Released: January 1, 2009

Featuring: Jadakiss Pusha T Snoop Dogg

Songwriter: Snoop Dogg Pusha T Jadakiss The Alchemist

Producer: The Alchemist

[Intro: Snoop Dogg]
Yeah!
Whattup cuz?
Snoopie D-O-doub'!
WestCoast king!
What's up Alchemist? (Sup)
I wanna holla real quick man cause see...
Alota these niggas got the game fucked up, man!
They don't know man!
It's real sad, cause heavy out in those streets man you could loose your like... THAT!

[Hook: Snoop Dogg {Jadakiss}]
You wanna lose your life? {uh-huh!}
Play me got a pocket and mah cock it and ya might! (might!)
Yeah! - You wanna lose your life? (yeah!)
Niggas gettin' dropped and popped - on the block every night! (every night!){hahaaaaa!}
Yeah! - You wanna lose your life? {uh!}
Money is the key in the street life! (street life!)
Yeah! {yup!} - You wanna lose your life? {nope!}
Walkin' round gang bangin' {uh!} betta keep that thang hangin'! {uh!}

[Verse 1: Jadakiss]
Yo! - 20 lil' missiles in the clip of the .5-7 (uh!)
I'm like navigation if you tryna find heaven! (haha!)
You already know I'm a rare breed, (yeah!)
Sittin' on a nice amount of acres and square feet. - Yeah, see!
Even the best die respect my Columbian neck tie (whoo!)
You just can't pass death by! (uh-uh!)
You can be homie. - Cuhz. - Neutral. (yeah!)
God Body. - Neita. - King. - Zulu. (uh-huh!)
One thing about death it ain't gonna fool you! (uh-uh!)
No reason to lie for nothing to prove too! (no!)
Why you still here though the devil'll use you (yo!)
Closed casket is how I know the bullets abused you! (whooo!)
Even though I'm a boss, I like to eat food, too. (uh-huh!)
Spray a nigga block up when I'm in the mood, too! (run that!)
Blow a blunt, get a drink whatever soothes you! (whatever!)
Cause if it ain't, the street the system'll lose you. (system'll lose you!) - Yeah!

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Pusha T]
Omen, listen to the flow let it take you where ya goin'
Billie jean step over the track till it's glowin'
You thinkin' I'm the O-N-...
... -E - metaphors are no win!
Avalanche P pushed powder till you snowed in
No in! Open sesame, unveil the recipe!
Cocaine cook-up, Heroin and Ecstasy
Got me locked in the Coupe like the Lambo's arrestin' me!
Gun play necessity, Warfare, None spared!
Duffel bag money ain't all there, we sick 'em!
All mornin' victim. - He, who test P just
Beggin' for the death walk with devilish me
Sit back, kick back; knowin' that there's none hotter!
Graduated from a drug dealer's alma mater!
Magna cum-lauder, the kitchen I'm so Jata
You niggas got no worries; "Hakuna Matata"! (Matata!)

[Hook]

[Outro: The Alchemist (Snoop Dogg) {Sample from EPMD's: 'Can't Hear Nothing But The Music'.}]
Yeah!
Who get caught slippin'? {Can't hear nothing but the music I'm slippin'.} [beat fades out]
A-L-C, Alchemist! (Niggas gettin' dropped and popped - on the block every night!)
"Chemical Warfare"!
{Can't hear nothing but the music I'm slippin'.}

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.