Tangible Dream(Explicit) - Oddisee

Tangible Dream (Explicit) - Oddisee
I got dreams of being a rich ni**a
A wealthy man is too grand to fit in the big picture
And being broke ain't even in the scope
So what's the plan
I started thinking like really though
What does money get ya
A lot of flights and a lot of nights
With some loose women
A lot of hype is it really worth it
The truth's pending
And I ain't waiting until the verdict is out
I'm trying to be just what I heard I'm about
And that's me
That's something you don't see
Cause fronting is what we are use to
Well guess I'm out this mother f**ker looking like the future
A black man in Norway
Not another prejudice
While you can have your preference
I'ma be black all day
I'ma be out on Broadway
Hands full of bags can't get a f**king cab
Though the color of my cash is the same green as yours
Am I angry of course
Ain't nothing detained me from my cause
And that is
See this is a tangible dream
Try tell me that
It's not and that's apart of the scheme
I can get it yeah I can get it yeah
I can get it yeah you know I'm with it yeah
See this is a tangible dream
Try tell me that it's not and
That's apart of the scheme
I can get it yeah I can get it yeah
I can get it yeah you know I'm with it yeah
My old soul remains forever young
I've done it all and stil
I'm doing sh*t that I ain't ever done
See it depends on your definition of winning
I ain't start it from the bottom
I started from the beginning
Born up in uptown PG is where I lived
Slept in a dresser draw
When we couldn't afford a crib
Parents got a divorce my father got him a biz
My mother remained poor
And I was caught in the mix
Now I'm eating fried chicken
While talking bout philosophy
Debate the economy
While clogging up my arteries
Ghetto boushie ni**a so all that sh*t is apart of me
Gave a ni**a an inch when all we want is yard see
See this poverty under palm trees
Chilling near the grave and
The grove is within arms reach
But thanks to gravity apples is on the ground
And I use my GPS for the scrounge
Show what I already found
See this is a tangible dream
Try tell me that it's not and that's apart of the scheme
I can get it yeah I can get it yeah
I can get it yeah you know I'm with it yeah
See this is a tangible dream
Try tell me that it's not and that's apart of the scheme
I can get it yeah I can get it yeah
I can get it yeah you know I'm with it yeah
So what are you *****ing about
Niggas want to run with the wolves
And now they sitting out
I mean at least you've got a chair
Yet you stand for nothing
You'll fall for anything focused on never missing out
You know it's fall I got the layers all sticking out
The wax coating on the cotton like I'm rabbit hunting
Gentry on a bike passing your Bentley
Cycling with a broad while your passenger seat is empty
Lord she say I'm different I take her to do nice things
Getcha motherf**king car up out that bike lane
Ain't nothing worse than being dissed by a smug ni**a
I have fun with you non-articulate thug niggas
My sarcasm is wasted in conversations
I say sh*t see the delay and then all I get is a
What ni**a
Friends of mine is mad
That they never made it
The saddest state of affairs
Cause they haven't covered the basics
Go on a couple tours sleep on a couple floors
When the floors ain't available
There's van seats galore
Transform your biggest haters in to supporters
Then have some of your supporters debate
You like you in office
To make it a little awkward
Mix your personal with business
That sh*t done turned angels into witches
I done witnessed
See wherever you run the drama will come to visit
If it never feels like drama
Then my ni**a you got the ticket to this
See this is a tangible dream
Try tell me that it's not and that's apart of the scheme
I can get it yeah I can get it yeah
I can get it yeah you know I'm with it yeah
See this is a tangible dream
Try tell me that it's not and that's apart of the scheme
I can get it yeah I can get it yeah
I can get it yeah you know I'm with it yeah