Slow Groove - Oddisee

Been on the road for quite some time now

En route to work is the only time that I wind down

I feel like Caesar on a quest to make Rome bigger

I played in trees as a child and could never climb down

Becoming introspective, I need to be more selective

I’m way too nice got me feeling bad to ignore a message

I traded secrets with homies I really thought could keep it

The Minute I leave and they steal my dreams and they try to sell it

I can’t tell if it’s, my fault or theirs

People being themselves I need to be more prepared

I guess it’s time to tighten up the circle

Put some notches in the belt for all the weight I’ve had to shed

More locks up on the door, a couple cameras in the front

Yeah I know who you are but what do you want?

Fool what you want?

Fool what you want?

(I'm sorry scratch it like that)

Fool what you want?

Slow groove

I just wanna take my time

I don’t mind the wait in line

I ain’t goin' nowhere soon

I just wanna take my time

I don’t mind the wait in line

We ain’t goin' nowhere

I’ve been contemplating drinking and the use of drugs

My favorite artists do it, they all influence us

I ain’t talking Future but rather older names

I’m talking Hendrix, talking Davis, talking Marvin Gaye

They were kings but to the coping they became a slave

Know that I got it in me don’t pass me a shot of whiskey

Anything I do, I do it the most

It just so happens I’m rewarded for being extreme

Applauded workaholic falling asleep in the office

And I’ll never get fired

Irony, I’m a boss cause I could never get hired

Ain’t got an off switch, therefore my bills higher

Somebody get coffee, black, single origin like our ancestors

Oh you forgot cause you tan lesser

This is me in a jam session cram a lesson in

Like party now, study in the end

100 percent

Slow groove

I just wanna take my time

I don’t mind the wait in line

I ain’t goin' nowhere soon

I just wanna take my time

I don’t mind the wait in line

We ain’t goin' nowhere

I’m really good at my job, that’s because I understood it’s a job

I’m not interested in coming to your studio or chilling after shows

I’ve got to do this all over tomorrow

I’d rather chill in my home, go out to eat just me and Ziz in the park

Seldom see me in the streets after dark

'Cept my name in that mar- quee

Traded street lights for stage lights

I’m trying to make a living from art

Have a life full of love, memories you can not like or remark

I’m only posting what I’m seeing in parts

I mean what’s more tragic, living in a hyper reality

Or the systematic murder of magic

I’m chasing the wild things and they’re becoming harder to find

In time I’m sure they’ll only live in my mind

But for now I’m on the prowl for the how’s

Leave it all up to chance bruh

Sometimes I’d rather not know the answer

But that’s just me

Slow groove

I just wanna take my time

I don’t mind the wait in line

I ain’t goin' nowhere soon

I just wanna take my time

I don’t mind the wait in line

We ain’t goin' nowhere