[ti:Optimist (We Are Not For Them)]
[ar:]
[al:Never Better]
[by:李澤昊]
[00:02.00] - Optimist (We Are Not For Them)
[00:12.00]LRC by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang
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[00:33.52]I pick a lot of locks/ rock a lot of shows/
[00:36.54]Build with the moms/ hang with a broken crow/
[00:38.71]Been hurting the same heart/ since I was like 2/
[00:41.89]Use sarcasm freely/ bark at the greedy/ bite what feeds/
[00:46.17]Shy from the seedy/ Im bold in approach/ so rely on the/
[00:49.30]Hope that average/ MCs cant fuck with or sound like me/
[00:51.51]Ive never down with The King/ its never something I wanted to be/
[00:54.90]Never better than the work/ the toil and reap/
[00:57.12]But the work for the wants/ not to suffer for the needs/
[00:59.52]Nothings tougher than the/ dreams/ and good sleep/
[01:02.45]Teaching my son how to reach/ damn right/
[01:05.01]Cause it get a little darker every night/
[01:06.46]And the rent goes up and they cutting out the/
[01:08.54]Dead ends to chase/ feelings to fake/
[01:10.98]new hearts to break/ amends to make/
[01:12.67]They all so/ afraid and safe/
[01:14.31]in need of space/ but hugging that crowd/
[01:16.07]Only shake with the quake/ an a times like this are up/
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[01:25.39]We break their stride cause we break our mirrors/
[01:29.92]They hugging that pride like its all there is/
[01:33.96]We make our own and if they dont feel it/
[01:38.29]Then we are not for them (and thats cool)
[01:42.67]I made this beat for Alegra Oxborough/
[01:45.11]She showed me how to do the thing with the cups/
[01:47.28]I wrote the verse/ on a triple-double-Tuesday/
[01:49.35]Writing in the van/ in the back lot/
[01:51.26]I never made it in/ never really can tell the friends these days/
[01:54.15]Telephone dont sleep some days/
[01:55.77]Someday Ima be peaceful again/ til then keep speak to a min/
[01:59.59]Shed a little skin/ Ima beat it all and win/
[02:01.74]Ima