This track is my favourite in terms of the message I’m trying to convey across the project and is where I go into a bit of depth on some of the specific neurochemicals that affect our mind states. The more I learn on this subject and begin to implement strategies based on this knowledge, the better I feel and the more able I am to work with and help others effectively.
Hence the opening line “I’m just trying to stop suicides”; by raising awareness of and potential solutions for mental health issues I am helping myself, and hopefully others by osmosis. Trying to lead by example I mention briefly the time I spend in the kitchen; ‘spend an hour with the knives out, veg for the soup’ preparing and cooking my own food, an incredibly important activity that is foundational to our bodies ability to regulate itself and help produce the chemicals needed to keep us happy.
In particular I focus on dopamine is also known as the ‘motivation molecule’ and is what gives you the feel good feeling when you achieve something. It is extremely powerful and one of the reasons we get so addicted to our phones (we get a hit everytime we click through some sort of notification) so approach dopamine inducing activities with caution!
“Write down every goal, then go out achieve it,
Cross it off the list; dopamine hit, recieve it....”
There are a huge variety of ways for us to receive dopamine, many of these are through achieving goals. I found that even the smallest, simplest task can provide that feel good feeling. So next time you're feeling a bit glum just write down 3 tiny, achievable tasks and then get that dopamine hit when you cross it off!
In order for our bodies to effectively manufacture dopamine we have to ensure a healthy diet. Just one of many good reasons to up your intake of almonds, apples, avocados, bananas, beetroot, chocolate, coffee, fava beans, leafy vegetables and green tea! Exercise and good sleep is also vital for keeping our general brain chemistry in a healthy state, but we can also hack the process a little…Oxytocin provides us with warm and fuzzy feelings and we get this with contact with other people; next time you meet and greet a good friend see if you can go in for a hug rather than a handshake and see if you notice the difference! Also whenever you need a pick me up jump on youtube and watch a quick couple of minutes of your favourite comedian. Laughing is one of the best ways to release a mini flood of feel good chemicals...maybe I will do a comedy album next...
lyrics
Legal Drug Dealing
I got the illest feeling
(This is hard core)
Legal Drug Dealing
Yo! Im just tryna stop Suicides
Looking in the mirror at night
Yo its just you and I...
Why you shouting Yo at me all the time?
Cause your a B-Boy have you lost ya Effing mind?
Nah....
Just obsessed by Beats
Every headnodder in the land…
Bless these freaks….
Play chess these weeks…
out-guess these beasts
Max n Meditate on some stress release
Multitudes multiply mayhem mess we’ve reached
Still when all the water rise we’ll be bless by beach
I am the freshest chief, diamond geeza
Human Anti-Thesis of Uni Lever
Whaaaaat?
Call me Multiple Pivots
You know the flow so comfortably wicked l
Oh no yo you got me airing out the wingspan
Do this so my CV can land me in a think tank
Heavy Mental Education its all I know
I hate blow still here so let the ladies know
Been a long time since it was the 80’s yo
That ish still influential as Felatio
To save the world I’d let Trump come felate my toe
Girls on each arm move back let me get my dough
I got the illest feeling
(This is hard core)
Legal Drug Dealing
(Yeah)
Every single line got to have a little juice
Like every single sentence gotta have a little proof
Every single menace was once a little yoof
So every single time I write a rhyme
I look for the truth
Isolation is a gift, remember that shit
Still remember all your homies
When its time to make a shift
Time to power lift, test the rest for your endurance
Remember golden rules
Always acting in accordance
Lift the whole scene
Beware my house and massive forklift
Jumping with ya in the jam cause my microphone is cordless
I love this scene my team and circle packed with wicked corners
This is church; sing along in time to rhyme the chorus
We all love
Legal Drug Dealing
Invest Some Time in
Legal Drug Dealing
I spent an hour with the knives out, veg for the soup
Trying to build the man that you heads will salute
You get an awful lot of grief just for telling the truth
Every day We cant believe the lies we’re selling the youth
Heres some facts about drugs we all should know
YOu are your own factory Im just letting you know
Run 5k fudge ton endorphins blow
Get jacked on dopamine just by being a pro
Promoter provider protester po poet
These keys to achieve success deep down yall know it
Write down every goal, then go out achieve it,
Cross it off the list; dopamine hit, recieve it.
Best believe it Seratonon we need it
Keeps us as a species feeling happy and safe -
All Legal Fixes, You feel Great
Hits you when rockin shockin
Pride and status, We Love it when people rate us
Dope dopeamine; behaviourists favouritist
Spread Love with strangers
Ohwee....
Oxytocin Flood
Have a hug or bust a handshake
Cry till levess and the dams break
It all feels good in the end
We are above space
Feel the chills in your spine
This is the ether of rhyme
This is the essence of time
This is the blessings of mind
WE ALL DO IT ALL THE TIME!
Legal Drug Dealing, aint no crime!
Since dropping home produced projects 'First Days' in 2001 Solo has hosted and performed at Hip Hop jams accross the UK, and
gone on to make 'Citizen Framed' and Unstabalized' LPs (2006, 2008).
A veteran and champion of the Freestyle Art, Solo has headed up legendary ciphers that have led to collaborations with the likes of Chima Anya, Bennydiction and Scholarman.
