Lyrics Yeah & Nah - Oddisee

I've been learning how to be quiet
I've been learning how to be violent
Have my demonstration in silence
Or just end the waiting with riots
Put my business out in that street or be discreet with mine and keep minding
Turn that cheek of mine and keep smiling
Or my peeps and I be wild'ing
All these rules are made for upholding, pick up pieces of them I broke and
Best protect my neck cause Inspectah Deck said they be out for your throat and
I'm just breathing out in the open being fresh is all that I know and
Just now learning about discern and how we reap the guade we sewing
Yeah my karma bad and I know it, any heart I've had, I stole it
Got a haunted past and a daunting task of owning up to my colon
Any mess I made from a dress I dropped and the dresser top where I left a note
Expressing why myself and I just shut the door and left the spot was definitely not
The smartest choice but heart and voice don't always see things eye to eye
Bird and bee sting ain't a you and thing
Just the laws that this life applied
That I'm living by and I'm getting by
And this is why, I watch my back
When karma attacks I just want to be ready
But ain't no preparing for that

Is all about the business? Yeah and no
All for the music and lyrics? Yeah and no
Do I fuck with niggas? Yeah and no
Do I care about who gone hear this? Yeah and no
Am I in it for the fame? Yeah and no
Do I care if you know my name? Yeah and no
And do I like to entertain? Yeah and no
Am I really built for this game? Yeah and no

One eye always open, attentions undivided
Focusing while y'all scoping in
On the moves I make cause I'm rising
Yeast flow from the east coast
Three piece flow and this bespoke
Never off of consignment, what y'all speak I don't be buying
Judge a nigga off what he do, not what he say or who he with
Y'all talk but ain't even bout shit
Let them keep gossiping, don't mind them
Pathetic really find them
Cause their future seems behind them
They mad at me cause gradually presume with my inclining
I got no choice, this all I know, this all I want, this all I do
Don't blame me, you the man in the mirror and your fingers pointing, all at you
While y'all was drinking and smoking, I was thinking knowing this happen
Y'all was hoping for action, I was making so a ship with a captain
Cutting out all the distractions
Can't make a living relaxing
Already learned, nobody giving me turns
That is no question so I don't bother asking
Im'a just go the max and stay on the path and burn this shit is lasting
Life is a test of your nerves
And only a bitch would think I'm a bastard, word