Released: August 30, 2019

Featuring: Action Bronson

Songwriter: The Alchemist Action Bronson

Producer: The Alchemist

[Intro: Action Bronson & Dialogue]
Feel all the water, Barry
Sharks out here, boy
Protect your feet, yeah

Yeah, yeah
It's chum inside the water
It's chum inside the water
Uh

[Verse: Action Bronson]
It's chum inside the water, I could sense it like a shark
My ampullae of Lorenzini sharp
Daddy take flight, five hours, change weather like HAARP, uh
It's got me all up in my feelings, I'm feeling unappreciated
Too many hands up in my gumbo
Fuck around, I'll throw some bleach in your gumbo
Flee leaping a tunnel, leave sheep asleep in a bundle
The reaper coming
I gotta say some crazy shit
Use the other part of your brain, don't be lazy, bitch
I still got the same face from '86
My whip keep the military radar on the fritz, shit

[Outro]
"The men throw out the chum
The fish squirm about the delectable morsel
But there's nothing chummy about the way they're caught"
"Which is very unusual for a yacht like that"
"It really has everything, that's right"
"If that isn't enough, why not add a helicopter
Complete with its very own hangar?"

The Alchemist

The Alchemist is a rapper and DJ on top of being one of the most prolific producers in hip-hop who is known for his eclectic beats. Al’s sample-heavy style has been associated with an East Coast sound even though he reps the West Coast, but he has worked with rappers from every region of America—including Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, and Eminem among others.

At 14 years old, Daniel Alan Maman from Beverly Hills, California entered the rap game as Mudfoot, one-half of The Whooliganz with actor Scott Caan in 1991. He also grew up with Evidence from Dilated Peoples and produced the crew’s debut single “Third Degree” in 1997. Al was mentored by Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs, who taught him production techniques and later introduced him to Mobb Deep. Al’s early productions on Mobb Deep’s Murda Muzik album in 1999 began to grow his profile, which took off after the popularity of his production on the 2001 Jadakiss hit “We Gonna Make It.”

The Alchemist has been involved in many projects over the years. He released two compilations—2004’s 1st Infantry and 2009’s Chemical Warfare—a number of instrumental albums, mixtapes, as well as collaborative albums with Prodigy and Havoc of Mobb Deep, Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs, Action Bronson, Oh No (as Gangrene), and Evidence (as Step Brothers) to name a few. Al has served as a DJ for Eminem and Action Bronson shows, and Al has also been a frequent guest on Action Bronson’s Viceland food show Fuck, That’s Delicious. Al used vocal samples from the show throughout his 2020 album The Food Villain.