Oddisee - Different Now ft. Toine of DTMD

Oddisee is the embodiment of a renascence man. He produces, raps, and even manages the mello music group. He's a hardworking individual who portrays his personal growth on this elaborately produced track. I feel as if his first verse is a perfect painting of my development as a human. It's encouraging to see a boy transform into a man and do so with dignity and respect. If you haven't heard it yet this is an excellent song that solidifies Oddisee as a first class artist. As one of the comments on YouTube said, "this is some grown man rap."

Lyrics: Oddisee - Different Now ft. Toine of DTMD

And I'm not sure why, but um things seem different now, you know?

She practically handed me the ass

That I could care less because she lacked class

The fitting of her dress would of had me at 21

Its funny son

Just a few years older more revealings less appealing

And I'm more into shoulders

And other subtleties

I'm in the house more thus I'm out less

I'm less concerned with rocking fits that ain't out yet

I'm still about fresh

But not my tennis shoes more about my fruit and veg

I decorate my crib my home is couchless

That ain't the way I live

At least lately the life of a bachelor seems crazy

I went from cold pizza and old FIFA

To seeing goals scored in person at low bleachers

So lazy the youth in me I use to be

I use to like a one night stand

Now I'm all up in her house like there ain't one nice lamp

And I'm not sure why, but um things seem different now, you know?

And I'm not sure why, but um things seem different now, you know?

You see I use to be the backpack school type

Headphones jacked up never on the new hype

Trying to clean my act up

Caught up on my own mind till the past stacked up

Failing every class shit I knew I want to rap

Never thought I could achieve who would I be

Not seeing the thinkers make believers from the make believe

So I had to break up out of this thing and go savage

Trying to tilt the fucking earth off its axis

20 years up in the game no practice

So when I turn over or crash there's no madness

No tactics

My hearts my instrumental so the ventricles just carry the sensible

But I'm still cynical

I cheat on revolutions with part time solution

But division ain't confusing I just keep it moving

Not even seeing the illusions

Cause everybody's a pimp seducing the percentage from your units

But your boy Toine never looses

And I'm not sure why, but um things seem different now, you know?

And I'm not sure why, but um things seem different now, you know?

Longer days shorter nights

Make a beat record it nice

Order rice take away

Curry out the way we say

Me and Toine ain't like the way

Hurry out the game already

Sorta nice not enough

Rap about your paper chase

You gonna meet some niggas that just rap and keep their neighbors safe

Not a bluff kind of tough

DMV done bottled up

I'm gonna make that bottle bust

A lot of niggas carving up

Our art enough odd enough

I don't need to make a place

Smart enough new hustle

Progress the new struggle

Less about your skin color

More about your ends color

Whole worlds turning green and I don't mean recycling

That's why I'm out early queens the dollar bills trifling

Greek riots messing up the euro

Mad at that

Sweeds voted right wing sad at that

In fact damn cause they from a different world

Welcome to a black mans

Obama's in the office now

Look at how they reacting

And I'm not sure why, but um things seem different now, you know?