Oddisee - Strength & Weakness lyrics

I fell asleep with open eyes again
Seeing me how others see me on my mind again
I hope I don't find offence
With people's versions of what I present
I'm not worried but kinda am
I'm slowly learning
Most people get me but the side effects
Small percentage of those repelled by
All that I project
But that's just life I guess
Can't win em all but I just like the bet
I'm rolling the dice again
I roll to functions full of punks
And wish that they feelin' me
They clutch their fist reluctantly humbly
As to build with me
Discussions over luncheons on how they
Once can appeal to me
Tip another twenty and money don't
Fit the bill to me i watch how people move
Yeah they work strong
But then physically they vision weak
Smaller print of their truth
Just appeared to me
But that ain't how I move
I just show and prove
Promotions fill with power man that's
Power I won't lose

I think I found my weakness
I think I found my strength
And all I love and hate
They're one in the same
Now how am I gon' use it try not to abuse it
I think I found my weakness
I think I found my strength
And all I love and hate
They're one in the same
Now how am I gon' use it try not to abuse it

What would you do if you knew
You could get away with
Anything you wanted to as long as
People wanted something from you?
Would you make 'em wait
Knowing you could make all of their
Dreams true in a day
Go and hesitate and let em salivate until
They give up and they subdue
Just to demonstrate how long it
Take until a person break
Power trippin' easy nowadays
Nowadays all the
Culture vultures look to bottom feeders
For their power plays
Bucket crowded and the crabs fighting
Puppets pick the people on their last legs
Desperate dreamers turn to dirty fiends
Hurting me to see the crowd
Beg in their loudest moment
Seem too clear to be clouded by
Those who got it golden
Brass status green could go brown
At any sporadic moment
So I stay open, reply to calls, fly or fall
All in all

I think I found my weakness
I think I found my strength
And all I love and hate
They're one in the same
Now how am I gon' use it try not to abuse it
I think I found my weakness
I think I found my strength
And all I love and hate
They're one in the same
Now how am I gon' use it try not to abuse it