Strength & Weakness Lyrics - Alwasta - Oddisee

I fell asleep with open eyes again 

Seeing me how others see me on my mind again 

I hope I don't find offense 

With people's versions of what I present 

I'm not worried but kinda am 

I'm slowly learning, most people get me but the side effects 

Small percentage of those repelled by all that I project 

But that's just life I guess 

Can't win em all but I just like the bet 

I'm rolling the dice again 

I roll to functions full of punks and wish that they feelin' me 

They clutch their fist reluctantly humbly as to build with me 

Discussions over lunches on how they once can appeal to me 

Tip another twenty and money don't fit the bill to me 

I watch how people move, yeah they work strong 

But then physically they vision weak 

Smaller print of their truth just appeared to me 

But that ain't how I move, I just show and prove 

Promotions fill with power man that's power I won't lose 

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I think I found my weakness, I think I found my strength 

And all I love and hate, they're one in the same 

Now how am I gon' use it, try not to abuse it 

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What would you do if you knew you could get away with 

Anything you wanted to as long as people wanted something from you? 

Would you make em wait, knowing you could make all of their dreams true in a day 

Go and hesitate and let em salivate until they give up and they subdue 

Just to demonstrate how long it take until a person break 

Power trippin' easy nowadays, nowadays all the 

Culture vultures look to bottom feeders for their power plays 

Bucket crowded and the crabs fighting 

Puppets pick the people on their last legs 

Desperate dreamers turn to dirty fiends 

Hurting me to see the crowd beg in their loudest moment 

Seem too clear to be clouded by those who got it golden 

Brass status green could go brown at any sporadic moment 

So I stay open, reply to calls, fly or fall, all in all 

I think I found my weakness, I think I found my strength 

And all I love and hate, they're one in the same 

Now how am I gon' use it, try not to abuse it