Labor

from Mr. Saint Louis EP by Olivier St.Louis

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lyrics

Chorus

I got work to do girl/
For us to work it through girl/
But that's just labor/
I can't savor/

Verse One

Said I'm sorry I annoy you/
You know you should have been a lawyer/
The way you judge, jury and execute me/
Details of my past flaws/
Are drawn like cards within your laws/
Any dispute seems to be mutiny/

See I apologize for what I am obliged to do/
In this gauntlet you call proof of love (Hay)/
I'll gladly gladiat you just to entertain you/
But when the blood is drawn the love is gone/
Sacrifice I won't, no crown of thorns/
And you want new heights to your occasions/

Chorus

I got work to do girl/
For us to work it through girl/
But that's just labor/
I can't savor/

Verse Two

Poetry in motion/
Captivated by two hearts/
That don't love in sync anymore/
So you question my intentions/
When there's no need for suspicion/
So what else is left to prove to you/

See there's no need to maintain what is no longer there/
I might as well let you have your way/
Resistance is futile in this situation/
If I don't fight I don't care if I do it's an affair/
Surely you want me to suffer/

Consequence is of no consequence for me anymore/

Chorus

I got work to do girl/
For us to work it through girl/
But that's just labor/
I can't savor/

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from Mr. Saint Louis EP, released October 15, 2010
Produced by Oddisee
Written by Olivier Daysoul & Oddisee
Additional instrumentation by Ralph Real
Strings by Lucan kylne

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Oct 11

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discography

ODD CURE

Jul 2020
Lonely Planet

Aug 2013
Odd Renditions

May 2012
A Year In

Dec 2010
From The Top EP

Dec 2010
Mr. Saint Louis EP

Oct 2010
Oddisee West Coast Beats - Hosted By Trek Life

Jul 2010
Odd Spring

May 2010
60901

May 2010
Odd Winter

Jan 2010
One.One.Ten.

Jan 2010
Odd Autumn

Oct 2009
Odd Summer

May 2009
A Rosenberg Oddisee

Oct 2008

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