
Date of issue: 02.02.2009
Song language: English
Optimist (We Are Not For Them) |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
I pick a lotta locks, rock a lotta shows |
Build with the moms, hang with the broken crow |
Been hurting the same heart since I was like two |
I use sarcasm freely, bark at the greedy |
Bite what feeds, shy from the seedy |
I’m bold in approach, so rely on my hope |
That the average emcees can’t fuck with the sound like me |
I never been down with the King |
It’s never something I wanted to be |
Never better than the work than the toil and the reap |
But the work for the wants, not the suffer for the needs |
Nothing’s tougher than the dreams and good sleep |
Tryn’a teach my son to reach, damn right |
'Cause it gets a little darker every night |
And the rent goes up, they gon' cut out the- |
Dead ends to chase (Yeah), feelings to fake (Yeah) |
New hearts to break (Yeah), amends to make, they all so (Yeah) |
Afraid and safe (Yeah), in need of space (Yeah) |
But hugging that crowd (Yeah), only shake with the quake and uh (Yeah) |
(Yeah) Times like this are up (Yeah) |
(Yeah, yeah) |
We break their stride 'cause we break our mirrors |
They hugging that pride like it’s all there is |
We make our own and if they don’t feel it (If they are not feelin' it it’s cool) |
Then we are not for them (And that’s cool) |
Yo, I made this beat for Alegra Oxborough |
She showed me how to do the thing with the cups |
I wrote the verse on a triple double Tuesday |
Writing in the van in the back lot |
I never made it in, never really can tell the friends these days |
Telephone don’t sleep some days |
Someday I’mma be peaceful again |
'Til then keep the speech to a min |
Shed a little skin, I’mma bet it all and win |
I’mma set it off and run, I’mma kill it 'til it’s dead |
I’mma do it 'til it ain’t fun and the words don’t come |
Then I’m gonna find another hobby |
Probably find love, probably find trust |
81 young with a little bit of rust |
Clean interior, Minnesota plates |
Money in the bank with a lot of you to thank |
Relate to the- |
Dead ends to chase (Yeah), feelings to fake (Yeah) |
New hearts to break (Yeah), amends to make, they all so (Yeah) |
Afraid and safe (Yeah), in need of space (Yeah) |
But hugging that crowd (Yeah), only shake with the quake and uh (Yeah) |
(Yeah) Times like this are up (Yeah, yeah, yeah) |
Up for whatever, how are you? |
(Yeah) |
We break their stride 'cause we break our mirrors |
They hugging that pride like it’s all there is |
We make our own and if they don’t feel it |
Then we are not for them, we call a riot! |
Yeah! |
Dead ends to chase, feelings to fake |
New hearts to break (Yeah), amends to make, they all so (Yeah) |
Afraid and safe, in need of space (Oh yeah) |
But hugging that crowd, only shake with the quake and uh (Yeah) |
Dead ends to chase, feelings to fake |
New hearts to break (Yeah), amends to make, they all so (Yeah) |
Afraid and safe, in need of space |
But hugging that crowd (Yeah), only shake. |
(That's it) |
Song tags: #Optimist
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