Oddisee - Yeah & Nah lyrics

I've been learning how to be quiet
I've been learning how to be violent
Have my demonstration in silence or just
End the waiting with riots
Put my business out in that street or
Be discreet with mine and keep minding
Turn that cheek of mine and keep smiling
Or my peeps and I be wilin'
All these rules are made for upholding
Pick up pieces of them I broke and
Best protect my neck cause
Inspectah Deck said
They be out for your throat and
I'm just breathing out in the open being
Fresh is all that I know and
Just now learning about discerning how we
Reap the garden we sow and
Yeah my karma bad and I know
It, any heart I've had, i done stole it
I got a haunting past and a daunting
Task of owning up to my calling
Any mess I made from the dress I dropped and
The dresser top where I left a note
Expressing why I just shut the door and
Left the spot was definitely not
The smartest choice but heart and voice don't
Always see things eye to eye
Bird and bee sting ain't a you and me thing
Just the laws that life applied
That I'm living by and I'm getting
By and this is why, i watch my back
When karma attacks I just want to be
Ready, but ain't no preparing for that
Rock steady

Is it all about the business? yeah and nah
All for the music and lyrics? yeah and nah
Do I fuck with niggas? yeah and nah
Do I care about who gon' hear? yeah and nah
Am I in it for the fame? yeah and nah
Do I care if you know my name? yeah and nah
And do I like to entertain? yeah and nah
Am I really built for this game? yeah and nah

One eye always open, attentions undivided
Focusing while y'all scoping in on the
Moves I make cause I'm rising
This yeast flow from the east coast
Three piece flow and this bespoke
Never off of consignment
What y'all speak when I don't be buying
I judge a nigga off what he do
Not what he say or who he with
Y'all talk but ain't even bout
Shit, let them keep gossiping
I don't mind them
Pathetic really I find them cause
Their future seems behind them
And they mad at me cause I
Gradually presume with my inclining
I got no choice, this all I
Know, this all I want, this all I do
Don't blame me, you the man in
The mirror but the fingers pointing
All at you
While y'all was drinking and smoking
I was thinking and knowing this would happen
Y'all was hoping for action
I was making it so a ship with a captain
Cutting out all the distractions, can't
Make a living relaxing, already learned
Nobody giving me turns
That is no question so don't bother asking
I just go for the match and
Stay on the path and burn
This shit is lasting
Life is a test of your nerves, only
A bitch would think I'm a bastard, word

Is it all about the business? yeah and nah
All for the music and lyrics? yeah and nah
Do I fuck with niggas? yeah and nah
Do I care about who gon' hear? yeah and nah
Am I in it for the fame? yeah and nah
Do I care if you know my name? yeah and nah
And do I like to entertain? yeah and nah
Am I really built for this game? yeah and nah