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Nights of the RoundtableJay Electronica

Released: October 4, 2020

Songwriter: Jay Electronica

[Intro: Jay-Z]
I think that, you know, for the most part that was that old way of thinking. That old guard, that this music is here, this music is here. If we take away all the titles of music you take away that this is rock and roll, this is country, this is blues, this is jazz, and we strip is down--its just the same thing. You know, at its core, its just about human emotion, you know, its about passion, its about pain, its about fear, its about aspiration. You know we're all basically the same

[Verse 1: Jay Electronica]
It took a lifetime to learn how to live
Another lifetime to learn how to give
It took 34 trips around the hot sun to land me here
That's why every ear that hears understand me clear
I'm not a rapper, I'm like an angel on the mountaintop
The healing power of God is felt in every fountain drop
(murmuring)

[Chorus: Jay Electronica]
I was not myself last night
In the morning light I can see the changes showing
(Keep it moving now, keep it going now)
As I lay there on the floor staring at the door with jaded eyes
Like a child who was always poor, calling out for more
I could feel the hunger growing
(?)
Our father, take these wings
Show me a star that will make me sing
Loud like Kanye, Jay-Z, Andre
We can get fly and be free by Monday
(?)
My grandmother paid dues in the church
For years I paid dues in the dirt
I cried many tears, I had many fears
I didn't have many peers

[Chorus: Jay Electronica]
I was not myself last night
In the morning light I can see the changes showing
(Keep it moving now, keep it going now)
As I lay there on the floor staring at the door with jaded eyes
Like a child who was always poor, calling out for more
I could feel the hunger growing

Jay Electronica

Timothy Elpadaro Thedford (born September 19, 1976), better known by his stage name Jay Electronica, is an American rapper and record producer. He is from New Orleans, Louisiana and currently based in London, United Kingdom.

Electronica first gained significant attention after the release of the musical composition Act Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), which was made available on a MySpace page in 2007 and has been called a “timeless classic” by Vice Magazine. It is fifteen continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brion’s soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In late 2009 he released two singles, both produced by Just Blaze, “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C”, the latter of which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. In November 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica had signed to hip hop mogul Jay Z’s Roc Nation record label.

More than a decade after his last project, What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica, and almost exactly eight years to the DAY after he reportedly finished and turned in his album, Jay Electronica finally released his debut studio album A Written Testimony on March 13, 2020. The album features Jay-Z on eight of its ten tracks, leading some to label it a collab album between the two Jays. The-Dream also makes three appearances, and even Travis Scott makes a surprising appearance on “The Blinding.”

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