The Cure - Oddisee.mp3

[00:15.926]Looking out a window from the inside
[00:18.029]Of my head what I had in mind?
[00:19.794]Is it recess, or recession?
[00:21.809]Bit worried 'cause I ain't stressing
[00:23.867]One side saying, "we gon' hit a incline"
[00:25.765]One side saying, "we are in the end time"
[00:27.805]In the middle of the match where I been fine
[00:29.777]I ain't confined, I was left in
[00:31.868]If it's out of my control, I ain't stressing
[00:33.829]Only cutting from the cloth I was dressed in
[00:35.702]Well groomed in a room full of best men
[00:37.776]Gray suits tryna train me not to question
[00:39.843]On average, I'm the exception
[00:41.652]Run the math if it's anything less than
[00:43.663]If the path get blocked even one time
[00:45.735]No conspiracy can tell me what it meant then
[00:47.631]So what's next then, I'ma keep it moving, I got no choice
[00:50.016]Representing for the weak of us with no voice
[00:52.157]Rich enough to be protected by who elected
[00:54.072]And Black enough to be respected but still messed with
[00:56.152]Pulled over in a Buick or a Rolls Royce
[00:58.122]5'9" to 6'3" they gon' feel threatened
[01:00.265]Your fragility is sitting under your weapon
[01:02.276]You ain't hard, you just cappin' 'cause you so moist
[01:03.037]
[01:04.162]More than one thing tryna kill me (yea)
[01:06.718]More than one name tryna bill me (yea)
[01:08.469]Keep my hands clean, 'less we talking 'bout riches
[01:10.576]That's the only thing that's filthy (yea)
[01:12.711]Nothing left in this life left untainted
[01:14.444]Upcharge for the pure so we cut raw
[01:16.125]Here's an app of some people you can complain with
[01:18.218]Rest assured
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[01:19.438]I'm the pros, I'm the cons
[01:21.358]I'm the hope, and the harm
[01:23.309]I'm relief or belief
[01:25.206]Here to leave you in the storm
[01:27.253]Throw the raft, throw the leash
[01:29.232]What you need is what you form
[01:31.351]Round your neck, on your arm
[01:33.174]Just keep calm
[01:34.602]Rest assured, it's the cure
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[02:08.086]Everybody got a way of coping
[02:09.915]Talk about it, have a sip, smoke it
[02:11.941]You can tell it's serious when I be downplaying
[02:13.988]More scared when I be joking
[02:16.052]Looking for a fix and I'm hoping
[02:18.097]Both knees on the ground, praying
[02:19.803]Would I even hear it when spoken
[02:21.929]Fear more familiar than faith is
[02:23.862]I'ma stop looking for an answer
[02:26.027]Search inside how to make it
[02:28.011]Media delivering the breakdown
[02:29.982]And when it break down, I can take it
[02:31.946]Tell me something that I wanna hear
[02:34.013]Like can you find a new replacement
[02:35.986]Babylon lying off top
[02:37.995]I'ma take it back to the basement
[02:39.825]I could lose it all found laying in a gutter
[02:41.668]Get it all back, that's word to my mother
[02:43.415]Comfy in the county where it's really all Black
[02:45.365]Chilly in the city where it's getting off color
[02:47.482]Never made it rain, I can save a long rack
[02:49.466]On a rainy day, I know how to take cover
[02:51.363]Let it all flood I'ma swim it on back
[02:53.376]I ain't made of iron, I'm just braver than the others
[02:55.418]Life don't love you but it love to come test
[02:57.593]But if you love life, you can get the wrong number
[02:59.312]If you go under learn to take a long breath
[03:01.342]Wait it on out, come back with a flex
[03:03.379]Looking for a hand, all I ever got was steps
[03:05.361]Walked on once, now I walk on quest
[03:07.292]I could walk on water, I could walk on set
[03:09.356]My drip game only thing wet
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[03:11.470]I'm the pros, I'm the cons
[03:13.327]I'm the hope, and the harm
[03:15.312]I'm relief or belief
[03:17.039]Here to leave you in the storm
[03:19.168]Throw the raft, throw the leash
[03:21.260]What you need is what you form
[03:23.170]Round your neck, on your arm
[03:25.089]Just keep calm
[03:26.208]Rest assured, it's the cure