Oddisee - Yeah & Nah

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 & keep minding/ turn that cheek of mine & keep smiling
or my peeps & I be wild'ing
all these rules are made for up holding, pick up pieces of them I broke &
best protect my neck cause inspector deck said they be out for your throat &
I'm just breathing out in the open
being fresh is all that I know &
just now learning bout discern &
how we reap the gaurme we sewing
Yeah my karma bad & I know it, any heart I've had, I stole it
got a haunted past & a daunting task of owning up to my colon
any mess I made from a dress I dropped &
the dresser top where I left a note
expressing why myself & I just shut the door &
left the spot was definitely not the smartest choice
but heart & voice don't always see eye to eye
bird & bee sting ain't a you & thing
just the laws that this life applied
that I'm living by & I'm getting by
& 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 bout business, yeah & nah
All for the music & lyrics, yeah & nah
Do I fuck with niggas, yeah & nah
Do I care about who gon hear this, yeah & nah
Am I in it for the fame, yeah & nah
Do I care if you know my name, yeah & nah
& do I like to entertain, yeah & nah
Am I really built for this game, yeah & nah

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
3 piece flow 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 & your fingers pointing, all at you
while y'all was drinking & smoking, I was thinking knowing this happen
y'all was hoping for action, I was making so a ship with a capitan
cutting out all the distractions
can't make a living relaxing
already learned, nobody giving turns
that is no question so I don't bother asking
i'a just go the max & stay on the path & burn this shit is lasting
life is a test of your nerves
& only a bitch would think I'm a
bastard, word

Is all bout business, yeah & nah
All for the music & lyrics, yeah & nah
Do I fuck with niggas, yeah & nah
Do I care about who gon hear this, yeah & nah
Am I in it for the fame, yeah & nah
Do I care if you know my name, yeah & nah
& do I like to entertain, yeah & nah
Am I really built for this game, yeah & nah