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passing exchange

by Kadeem

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1.
kiss the sun 02:44
My bird was so early I was with the wolves howling at moon, Pray I die a king like pharaohs in the tomb, I sing and hope words balance out the wounds, Common scene to see dreams turn fiends pisa leaned tower off the spoon, These our standard cries for help, Lose your purpose in sins just to find yourself, Tryna make my sons shine, Give em what horizons felt, Get it from all sides like sedans, Potato on the barrel to small fry all they plans, They can all die where they stand, Tryna apartheid on my land, The devil be working hard but the job tied to my hands, Do away with errors and gift all of my living weakened, By they terrors and give a lift from these wicked leeches, Astaghfirullah for complaints on my fickel reasons, If niggas feel penny-pinching that’s when they get to the nickel-squeezing, The key mission is opportunity, Whatever my portion know in your heart thats you and me, I share my labor then consume the fruit, The safety broke; my shooters shoot, We not the same; my team got rings, you was more Zoboomafoo, Uh, Pretty hard to trace a nigga likeness, While they study fool’s gold I outpaced Mr. Midas, My ground based in enlightenment, And torment, Textbook example of soft ass making hard head, Life beat it's meaning into me til its palms bled, To know yourself, it begins where it all ends Baptized by fire, We was showered in hell, But the hands must be anointed cuz we won what they dealt, I been on point since the Celtics with Delk, Kiss the sun so I could em its real Baptized by fire, We was showered in hell, But the hands must be anointed cuz we won what they dealt, I been on point since the Celtics with Delk, Kiss the sun so I could em its real
2.
jaded 02:07
Tap in or you can tap out, Blacking out like the cast couch, We aint the same mold and thats word to Smash Mouth, I’m not who you ask for, nigga I’m who you ask bout, A black star shooting cross the night sky, Graduated to doing, I’m recouping off my tries, Decapitate the roof push the coupe down the 95, Cop a Casper, Drive a Phantom the color of alabaster, I feel alive when the numbers pop, Ended up thriving through the hunger knots, Seeing success while death looms, Niggas tryna kill my vision but I left with a flesh wound, And no stain on my name, Bitch niggas walk this land tryna claim on the same, Switch hand with the blicker, Chipper Jones with the aim, Flip grams like a Rola while advancing my game, Life wicked like the apple in Eden, Found myself in the chapel bent bleeding, I was under man, Saturday me and O would crack palms, Sunday morning on that alter, I cracked Psalms, Conflicted but with good reason, Seems things ain’t change I’m just smarter, No one cares, work harder, My grandfather in and out hospital beds while the pressure never let up, Best believe that my first thought was, “Die with regrets or get busy”, Only option here to level up, From Os to Ps like Q was the next letter up, I glow in the dark like the inf beam, Get caught up and your spirit get brought to the slipstream, Double up like Noah, Then we split cream, Stars with the bucks like Giannis, You can trust a nigga honest I said stars with bucks like Giannis, You can trust a nigga honest, Foggy ass past but we only worried what's beyond us, What's beyond us
3.
Sunshine right all in my face, While another child met the cued horns, I got caught up dodging the rain, On the way to greet a newborn, This life tumultuous, Another sign the universe don’t owe you shit, But how you roll through it? Yeah, how you roll through it? I don’t ask unless the receiving right, Some want they blessings too early before they see the light, Not enough darkness traversed, Before Deem part with the Earth I had to breathe life, Didn’t flee my plight, Walk through all of they doors denied, Best believe I was the vision to sorest eye, I was the one they came to like 4’s divide, In a room full of Shang Tsungs I kept my form and pride, Niggas will turn snakes at the drop of a cap, On Gs I’m wherever yo pockets is at, No spa days but that cook-up open your pores when you steaming raw, They on keyboards shooting e-bullets, Now I seen it all, While the streets pulling young boys to ride with some shit in the trunk that’ll drop the body before the beanie fall, It aint decided when you lead the call, Its a intervention divine, Pray all your lessons in mind Sunshine right all in my face, While another child met the cued horns, I got caught up dodging the rain, On the way to greet a newborn, This life tumultuous, Another sign the universe don’t owe you shit, But how you roll through it? Yeah, how you roll through it? The shot caller, Not the call sharer, The revolver put six on the body like pallbearers, Closed caskets what the moms scared of, Need one final look before the Lord near us, Its never noticed when that casket hung, Banana clips from the K, Fed niggas doses of potassium, Rope a dope like Cassius huh, Push daffodils until the pastor comes, Make sure my soldiers get flowers before the Rest In Peace, Shower the child til his restless needs, All met, We surrounded by sticks like Persephone, Street principles tied to the death of we, But at the same its the best of me, Duas by my bed stay, Cooler heads in this hell space, Prevail but you still feel frail without the chest plates, I know some fruitful niggas caught up in the veg state, I know there’s beauty in the swallows of our failed space Sunshine right all in my face, While another child met the cued horns, I got caught up dodging the rain, On the way to greet a newborn, This life tumultuous, Another sign the universe don’t owe you shit, But how you roll through it? Yeah, how you roll through it?
4.
big gains 02:07
Play to the whistle or its mine, Come back like Jesus right on the thrice, Up at the half aint full time nigga, Half-time hustlers hate a full time nigga, Trap ain’t nothing but by design and I’m, I.M. Pei with copious time and a, Exacto knife for all my mind mentions, Always found the fine in lesser, Diamond when my time pressured, Yeah, I’m worldwide like NATO cats, Molded these niggas, Need my playdoh back, Authentic wrist, you see the alfredo scratch, Popping a blick from the Halo batch, Dropping a zip till the payroll black, Made it out the red cuz I’m a student, Paid attention you was ripping up the rubric, My bread Jamaican but the salmon jewish, Threw it like Aikman, Since the catch my younging been providing nuisance, Got it for less, You got it for cheap, Difference is for you is quality I’m talking a fee, Big business when I got all my brothers armed to the teeth, If commissioning feed ya strip when they starving to eat, No fresh prints at the scene, I served niggas like Jeffery, Upped the ante since a teen, Others prone to folding, Texas how I hold ‘em so I’m stress free, Tryna go out a Hood superstar, We had the shots and they avoided the coup de grâce, I’m really playing the game, They Pooch Hall, Breakout spot got more sticks than a pool hall, You wanted zero friction at the Kumite, As far as diction goes I’m cum laude, Go dispute your dog, I did this all on a cool Friday, Pulling on 95 watch we bool the highway
5.
glyphs 02:50
Could never catch me flying with trash, But alot of yall look like seagulls, Gotcha bitch squirming like she expressing a kegel, Shit was discerning, Jakes kept whip turning, Tryna keep from sparking on niggas but can’t attest for my people, Saints pave the ease for us, Products of the grind, No tricks, A lot of cats would fold quick if the sleeves was up, Povich needs to come, Niggas got multiple fathers every song repeating them, No matter where my peace is from, My whole pattern is reaching sun, Went from clad with fear to the stratosphere I’m outta, Differences a year can make when you know your power, Now everything sorbet what I do son, My vision in two tons, Couldn’t afford K even with blue hunds, I don’t walk where they hands play, A lot people sells word so I watch what the hands say, The bars like when you fan flames, Get it in the Panway, Careful with how you talk they spin your strip like fan blade, Not one for the fanfare, Silent movements, 5-0 came I got low on the block like Dampier, How I do it? Indescribable like Invisible Man’s hair, Slide the Judas, A snake’s last sight is 2 hands saying clear, Loyalty first cuz royalty falters, You tryna get there quick? Or you tryna go farther?, Me? I’m more farther than quick type, Plus impartial to big hype, My shit is all purpose like Swiss Knives nigga About my business, Talk to the pinstripes, Make it out, go back, get my nigs right, They aint carving they glyphs right About my business, Talk to the pinstripes, Make it out, go back, get my nigs right, They aint carving they glyphs right

about

Consciousness forms thought and thought forms the physical.

This project is meant to be my steppingstone. I’ve always used music as an outlet, but for mostly thoughts rather than emotions. This project is my first attempt at beginning to break through. A quick-lived glimpse into what my journey will offer. During your listen, I hope it sparks anything. I hope you continue to create as your spirit intends.

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released April 24, 2020

passing exchange
a short project

written, mixed, and designed by Kadeem
photography for cover art by idalina gomes

1. kiss the sun (prod. by bza)
2. jaded (prod. by no.pulp)
4. big gains (prod. by useeit)
3. a cross to bear (prod. by jeff alan gore)
5. glyphs (prod. by skunkz)

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