Oddisee - To What End - 2x 12" Double LP, pressed on white vinyl with a gatefold jacket and additional artwork by Arthur Banach.
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lyrics
Started off for the love of things/
But to remain your heart’ll charge by other means/
I abstained from the lure of fame, a weak hit/
The secret is love drug of dreams/
When you’re both the fire & the fuel that you heat with/
The brighter the flame the more you’ll tire enduring pain/
And that’s when you burn out, or learn of another source/
But of course, external motivation’s
A cheap trick/
What does it all matter if it’s less or more the same/
tally up a tour around the sun like a score to gain/
The idea of more within itself is sort of strange/
maybe there is, a finally summery of what we’ve come to be/
And sinners become winners absolved of blame/
War is the price of peace/
I fight to sleep, I could take a life with ease, Conscious rap/
I might just be polite, desensitized/
Traumatic childhood incentivized/
Had to get around gate hordes, improvised/
Gifted how I learned to break doors, enterprise/
A Shepard can’t be in the shadow of goats/
Your favorite rapper is just cattle I will snap at the throat/
At the end of Ramadan I slaughter lamb for my kin/
That’s not a threat just understand I’m not as western as hoped/
You from the ends I’m from the edge that’s why I’m balanced within/
I learned that challenge is a test I write my answers with pen/
Smeared pages in the book of my life span/
Weaponized emotion Pisces with trident/
Took a stab at making life better with mic stands/
Collection of my fathers old records some nice jams/
A Groove theory experimented at night and/
The truth came clearly only fact is I am/
Attributes are given by observer’s/
How I’m seen & how I’m heard is not the reason why I’m working/
Why perceive what I am worth by what you need is trying first/
To be accepted putting second my belief’s a lie that hurts/
I’ve done more than I thought about/
Tasted five star fruits of labor & ordered out/
Gained confidence in an industry swarmed in doubt/
Accomplishments made of experiences void of clout/
Only thing left is me living I’m calling out/
I’m going off, how to make a million without going soft/
Can’t appreciate the winnings never knowing loss/
I don’t have enemies just misunderstandings/
If you were ever a friend to me, you would understand it/
Those dishonest pretending to be
Were harmless and enraged by my empathy/
When discovered I wasn’t damaged/
The truth is seldom cemented, opinions loose, what happens/
The story traction, the proof’s slipping and people crashing/
That type of traffic I circumvented/
Never let attraction to a muse deter the mission/
I don’t even flirt with ideas, my words are action/
I’m not the one to listen to for a worthless caption/
Quote me when your backs against the wall and the worst could happen/
You might not beat the odds but you got to meet the odd/
It took time to accept that I’m worthy of admiration/
Was brought up in a family not caught up in celebration/
No clock within the house to remind me that time was racing/
The table staying vacant if baba late than we waiting/
Associated patience with bread in need of breaking/
With people that I love, when money came didn’t change it/
My children came and I place it/
The knowledge of ancestors to plan be better/
Never in need of saving/ to what end
credits
from To What End,
released January 20, 2023
Written & produced by: Oddisee
Addition instrumentation by:
Ralph Real - keys
Dennis Turner - Bass
Fredeka - Violin
supported by 169 fans who also own “The Start Of Something”
As soon as I heard the song Like Really I just had to buy the album. Then I finished listening to all the songs, and knew I made a good choice. Oddisee is one of the best hip hop artists on bandcamp. Devin Anderson
supported by 130 fans who also own “The Start Of Something”
Went to college at UMD-College Park and Oddisee and the rest of the MMG had a hold on those of us looking for great music. Nostalgia and the beats still hold up. Salaam. ericburkley
supported by 112 fans who also own “The Start Of Something”
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