Oddisee - People Watching lyrics

Fresh up out depression got
Me feeling mello hype
I be sealing feelings like my dealings
Hella tight
I don’t like nobody but in public I’m polite
When the money match the motive
I’ma show you what I’m like
Larry David honesty ain’t curbing my replies
Killing those with kindness more
Deserving of demise you ever been in company
Of people you despise
I feel like that every time
I take a walk outside
Weekdays run my errands so that
I don’t run into you
Asking what I do for work
I don’t care what you do
You moved to the city for
The scene that you erase
I moved to New York cause
Flights is cheap from JFK
I was cool in DC out in PG round the way
Your coolness smell of newness yeah
That receipt say today
Old you or the new you keep
Both you out my space
Glad to see you blossom
Do I look like I’m a vase

Apologies for the way I come across
I hate everything for no reason just because
An introvert at heart, I appreciate the love
Please don’t feel the need to show it
Knowing's good enough
Became an entertainer as to
Hide in plain sight
It’s the one on ones that
I succumb to stage fright
My rhymes are without filter in real
Life I keep it hush
I feel I’ve said enough it's time
To step back on the mic

I’m not babysitting for adults
Who live in fear
Of rejection or can’t deal with being wrong
Or think that going in directions
Not preferred is something weird
Cause your acceptance to conform is so
That you don’t get compared god forbid
If you’re different you’re a
Threat because you dared
Well if thats how you feel when
I’m my presence say you scared
Please don’t come around me flexing
With the energy of feds
Acting like I got wire way
You watching what I wear
What’s left that’s unique
We all subscribe to pre-prepared
I used to have a story 'til
It leaked and got re-shared
I know it’s not as lonely when
You think that someone cares
Exactly why the reason though is
Still up in the air
I’ve people watched from steps at
Union station to the square
And I can’t help but notice
What’s distinct's becoming scares
We gladly trade our freedom
For convenience cause it’s
Comfort over quality a burden
To think logically

Apologies for the way I come across
I hate everything for no reason just because
An introvert at heart, I appreciate the love
Please don’t feel the need to show it
Knowing's good enough
Became an entertainer as to
Hide in plain sight
It’s the one on ones that
I succumb to stage fright
My rhymes are without filter in real
Life I keep it hush
I feel I’ve said enough it's time
To step back on the mic