Choices (feat. Phonte, Bemyfiasco & Kay Young)

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Amir Mohamed el Khalifa, better known by his stage name Oddisee, is a rapper and producer currently recording for Mello Music Group and splitting his time between Brooklyn; Washington, DC; and London. He was born in Washington, DC, and raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, and his love for this area is clear in his work. As a member of the Low Budget Crew, Diamond District, and as solo artist, he has released more than ten records with various labels. more »

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Right about now it's about that time

For me to say on record what I think off line

I made a choice to be a man if you ain't, that's fine

How you identify your biz I don't make that mine

First thing I ever planned was a pregnancy 

Before I had a child never I thought about destiny

Cheffing up a beat it wasn't off of no recipe

When Labels came to peep it I would offer a specialty

95 north I'm in an office who checking me

Could have went south like New Orleans or Tennessee

Nothing meant to be even a calling collect fee

Cause ain't effecting me I'm involved in what's stressing me

Was brought up by enemies that were off in their energy

It was often my guardians that would part on me misery

Their heart was in place where jobs wouldn't let them be

I made a choice to never let the toxins get into me

Eventually

I keep hearing voices drowning out the sounds

La, lala, lala

La, lala, lala, la la

I keep making choices trying not to drown

ooh I need you now

La, lala, lala, la la

I'm thinking back on my block

Way before I knew if this rapping would happen or not

I used to stand and just watch

My OG'a say s*** like, if this don't pan out, we going back to the pots

Let's exam in the plot

And just imagine that you standing at a crossroads

To overcome or overkill

You could choose to politic it or choose to keep it real

And still get your whole family shot like Olan Mills

All for the Benjamins tell me, what's the benefit

Wait too long and you choose wrong dog I will never hear the end of it

Stress on my chest it's a need I feed with weed and acetaminophen

Just so I can roll with the punches and the upper cuts

Under the pressure I feel it

When choosing a life that is neither ideal nor Idyllic

My friends in low places, keep me in high spirits

So I'm out

I keep hearing voices drowning out the sounds

La, lala, lala

La, lala, lala, la la

I keep making choices trying not to drown

ooh I need you now

La, lala, lala, la la

Yeah, I'm proud, I ain't ever quit

I'd be lying if I said, I didn't think it

From a young child, God gave me a vision

And ever since I've been about my business

But when the road gets tough and life gets hard

Hit you in the face not once but twice or more

Don't throw in the towel

Oh baby don't oh baby no

Don't worry joy's on the other side

Cause when I hit the stage and I get blinded by the lights

Crowd, singing my lyrics is a different kind of high

Sold a bag of merch, floating on a cloud

Take a few pics with the fans so wild

Oh! I'ma do it I'ma do it

Aye, In my DNA so fluid

Oh! Made a promise to myself just own it

Aye! And show the young Kay I'm still going

Im still going

I keep hearing voices drowning out the sounds

La, lala, lala

La, lala, lala, la la

I keep making choices trying not to drown

ooh I need you now

La, lala, lala, la la

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