![Want to Be - Oddisee](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284755546413925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 23.02.2017
Record label: Mello
Song language: English
Want to Be |
There’s this feeling, I’ve been chasing |
I’ve got leads on, its location |
It changes form, every time I face it |
Only appreciated when it’s gone |
Taken for granted like it’s etched in stone |
But liberty ain’t strong, any wrong break it |
Placed in my arms, my control in cages |
'Tween a rock and a hard place and they say move on |
That’s what I’m trying to do, a miracle to perform |
But you can’t make that without an eyebrow raising |
People want your magic for their own ovation |
When you’re in full bloom is when the beehive swarms |
And the time I’ve wasted, trying to fit in norms |
People like me more when I pretend I’m basic |
But what do I want, I practiced patience |
And right then and there it dawned |
I just want to be happy |
I just want to be free |
I just want to be left alone |
I just want to be me |
What in the world are you looking for |
Can’t a young man get money on tour? |
Live in Brooklyn buildings, pre-war |
With a name that don’t make you think of C4 |
High-ceiling apartments |
No ceiling on my living, I ain’t giving up options |
Love without a limit is the mission accomplished |
Don’t expect to get it without wetting of armpits |
I sweat these pores |
In this American scheme, a picket sign to a fence |
They want to kick me out the country as a line of defense |
See me, I’m from the country and I’m proud of my ends |
And even though you try to shun me, you ain’t shrouding intent |
I’m just a man with a vision in a tunnel with hit-men |
Trying to shoot the lightbulb because they thought I was twitching |
Got a few ideas, wrote them down in a list |
Let me say them now before I forget them |
I just want to be happy |
I just want to be free |
I just want to be left alone |
I just want to be me |
I don’t believe in a promise |
Unless it’s one I made myself |
'Cause there is no denying the facts, if I’m the only accomplice |
And rarely have I courted for help |
I ain’t trying to monstrous |
I just want month’s rent |
A little something extra, I ain’t hoarding the wealth |
'Cause 99 percent of us is trying to get success |
That 99 percent of us was already dealt |
No trophy on the mantle but I got a mantle |
When mama couldn’t pay the power, I would grab the candles |
I’m just thankful I can channel that to block a tangle |
Steering straight and I don’t hesitate to park an angle |
I’m just trying to turn a smirk to a smile |
Restricted to allow |
All while keeping my distance from the crowd |
And that may change along the road I pave |
But today right here and now |
I just want to be happy |
I just want to be free |
I just want to be left alone |
I just want to me |
I just want to be happy |
I just want to be free |
I just want to be left alone |
I just want to me |
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Ongoing Thing ft. Oddisee | 2014 |
Lifting Shadows | 2016 |
Like Really | 2017 |
Ready To Rock | 2012 |
That's Love | 2015 |
Beautiful Mind ft. Oddisee | 2021 |
Lower the Boom (feat. Kenn Starr, Oddisee & Sareem Poems) ft. Oddisee, Kenn Starr, Sareem Poems | 2010 |
Counter-Clockwise | 2015 |
First Choice | 2015 |
What You Were Lookin' For ft. Apollo Brown | 2015 |
The Perch (featuring Phonte & Tor, produced by Flying Lotus) ft. Phonte, Flying Lotus, Tor | 2008 |
Things | 2017 |
Celebrity Reduction Prayer ft. Oddisee, Mello Music Group | 2015 |
Digging Deep | 2017 |
Hold It Back | 2017 |
Rain Dance | 2017 |
Want Something Done | 2015 |
Belong to the World | 2015 |
Book Covers ft. Oddisee | 2015 |
Guidelines ft. Oddisee | 2020 |