Problems
The Alchemist Feat. Kool G Rap Lyrics

Look young mister, what's your name
The singer wants to know the name of the person they're talking to

The mastermind name is
The singer is introducing themselves as the mastermind

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The singer is emphasizing their name or possibly a weapon they have

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Repeating their name to further emphasize it

That master that's right
The artist is affirming their title as master

Where you from
The singer wants to know where the other person is from

New York
The other person says they're from New York

Don't be running 'round here bucking up like you the shit, little nigga
The artist is warning the other person not to act too confident or they'll get in trouble

Now if you want to go to war, nigga we can meet
The artist is willing to fight if necessary

Gangsters move in silence and we don't speak
The artist is implying that they're a gangster and don't talk much

Certain weight that you plead when you in the streets
The singer is suggesting that there is a certain way to act in the streets

We can make problems or we can make peace
The artist is giving the other person the choice to fight or make peace

If you want to make money, homie we can meet
The singer is offering to help the other person make money

Know it ain't a problem, I got her and it's cheap
The singer is saying they have a way to make money easily and cheaply

You worried about dollars, I'm worried about beef
The singer is saying they're more concerned with fighting than making money

On every block, I'm the gossip of Pablo product
The artist is known as a drug dealer on every block

Your work dissolve in water, my shit blow the pot up
The artist's drugs are potent and can't be dissolved in water

Get up, sharp as a razor blade, he out to get major paid
The singer is saying they're sharp and focused on making money

Rocks on his chest, clock his neck like he Flava Flav
The singer is describing someone with a lot of jewelry on their chest and neck

But play, I make your brain hang like an Asian braid
The artist is threatening to harm someone's brain in a gruesome way

Lamping in mansions, getting laid from an Asian maid
The artist is living luxuriously and sleeping with Asian women

The K will leave you head smoking like you're blazing haze
The artist's gun will make the other person's head smoke like marijuana

He be the hardest fellow, ya niggas is marshmellows
The singer is saying they're tough and everyone else is soft

Fuck around, get roast on them sticks 'til you're hard and yellow
The artist is threatening to harm someone until they're burnt, like a roasted marshmallow

My hoes addicted to me, level belts, mark the elbows
The singer is saying that their women are addicted to them and have designer accessories

Brunettes blondes tracks on they arms, I could start a railroad
The singer is saying they have women of different hair colors and could start a train track with their tracks of drugs

Killers move in silence, so I'm moving in stealth mode
The singer is saying that they operate secretly like a killer

To shell your whole fucking body like a snell glove
The artist is threatening to harm someone severely

Your chain, talk nigga, get stuck like a Velcro
The artist is saying they'll steal someone's chain and it will be stuck to them like Velcro

Bullet shells in a row, where I'm from, it's a hellhole
The singer is saying there are a lot of bullets and violence where they're from

I weigh it out like the scales when the pel blow
The singer is saying they weigh drugs like a scale when they sell them

I've been a threat since Mama gave birth
The artist has been a threat since they were born

Days that I ain't sleep, so I've became worse
The artist has become worse due to lack of sleep

I put a nigga inside the grave first
The artist has killed someone before

His wedding and his weight was inside the same church
The person they killed was married and had their funeral in the same church

He got married and buried by the same pastor
The same pastor performed the wedding and funeral

Since my youth, I was taught how to aim backwards
The singer was taught to aim a gun backwards since they were young

Therefore, I'm not the nigga to chase after
The singer isn't someone you want to mess with

They wonder where I got the chips from
People are wondering where the singer got their money from

I told them, I don't sleep 'til the bricks done
The artist works tirelessly until they finish selling drugs

The outcome could be 100 years and some
The artist is aware that they could get a long prison sentence

But fuck the outcome, I'm worried about the income
The singer is more concerned with making money than the consequences of their actions

Plenty nights I done starved to get it right
The singer has gone hungry to make money

It's kinda hard, you can't dodge the city life
The artist is saying it's hard to avoid the dangers of living in the city

Now my ice shine hard on city lights
The artist has expensive jewelry that shines in the city lights

If they pull over the car, they'll probably give me life
The artist is aware they could get a long prison sentence if they get caught

Talk slick, I'm too large to be affected
The singer is saying they're too powerful to be bothered by someone talking negatively to them

Talk slick, I'm too large to be affected
Repeating the previous line to further emphasize their point

Talk slick, I'm too large, too large, too large
Continuing to emphasize how powerful they are

I'm too large to be affected to be affected
Repeating the same phrase to end the song