Oddisee - Lifting Shadows lyrics

Just one dollar below 10K: that’s
The amount I’m flying with
One more buck and the law comes out and they
All want to know about why I’m rich
I’m not rich
I’m just on the way back to the
Land where they need this grip
You give yours to a charity fund
I give mine to a cuz that’s sick
You see your name and it on the list
Scared I’m involved in the causing of pain
Lost somebody you loved in
The towers and looking
At me like I boarded the plane
I’m just an artist, you’re not a
Target: no use in arguing
We all look the same
With that knowledge I stay
Calm when they search
For bombs all they find is green
All in the name - I got a name that’ll scare


All the brave in the land of the free
All in the name of
Protecting a country that’s
Shooting it's citizens dead in the streets
I used to live in Northeast DC
Not too far from Capitol Hill
White House here, trap house there
They were so near you could go by feet
Never mind that cause that’s not news - let’s
Stay glued to the war on peace
Who gets blamed? Whoever can sway that
Election towards what the order seeks
"We just want to keep oil cheap! We
Just want to keep motors full"
What that mean? Distractions came
I think my TV’s clothed in wool

Man, I swear I think my phone tapped
Man, I swear they watching all my moves
Since 9
11, ain’t too clear just who the target is
I love my country, hate it's politics
Can’t just let me be can’t just let me live
Regardless my belief
I thought the fathers wrote it clear
But darkness all I see
And darkness all I hear
I’m trying to lift the shadow but
The cloud ain’t got no give
Can’t just let me be can’t just let me live
Regardless my belief
I thought the fathers wrote it clear
But darkness all I see
And darkness all I hear
I’m trying to lift the shadow but
The cloud ain’t got no give

I was on tour when the migrants came
Saw their camps on side of the road
I met a boy who arrived in the rain
He lost his folks when they torched his home
That made me want to bring my fam before
They see that side of a drone
"But who wants us? We build
Your world!" It’s "labor’s cool
Neighbors no"
I got a cuz that’ll drive your taxi
I got a cuz that’ll make your food
I got a cuz that’ll watch your kids and
Pick them up when they’re done with school
I got a cuz that’ll pump your gas
I got a cuz that’s good with tools
I got a cuz that’ll be your doctor after
A test that I hope he’ll pass
Isn’t that what you fear most? But
Fear don’t trump your needs
Our pros do trump our cons though
And cons don’t trump your greed
And monsters’ what you make of us
And we make you succeed
And that’s what makes this country great
It’s built by those who bleed
It’s built by those who came on boats
It’s built by those who flee
And you forgot your family tree and
We’re just all your leaves
So if you just try to chop us
Down you only hurt your knees
And we could go in pieces but
We’d rather come in peace

Man, I swear I think my phone tapped
Man, I swear they watching all my moves
Since 9
11, ain’t too clear just who the target is
I love my country, hate it's politics
Can’t just let me be can’t just let me live
Regardless my belief
I thought the fathers wrote it clear
But darkness all I see
And darkness all I hear
I’m trying to lift the shadow but
The cloud ain’t got no give
Can’t just let me be can’t just let me live
Regardless my belief
I thought the fathers wrote it clear
But darkness all I see
And darkness all I hear
I’m trying to lift the shadow but
The cloud ain’t got no give