Oddisee - Want Something Done lyrics

I guess I got to do it all myself
It's not a problem, no
I'm prolly better off without you though
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working

I just had another phone meeting
Felt like I was all alone speaking
To the clones keeping
Black music soul weeping i'm a new angel
And they only want the old demons
Glorifying music
That's abusive and a threat to us
And if you got a message in your records
You collecting dust upon the shelf
They selling us components
Meant to self-destruct
To shelter us in skelter in
Disguise of something helping us
So I'ma build a bunker now
In the underground
Surviving with that other sound
Clipping magazines
Repeating this ain't had to be
Self published
But we're still running for covers now
Imagine me in pageantries
We branded as awards
What's the difference 'tween them auction
Blocks and cooning for applause
Even selling out or buying something
That you can't afford
It ain't a plan to keep us poor
It's just a plan to be ignored but um

I guess I got to do it all myself
It's not a problem, no
I'm prolly better off without you though
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working

Maybe I should collaborate and
Record with dudes
Only thing they think important
Is some Jordan shoes
Either that or conflicted rebels
With sorted views
Are you rapper or reporter with
A point to prove?
Don't ask me for assistance
In positioning agendas
In the center of attention
So your militance remembered
If the cameras ain't in vision you
Go missing in your venture
To the capitol with pickets
A mission that never rendered
I'ma help the people close to me
They help the people close to
Them and then hopefully
Friends of their friends, friends
Heed the notion, we
Started off locally and now
It's changed globally
That's the way it's 'posed to be
Single seeds only grow to trees
If left alone to breathe
So let's take some time to expose the weeds
Feeding off the roots of the culture
Vultures are next to you
Convincing you they saving the forest
When they the wrecking crew

I guess I gotta do it all myself
It's not a problem, no
I'm prolly better off without you though
Oh yeah, it's working
I guess I gotta do it all myself
It's not a problem, no
I'm prolly better off without you though
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working oh yeah, it's working
Oh yeah, it's working