What They'll Say

[Verse 1: Oddisee]

I got a purpose and a plan, and it's workin'

Feeling like I'm running on a circuit, but it's worth it

Paint a picture perfect, with the blood that I'm exertin'

It ain't hurting, so the further I'mma push it into service

Polish up the surface cause I see that order matters

And the shallows is be deep enough for peaking up and flourish

Hiding in the bushes with a motive and a mission

I'm jumping out over bridges, no parachute or a cushion

You know they only listen when the war's at a distance

With the misses get nearer, nothing started us, but is it?

Repentin in a minute so the ending is where its [justice?]

Nah I would rather do this, give all me 'til it's finished

I hope they gon' say Fortwell

Yeah Fortwell

Brought wells to the desolate for quenchin'

I know that my intentions go unnoticed

And part of me wants attention

The art of me, you get what I didn't

See I fought good

[Chorus: Maimouna Youssef] x2

I will fight the good fight, I will, go where there's no path - and leave behind a trail

[Verse 2: Oddisee]

I'mma make a difference, I'm trying to make the thang that makes the difference

Wait - let me explain

You see it's bigger than the individual

My armor stay invisible

My efforts you can cite them in the pain

(What's realer than that?)

Got me feeling like the sentiment is of my own

Keep calm carried on like a gentlemen

But I'm in the arena, with hyenas

And the only way to beat them, that I see is with intelligence

(What's realer than that?)

Being black with a brain

They rather see me asking for the ball than for a raise

Yeah I could dumb it down and get a buck

Or smarten up and get the grave

I'm just tryna make a living in the grade

Try to fit me in the space

I'll make you comfortable

But I was sent to trouble you

But when my calling finish, take the survey

The pen is mightier than swords

Only weapon that I got

You're naive to think it's wordplay

What's realer than that?

[Chorus: Maimouna Youssef] x2

[Bridge: Gary Clark Jr.]