Let It Go - Oddisee

I was never one to let thangs go easy believe me

I wish I could let it all fly

I know it’s not classy but when life pass me

I stare and I whistle as the gal walk by

My mother taught me better

She learned it from the hood

«No bother chasing gold be complacent with the wood»

But I was like whatever

I’m never one to listen

I ventured in the woods other people wouldn’t dare

Entitled like I’m rich so I always thought I could

In a world not a care when you’re filled with ambition

Following the trails to the cities made of myths

Legendary tales took me there to make a hit

I got up to the door but I wasn’t on the list

Opportunity was school seem I’m soon to be dismissed

But I was on a mission so I was like yeah

I’m kind of a big deal let me in I got a gift

(You've got to let it go)

Sometimes you got these problems on your mind

(And you should always know)

And people will tell you, you’ll solve 'em you’ll be fine

(That you’ll be fine, just fine, just fine, just fine, just fine)

But I don’t believe that

See that’s a way of being lazy

If you want it got to get it

If confronted and you quit it

Then you’re nothing but a victim

In a system that we living

But forgiven if you want to start again

I’m a man of faith but I’m not a man who waits

I don’t plan on fate I plan on me to make a plate

In other words I don’t bitch

I never walk away

When things fall apart I build them back I don’t ditch

Folding under pressure carry more than I can take

Knees buckle from the weight never sore from the lift

Never came to grips with the fact that I gotta sit back

With the cards I was dealt when I play

I want a better hand so I’m putting mine together

Down to the sky with the plans that I make

It’s strength been given I’ll be damned if I break

It’s brains over brawn and I’m weakest when I’m clever

In my twelve hour when my moms start to pray

It’s fifteen ticks still trying to assist

About a minute left when my legs start to shake

A brother at his best moving mountains till they shift

And what about the times you give it your all

And you still fall short to what will you resort

Of course we bounce back

But there’s times divorce the smack tells us

We should abort in fact thin line between

Retract and react into action

The pride and the lack of the spleen

And what happens colliding with passion

And passive behavior can clasp of a grasp of a dream or impact

And it seems letting go can be a savior

At times holding on can end up being more labor

So I’m cool when I don’t get the girl

When I’m shooting for the stars that will probably hit the world

It’s not bad for bad aim if anything short comes

Show that I have range and that’s real

I’mma leave it up to god god leave it up to I

We’ll see what will happens