Want to Be-Oddisee

[00:16.80]There's this feeling, I've been chasing [00:18.51]I've got leads on, its location [00:20.31]It changes form every time I face it [00:22.38]Only appreciated when it's gone [00:24.34]Taken for granted like it’s etched in stone [00:26.20]But liberty ain't strong any wrong break it [00:28.15]Placed in, my arms my controls in cages [00:29.56]'Tween a rock and a hard place and they say move on [00:32.27]That's what I'm trying to do, a miracle to perform [00:34.33]But you can't make that without an eyebrow raising [00:36.25]People want your magic for their own ovation [00:38.49]When you're in full bloom is when the beehive swarms [00:40.56]And the time I've wasted, trying to fit in norms [00:42.63]People like me more when I pretend I'm basic [00:44.49]But what do I want, I practiced patience [00:46.71]And right then and there it dawned [00:48.31]I just want to be happy [00:52.12]I just want to be free [00:56.15]I just want to be left alone [01:00.38]I just want to be me [01:04.39]What in the world are you looking for [01:06.92]Can't a young man get money on tour [01:08.83]Live in Brooklyn buildings pre-war [01:10.94]With a name that don't make you think of C4 [01:13.28]High ceiling apartments [01:14.44]No ceiling on my living I ain't giving up options [01:15.44]Love without a limit is the mission accomplished [01:18.20]Don't expect to get it without wetting of armpits [01:20.25]I sweat these pores [01:21.50]In this American scheme a picket sign to a fence [01:23.36]They want to kick me out the country as a line of defense [01:25.31]See me, I'm from the country and I'm proud of my ends [01:27.37]And even though you try to shun me you ain't shrouding intent [01:29.44]I’m just a man with a vision in a tunnel with hit-men [01:31.15]Trying to shoot the lightbulb because they thought I was twitching [01:33.44]Got a few ideas, wrote them down in a list [01:35.44]Let me say them now before I forget them [01:37.19]I just want to be happy [01:40.85]I just want to be free [01:45.04]I just want to be left alone [01:48.91]I just want to be me [01:54.63]I don't believe in a promise [01:55.78]Unless it's one I made myself [01:57.66]'Cause there is no denying the facts [01:58.76]If I'm the only accomplice [01:59.77]And rarely have I courted for help [02:01.46]I ain't trying to monstrous [02:02.45]I just want month's rent [02:03.36]A little something extra I ain't hoarding the wealth [02:04.88]'Cause 99 percent of us is trying to get success [02:07.33]That 99 percent of us was already dealt [02:09.34]No trophy on the mantle but I got a mantle [02:11.31]When mama couldn't pay the power I would grab the candles [02:13.22]I'm just thankful I can channel that to block tangle [02:15.33]Steering straight & I don't hesitate to park an angle [02:17.29]I'm just trying to turn a smirk to a smile [02:19.91]Restricted to allow [02:20.52]All while keeping my distance from the crowd [02:22.16]And that may change along the road I pave [02:24.03]But today right here and now [02:25.74]I just want to be happy [02:29.51]I just want to be free [02:33.48]I just want to be left alone [02:37.46]I just want to me [02:42.15]I just want to be happy [02:45.90]I just want to be free [02:50.00]I just want to be left alone [02:54.05]I just want to me