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On The Way

by Benjamin Elia$

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1.
OTW 03:57
Hey baby, you coming over tonight? Yeah, I'm on my way Alright, see you soon Hey, Hey, Hey I be on the way I be on the way, ay, ay, ay I don't got nothing but you You don't got nothing but me If you ever get here I know you'll never leave I know you never leave I know you never leave I know you never leave So where the hell you be? Like Where the hell you be? Just the other day I met this stoner girl Wasted my time but she changed my world Asked her if she wanted all the finest pearls She said the Earth is so full of perils Took her for a spin and she called that shit a twirl Took her to the park and called the rabbits squirrels Living in the moment, so I let the amber burn Baby grabbed my hand, oh you got so much to learn My vision returned The years that I burned Waiting for signs Too immature Trust the divine Touch is so pure I don't need answers No, I just need more She's taking me back Making me laugh Lost in a daydream Get lost in the past Desperate to stay clean She rolls in the grass I know I just met you You're all that I have I don't got nothing but you You don't got nothing but me If you ever get here I know you'll never leave I know you never leave I know you never leave I know you never leave So where the hell you be? Like (You told me you were leaving two hours ago) Where the hell you be? I know I got this issue, man I get attached too quick Hold on to the moment Cause I'm worried it'll slip She said she had fun But then she went and dipped So I hit up Oscar and went to go and spit Ambition's a facade, tired of the mirage I just want to kick it and get a back massage I just want a crib, with a small garage I just a want a kitchen that neighbors call large Never want to win, then I start to lose Know I'm so late, still hit the snooze I just hit her DM, I ask her what's new Never hit me back, well what's new? Story of my life, man I'm always out of place I just wanna wife, who strokes me on the face Used to have a girl, but I had to go escape So all I got left are my rhymes and my tapes, 'cause I don't got nothing but you You don't got nothing but me If you ever get here I know you'll never leave I know you never leave I know you never leave I know you never leave So where the hell you be? Like Where the hell you be? Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey I just left my place Got no time to waste I hope I never make you wait Don't got much to say Know I'm not too late Don't count the time it takes I promise you I'm on the way
2.
LO SIENTO 04:00
Lo Siento, I'm resentful Get my cup, my mix is special Channel waves into this vessel Run it back, just like Memento Taking clothes right out the dresser Poppin' tags to impress her Wounds that fester, feeling lesser Swear I wish I never met her Mama says to take your time and let it come to you I say trust the process, but I'm forcing the issue Good advice she gave it, now I'm trying to make it true One night we'll look back on the days before we blew Ain't feeling that way, but these lyrics they spray Showing up great, now I'm showing up late Showing up hate, turning the page Burning up sage, earn for it days Earnest mistake, murk up game Dirt on my name, never my face I just embrace life is race Solace in soul, I get taste Laced with some lace Hand on her waist Told her to wait I need a break Dropping a ball Like I drop all the hate Dropping a ball Like I drop a mix-tape Dropping the knowledge And wisdom to polish Dropping the bar, life is so lawless Dropping my number, you can go call this Dropping your class, this ain’t no college Mama says to take your time and let it come to you I say trust the process, but I'm forcing the issue Good advice she gave it, now I'm trying to make it true One night we'll look back on the days before we blew Mama says to take your time and let it come to you I say trust the process, but I'm forcing the issue Good advice she gave it, now I'm trying to make it true One night we'll look back on the days before we blew A watched plant, never grows Lyrics drip, never flow Empty chamber, all echo I'll take you where wanna go Most these folks, no they don't know (They don’t know) Point me towards their cars and clothes They try to fly, but dive like nose And no harm done, just stubbed their toes Ash I rose, I stash these prose Like crowds at shows, I hope they grow Know it's slow til shit explodes I'm Counting Crows with Mr. Snow Reap and sow the weed I blow Traverse the earth the path I chose Don't know quite where but know its close Don't know quite where but know it's close Mama says take to your time and let it come to you I say trust the process, but I'm forcing the issue Good advice she gave it, now I'm trying to make it true One night we'll look back on the days before we blew Mama says take to your time and let it come to you I say trust the process, but I'm forcing the issue Good advice she gave it, now I'm trying to make it true One night we'll look back on the days before we blew Lo Siento I'm resentful Get my cup, my mix is special Channel waves into this vessel Run it back, just like Memento Taking clothes right out the dresser Popping tags to impress her Wounds that fester, feeling lesser Swear I wish I never met her Heavy traffic reported ahead
3.
Ayo Shtumper, turn me up man Left a message in a bottle Saying I'm the one to follow Rejected by Apollo What a bitter to pill to swallow Slyly grew my IG Got a like from a model Told all my homies And it made me feel hollow Lonely around people, social on my own Tryna go global, hopeful for a home Boastful that I'm mobile but I’m tired of my phone Know the bills pile up, when you start to roam Smoke and dust, cans I bust Time for you to fuck with us Climb is rough, in rhymes we trust I'll never be the runner up Bronze or gold, my soul is sold Ride the tide, break the mold Die inside if I fold Summertime getting cold Take a pull Feeling full I just want more Lauryn Hill Pop a pill Settle that score Me and goals Man, we got great rapport If I said then I meant it Kick down the door MIA I've been looking for you Dreaming of things, we didn't do Hoping that you made it Spread your wings and flew Let you go free Cause deep down I knew MIA I've been looking for you Dreaming of things we didn't do Hoping that you made it Spread your wings and flew Let you go free Cause deep down I knew They just read my message Stopped after a sentence We a generation That ain't got no attention Grew up in recession Fantasy reflectin' A vanity direction I know it's a projection Can I get a mention? Speed up my ascension All I really want is success, no concession Can I get a mansion? With some woman dancing Couple million views Even more reactions Surpassing all my classmates I’m following my passion Nowitzki when I'm spitting, never miss I'm a maverick Smoking mad Cubans cause I've always been an addict (Smoking mad Cubans, cause you always been an addict) Feeling so fantastic, never went scholastic Eyeing a new gadget, God I gotta have it Verse is all elastic, I just went and snapped it Words are all magic, make insane happen Big heart, often breaks Big dreams, I call fate Down bad, made mistakes Turn around hope life gets great Big heart, often breaks Big dreams, I call fate Down bad, made mistakes Turn around watch life get great I always knew l always knew I always knew You did too (Yeah just like that) I always knew l always knew I always knew You did too MIA I've been looking for you Dreaming of things, we didn't do Hoping that you made it Spread your wings and flew Let you go free Cause deep down I knew MIA I've been looking for you Dreaming of things we didn't do Hoping that you made it Spread your wings and flew Let you go free Cause deep down I knew
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BRB (skit) 01:00
Remember when you said you were gonna take me ice skating And I got so excited I did my hair and everything And we were on the way there when you stopped the car You pulled over on the side of the road Looked me in my eyes And you told me that you loved me You couldn't stand the idea of seeing me fall So we turned the car around and went home Well, I think I never really let that go And last weekend I took my niece to the rink And she had the time of her life She kept falling and falling And each time she'd get up she’d smile at me She begged me to join her Come on Auntie, you gotta try it's so much fun But then, it was too late I was terrified I couldn't stand the idea of falling I guess that's funny because now All I want to do is fall
5.
Nothing really matters And nothing really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces With all these faces All-all-all these faces I just wish to connect With all these faces Four leaf clover, pounds of reef I’m blowing smoke and so much grief Mama says she's missing me My whereabouts a mystery Knowing if they notice me Then I'll have a soul to free (Yeah) I just dropped burnt CD (What?) We flip that shit like currency (Huh?) Missing Noah when I'm sober Push a pack, man Game is over Robbin Batman, I just told her Heroes never meet the quota Papa says I better rush more I be out in South Dakota They don't know what I blush for I just know I need to love more So much shifting man (Man) It don't make no sense (No sense) Evident my pain comes from sitting on the fence (Yeah) Sediment in my brain (What?) Hitting up the game (Yeah) Hidden from the frame, cause I don't look the same Nothing really matters And nothing really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces Nothing really matters And nothing really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces Taste your bud, I taste your love I taste your hug like it's drug The grave I dug is made for us I hope I never made you run Made a pun, to play is fun Now I wish I had a gun Fully loaded locomotive Loco if I pull a stunt Only used to hit the blunt, and then I tried a Xan' (Xan') Mind be in the sky, God I just pray to land (Huh) Trends with friends and ego bends I know my soul and he transcends I justify the means with ends I trust the process, never men Four leaf clover, pounds of reef Blowing smoke and so much grief Mama says she's missing me My whereabouts a mystery Knowing if they notice me Then I'll have a soul to free I just dropped burnt CD We flip that shit like currency Flip that shit, we flip that shit We flip that shit, I flip the script Flip that shit, we flip that shit We flip that shit, I flip the script Flip that shit, we flip that shit I flip that shit, we flip the script Flip that shit, we flip that shit We flip that shit, I flip the script Counting all the hours Since I kissed you in the shower Called you a damn coward Now you blooming like a flower Should've bought you flowers Oh I should’ve bought you flowers I wish I got you flowers Oh I wish I bought you flowers Roses and some columbines Are all you need to be mine Feeling like a concubine Wish I could just hit rewind My clock unwinds on borrowed time I'm sorry that I took your time I wish I had some flowers Shit, I wish I bought you flowers Nothing really matters Nothing really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces Nothing really matters Nothing really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces Nothing really matters Really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces Nothing really matters Really changes I just wish to connect names with All these faces
6.
You need a remedy? Take a hundred Told my chick I'm up, up for something Took one sip, was prolly just bugging Pulled up late to the fu-function Froze on sight I been so impulsive Door wide shut, ey don't ya go touch it Vibe all night, the buzz is compulsive I'll go off, I'm high on indulgence What's a conversation if it doesn't have some pot? What's a destination if it doesn't have a stop? What's a good vibration if it doesn't have a drop Once I take it out the basement then I'll sell it at the shop My mind is too complacent, god I hate it like a cop And all I see around me are things that I don't got Do I really need em? Man I'm living with that thought Will I whip a European Should I settle for the shot? (Shot, shot) Never settle for the shot (Shot, shot) Never settle for the (Shot, shot) Never settle (Shot, shot) Never settle for your shot We ain't go gonna back All I want is the wax (All I want is, all I want is) We ain't gonna back (Either you give or you take it) All I need is a plaque (Hey) Look One move, one destination Which is a move I gotta take ‘cause everybody hating But watch me make it, I’ve been waiting on my time to shine Popping pills just to stay up because I’m on my grind I’m just trying to get my money right You can’t see that? Plaques on my wall, when I ball they won’t believe that (Uh) They say its levels and I’m trying to reach the top Self-medicating for the hating trying to make it stop But look, I’m all I got so I’m soldier to the end Mixing syrup with the soda, put the weed in the wind I see once again, that devilish look Feeling nervous, take a hundred, now it’s leaving me hooked Little money for what I need and it’s leaving me shook Good kid mad city, now I’m labeled a crook My remedy is weed and liquor Don’t want to fall behind Shouldn’t smoke but I gotta cope With what’s running through my mind, like Pills and some powder was feeling so vacant The way that I’m moving, oh lord it’s the strangest I’m hoping and praying I never do take it Been waiting and waiting but where is my spaceship? Fly too high, I almost touched the sun (Almost touched the sun) Where are you going and baby can I come? How can it be ending when our trip has just begun? Who says take a hundred, I can’t even handle one We ain't go gonna back (No, he ain’t going back) All I want is the wax (All I want is the wax) We ain't gonna back (No, he ain’t going back) All I need is a plaque (All I need is the plaque) We ain't go gonna back (No) All I want is the wax We ain't gonna back (Hey, hey, hey) All I need is a plaque
7.
MAC 04:29
The older you get and the more you see You start to find out that the things you love aren't so simple anymore I don't really know where you gonna take us Nights are full fights, mornings full of makeup Our clock does reset, every time we wake up If I brick my shot, will I make the layup? Fantasies dreams change after dark Jaded cross-faded, my aim is to spark We not prepared, often impaired, hit it in pairs Hop on that ark Passion distilled it got killed like Stark Subdued with it booze To get loose when you're not Nothing to lose Still lost your heart Baby I'm looking but looking is hard I don't want smoke Less I'm provoked I don't want love Take off your robe Blessed from above, I just can't let you go We were so far til the weed got us close I gotta know I’ve gotta know Where do you think All this can go? Take it so slow I can't say no Till I feel boxed in And need room to grow Let's get in the car, I'm ready to drive Grama is waiting on the other side Wants me to fly, at least I'm alive Things will be better, once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive I just need to find to myself Lord wonder why I hide? Obsolete I’m copping beats No stopping me, I'm coughing heat Planted seeds I'll never see Blowing trees with our enemies If you find a place, I'll sign the lease I'll trade my chain take a leash Kill a man, or hold your hand My only plan is ease your grief Grandma told me bout birds and bees I think cash is our missing piece Bump rap CDs, keep my wrist on freeze I don't sneeze Hoping and coping my thoughts are so open Addicted to sinning my pot is so potent I'm sipping my potion to ease the commotion Get tossed in the ocean, I'm so good at floating Gloating showboating, I know that I wrote it Stumble be humble, my ego eroded Hone it, bemoan it the point is to own it Ay pass me the joint, my turn to smoke it (what?) Yo Ben I thought you were staying off this stuff? Yeah, I am but some nights I just need to get away Let's get in the car, I'm ready to drive Grama is waiting on the other side Wants me to fly, at least I'm alive Things will be better, once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive I just need to find to myself Wonder why I hide? I don't really know where you gonna take us Nights are full of fights, morning full of makeup Our clock does reset every time you wake up If you miss your shot, who will make the layup I don't really know where this gonna take us Every single fight always ends with makeup I just caught a flight, you were shouting wait up Then I turned around, you were mouthing breakup Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive Once I arrive I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I just arrived I can tell you this man, you never end up where you think you’re going
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AM$TERDAM 04:08
Never had a home, wanna go back I just need to make mil’ so fast Lately, I've been thinking bout Colfax Back where I learned all the cold facts Do you believe in me? Cause I can't see I know I got a place to be I know I got a place to be I know I got this place to be Got the coldest shoulder in the Boulder Before I got older Asked for directions, all I got is a motor Like this ain't Detroit I missed the point Dimmed the noise Just a little kid playing with my toys Grew up quickly, so mature Went Flatbush, met Lucifer I was using, not conducive Lost in new shit Before music Infused confusion Into my evolution My new year’s resolution Change my constitution I was weak-minded, blindsided Thank God, my homies kept riding I kept rhyming, got thriving Then vibrant, changed climates All ladder, try climb it Hit the top, my assignment So desperate for answers Desperate for answers, man So I caught the first flight I could For Amsterdam We gon’ find our way Always just been on the way Give me just one more clean slate I swear it's all worth the wait Chasing a high Chasing the love Chasing a feeling I know I can't rush Chasing a childhood Chasing my crush A girl named Elizabeth Made me go blush Chasing the plug Chasing some drugs Chasing some peace Chasing a dove Chasing a dream Hope it adds up Chasing a team Know I'm next up Introspective, disconnected Mind frequency intercepted Lost perspective, play some Tetris Change my setlist, I'm too reckless Almost wrecked this, mama reckons Sunshine beckons Get my head checked Emotion shift in a second Spent a sunny in Dam Square Attitude was devil may care But demons don't play fair So I'm never going back there Cause the father you go The more you see yourself And I’ve been running my whole life Can't stop myself Put my pain on the shelf Aim for good health And gain all the help From inside Refine my mind Define my lines To find what's mine (What's mine?) ‘Flect on my childhood Bedroom walls were green Before I cared about dollars All I had were dreams Used to play with legos Imagine crazy scenes I'd go back in a second But I got a place to be We gon’ find our way Always just been on the way Give me just one more clean slate I swear it's all worth the wait Never had a home, wanna go back I just need to make mil’ so fast Lately, I've been thinking bout Colfax Back where I learned all the cold facts Do you believe in me? Cause I can't see I know I got a place to be I know I got a place to be I know I got this place to be What you gotta accept, man Is that wherever you go You're gonna be there And maybe you're just the type of person that's always on some kind of journey You see, What I'm trying to say is that even once you arrive In one way or another You're still gonna be on the way You have reached your destination
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Hey, I'mma be there in like ten minutes Yeah, this time for real No clothes to wear but I don't care I'll spend the day in my underwear Close to where? Wait are you there? Yeah, say a prayer cause life ain't fair Met my girl with just a stare A lust affair I trust the glare Love, I swear I'm almost there Can't forget those plums and pears Ain't talking fruit, need extra room Perplexed and stressed, I'm coming soon Abruptly noon I'm stuck with you Yeah, one kiss and we on the moon Never wait I'm always late Refresh our date, with a better place Need my space I love the chase I'll break your heart, I'm best replaced What a start, obsessed with art Leave my mark, but I gotta dart Love the park, love the dark Love can spark the strangest arcs I'll play my part, but it's best to part Only me, when we're apart Off the ship, I disembark Cue the end before the start Waiting for you There's nothing new Glad that I caught you We talked for a few Waiting for you Done with half-truths I'm waiting And waiting And waiting For you Waiting for you There’s nothing new Glad that I caught you We talked for a few I'm waiting for you Beggars don't choose I'm waiting And waiting And waiting For you I saw you left a letter That said you on the way My heart is like a feather You can watch it float away Waiting for forever Forever never came Forever would be worth it If you ever came I know you need a hero, but I just sold my cape I really wish you didn't, but you always need escape Tonight I'll be home early, please open up the gate Oh, it would be my pleasure But we both know you'll be late Waiting for you There's nothing new Glad that I caught you We talked for a few Waiting for you Done with half-truths I'm waiting And waiting And waiting For you Waiting for you There’s nothing new Glad that I caught you We talked for a few Waiting for you Beggars don't choose I'm waiting And waiting And waiting For you Never really knew I never really knew I never really knew How much it hurt you I never really knew I never really knew I never really knew How much I hurt you Waiting for you There's nothing new Glad that I caught you We talked for a few Waiting for you Done with half-truths I'm waiting And waiting And waiting For you I’m so done with waiting for you, I’m so fucking done I’m so done with waiting for you, I’m so fucking done I’m so done with waiting for you, I’m so fucking done I’m so done with waiting for you, I’m so fucking done You said it yourself, a watched plant never grows And if I really want to bloom I guess I’m just going to have to let you go
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LOL 03:42
Oh, oh funny how you never Oh, yeah funny how you never Oh, oh funny how you never It's all so funny Funny how you never end up Where you think you think you going Left home kinda early with the intention Of returning I was burning all my bridges, trying to see the bigger picture I had this little dream And I mixed it with some liquor Go figure It got bigger as time ticked quicker The thought of being on stages Was contagious For my mental This idea was born in Denver It grew with each December Started as an ember Then in burned into a vision No decision It was vivid I was living on a mission Turned off the television Began emitting fiction That's when I started I spitting I knew I could be different But then I got to thinking Ay who will even listen I was chasing something I knew I'd never find Two steps back And I left it all behind Don't be shy Come along for the ride Cause the road up ahead Has never been so wide I was chasing something I knew I’d never find Two steps back And I left it all behind Don't be shy Come along for the ride Cause the road up ahead Has never been so wide Oh, oh funny how you never Oh, yeah funny how you never Oh, oh funny how you never It's all so funny It's all so funny, I be like lol Think about you often, I hope you doing well To talk is complicated And I really can't explain it But I smelled some Jimmy Choo And I recognized your fragrance I knew it wasn't you, but the feelings overdue True, I'm confused Dropping bombs, get diffused Wrote a couple songs and I'm trying make it through Wrote a couple albums and I did it all for you But it had to for me So I hope that you can see That it ain't about the destination but the journey If I could I would rewind But then I know There'd come this time When you and I, we would decide That all that's left is to say goodbye Goddamn, I think I just arrived or something I was chasing something I knew I'd never find Two steps back And I left it all behind Don't be shy Come along for the ride Cause the road up ahead Has never been so wide I was chasing something I knew I’d never find Two steps back And I left it all behind Don't be shy Come along for the ride Cause the road up ahead Has never been so wide We were in the studio One of those late nights When Ozzy told me Never trade your chain for a leash And you texted me the next morning And told me we'd see each other in Amsterdam But I just couldn't go It was time for the next journey So I guess I’ll catch you when I catch you Catch you when I catch you I’ll catch you when I catch you I’ll catch you when I catch you All behind Alright, alright Let’s get started, drive safe

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On the Way is a concept album created by Israeli/American rapper Benjamin Elias (Benjamin Elia$) at KWA Studios. The album tells the story of a journey all in the context of the theme "you never end up where you think you're going." On the Way combines an eclectic set of voices and sounds to create catchy melodies, vivid imagery and honest stories.

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released July 7, 2020

Executive Producer: Oscar Fox
Additional Production: Raz Stamper
Lyrics: Benjamin Elias
Vocals: Jenny Penkin, MAYA, Anna Moore
Mix: Big Jerm
Master: Ohad Nissim
Musical Consultation: Yugs
Vocal Production and Artistic Consultation: Diana Rosenberg
Additional Contributors: Yotam Halperin, Dar Cohen, Gal Tevet
Cover Art: Yael Sela, Maayan Sela and Efrat Shmuely

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Benjamin Elias (stylized Benjamin Elia$) is a hip-hop artist currently based In Tel Aviv. Benjamin was born in Denver, Colorado and moved to Israel when he was 13. Having been raised in both places gave him unique insight and perspective, which he channels into his music. His songs juggle optimism and realism, creating a vibe that is catchy and fun on the surface while holding a deeper meaning. ... more

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