Oddisee - Tangible Dream lyrics

I got dreams of being a rich nigga
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 used to
Well guess I'm out this motherfucker
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 fucking 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
They try to 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
They try to 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 still I'm doing
Shit 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 drawer when
We couldn't afford a crib
Parents got a divorce
My father got him a Benz
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 nigga so all that
Shit is apart of me
Gave a nigga an inch, when
All we want is yard, see
See, this poverty under palm trees
Chilling near the grave and the
Grove is within arm's 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
They try to 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
They try to 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 bitching 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 motherfucking car up out
That bike lane
Ain't nothing worse than being dissed
By a smug nigga i have fun with you
Non-articulate thug niggas
My sarcasm is wasted in conversations
I say shit see the delay and
Then all I get is a, "What nigga?"
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 into 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 shit 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
Nigga you got the ticket to this

See, this is a tangible dream
They try to 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
They try to 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