Lifting Shadows Lyrics - Alwasta - Oddisee

Just one dollar below 10K, that's the amount I'm flying with 

One more buck and the law comes out and they all want to know about why I'm rich 

I'm not rich I'm just on the way back to the land where they need this grip 

You give yours to a charity fund, I give mine to a cuz that's sick 

You see your name and it fourth on the list, scared I'm involved in the causing of pain 

Lost somebody you loved in the towers and looking at me like I boarded the plane 

I'm just an artist you're not a target no use in arguing we all look the same 

With that knowledge I stay calm when they search for bombs all they find is green 

All in the name - I got a name that'll scare all the brave in the land of the free 

All in the name of protecting a country that's shooting its citizens dead in the streets 

I used to live in Northeast D.C. not too far from Capitol Hill 

White House here, trap house there, they were so near you could go by feet 

Never mind that cause that's not news - let's stay glued to the war on peace 

Who gets blamed? Whoever can sway that election towards what the order seeks 

We just want to keep oil cheap, we just want to keep motors full 

What that mean? Distractions came, I think my TV's clothed in wool 

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Man I swear they have my phoned tapped 

Man I swear they watching all my moves 

Since 9/11 it ain't too clear just who the target is 

I love my country, hate its politics 

Can't just let me be 

Can't just let me live 

Regardless my belief 

I thought the fathers wrote it clear 

But darkness all I see 

And darkness all I hear 

I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give 

Can't just let me be 

Can't just let me live 

Regardless my belief 

I thought the fathers wrote it clear 

But darkness all I see 

And darkness all I hear 

I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give 

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I was on tour when the migrants came, saw their camps on side of the road 

I met a boy who arrived in the rain, he lost his folks when they torched his home 

That made me want to bring my fam before they see that side of a drone 

But who wants us, we build your world it's "labor's cool, neighbors no" 

I got a cuz that'll drive your taxi, I got a cuz that'll make your food 

I got a cuz that'll watch your kids and pick them up when they're done with school 

I got a cuz that'll pump your gas, I got a cuz that's good with tools 

I got a cuz that'll be your doctor after a test that I hope he'll pass 

Isn't that what you fear most? But fear don't trump your needs 

Our pros do trump our cons though. And cons don't trump your greed 

And monsters' what you make of us and we make you succeed 

And that's what makes this country great, it's built by those who bleed 

It's built by those who came on boats, it's built by those who flee 

And you forgot your family tree and we're just all your leaves 

So if you just try to chop us down you only hurt your knees 

And we could go in pieces but we'd rather come in peace 

Man I swear they have my phoned tapped 

Man I swear they watching all my moves 

Since 9/11 it ain't too clear just who the target is 

I love my country, hate its politics 

Can't just let me be 

Can't just let me live 

Regardless my belief 

I thought the fathers wrote it clear 

But darkness all I see 

And darkness all I hear 

I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give 

Can't just let me be 

Can't just let me live 

Regardless my belief 

I thought the fathers wrote it clear 

But darkness all I see 

And darkness all I hear 

I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give