers when you dead and gone Legacy Only thing that be stressing me Cuz things change So I’mma try to keep the range elastic Drastic measures I take more than pleasure, it’s a buried treasure Carry my name, I’mma last forever I ain’t tripping, we be moving now Stay dipping in the wave Shit I play, it be grooving now I been feeling down bad for a minute Shit spinning on my mind But soon we’ll realize Things change Things change Things change Things change

Someday we may Understand it all Na na 'Kechi Chai Someday it'll all make sense Truly understand Listen What’s a king to the most High And what’s a Don to the folks eye When most die Without a lick of a life of leisure ‘Stead they caught in a life of seizure Ill will to the heart and soul What’s warmth when you’re never cold What’s youth when you’re never old And what’s old in the novelty of being you What does it mean when you’re feeling blue You got the blue skies “You beautiful with them blue eyes” Come back to Earth, now we singing blues Blue in the face Til we red hot, now we really blew But I ain’t really saying nothing new Depend on what you already knew What’s knowledge to the smartest man Said what’s pain to the hardest hand And who’s holding up the master plan I done ran miles looking for answers Only to find The more I know, the less I understand Someday we may Understand it all (And lean not unto thine own Understanding) Just gotta understand y'know It's hard sometimes I remember my gym teacher, he used to say it like What’s talent when it fall asleep Invalid, that’s why skill get to keep The dollar bill Ice cream, money with dessert But how much a dollar really worth What’s food if you never hunger Said what’s water if you never thirst What’s first place in the wrong race And what’s your best when you at your worst A curse somehow manifests into a blessing It always does, so tell me why you stressing How do you rest when you stay awake What’s fake when you’re true to self What are riches to a bag of wealth What’s health to an aching soul The world never tried to give it a chance So how do you console What’s an answer without a question Truth be told, I just be guessing Shit be blowing over head like a ceiling fan I just pray I can understand Someday we may Understand it all (And lean not unto thine own Understanding) Soon it'll make sense someday For right now it's just It's above me, yeah Knowledge God Chai

Give it some time Soon enough they’ll realize All that you are Know you’re a star Just harder to find Continue to harmonize Raising the bar Never too far from your symphony Outta this world, they wouldn’t understand Put it on God and on my motherland Wanting to ball, but I be underhand I’ll spread my wings On the low, motherfuckers be giving the bird Don’t pay no mind to the feed All I need is my daily word Preserving energy’s like owning your masters You never give it up Can’t live up to expectations Staying focused solely on my meditations You niggas never made a reservation They looking down in the middle of my levitation I be alone, but it’s necessary separation And yet I’m feeling anxious Praying that I’m ready for a moment in time When I can show my design First impression may take a minute to burst into shine Give it some time Soon enough they’ll realize All that you are Know you’re a star Just harder to find Continue to harmonize Raising the bar Never too far from your symphony It's like a lot of times I feel so detached from From the world and what is expected But you gotta grab at something But you gotta make sure that it's in line with what you want As I grow, year by year, day by day even Just start to realize things Before anyone else It's a gradual process It's not something that's just gonna, y'know Give it some time Soon enough they’ll realize All that you are Know you’re a star Just harder to find Continue to harmonize Raising the bar Never too far Said give it some time Soon enough they’ll realize All that you are Know you’re a star Just harder to find Continue to harmonize Raising the bar Never too far from your symphony What I want Of all the things I want to accomplish, all the things I wanna do Like I'm not gonna look to anyone else for approval or validation Like I've done that And I just kept getting disappointed I gotta understand what God's placed in me And be in tune with that and be in agreement with that And yeah that's just me being in tune with myself I guess that's what Tunez is, at the end of the day