Oddisee - Ready To Rock lyrics

[Hook] Oho, oho, yep we're ready to roll Oho, oho, yep we're ready to roll Y'all ready to rock, yep we're ready to roll Y'all ready to rock, yep we're ready to roll [Verse 1] They say you got your whole life to make your first album Guess I've been busy living so that first outcome Was worth hearin so here, go Let me kick a verse and just zone, out From the time I was conceived I honestly believe, I was destined for something I couldn't break from It'd be cliche to say greatness But hey, this is what I've learned What you are you can't escape from So embrace it, don't run away from Being that digit in that everyday equation The steady glitchin' itchin for limits to break and nothing Could get in your way if what you deliver is great Hm, there we are back to greatness I think I discovered where my place is Theory of space is It's me doin me, all the time, all the rhymes It's the bu*terfly effect that affect man kind [Hook] [Verse 2] Took a little bit of time Had to get my mind right, had to get the lines right Looking at my future like it's sorta in my hindsight Saying I ain't playing boy would have been a crime Sitting in my bed thinking I was on a sideline Eyes wide shut thinking bout that bread I believe that road would have been a crime So I took it to the sleep and I dreamed instead Took it as a sign, then I took it to the streets Took it from the books then I took it to the beats Looking at my grind like I'm stressed on time From the day I signed to the day of my release Yeah I'm doin fine doin fine say the least But I wanna be the prime representer of the beast I ain't tryna lie but the rest tryna shine with the best Of the lime just focus on me As it should, if I can, then I could, beat a case So I ran, over tracks, like I could, beat the race Over lapping, who was laughing at the start, they depart Call it perm, I know it burns that I'm relaxing in your face Listen I am on my job I set them standards and embrace Live and learn how to discern a need to chill and making haste Now it's time for everybody in the crowd to up the pace Cause I'm ready to rock, apologize for the wait, but Y'all ready to rock, yep we're ready to roll Y'all ready to rock, yep we're ready to roll Y'all ready to rock, yep we're ready to roll Y'all ready to rock, yep we're ready to roll Yep we're ready to roll, yep we're ready to roll