Oddisee - Yeah & Nah lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 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 [Hook] Is all about the business? Yeah and nah All for the music and lyrics? Yeah and nah Do I f** with n***as? Yeah and nah Do I care about who gone 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 [Verse 2] 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 n***a off what he do, not what he say or who he with Y'all talk but ain't even bout sh** 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 sh** is lasting Life is a test of your nerves And only a b**h would think I'm a ba*tard, word [Hook] Is all about the business? Yeah and nah All for the music and lyrics? Yeah and nah Do I f** with n***as? Yeah and nah Do I care about who gone 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