Oddisee - The Back Up lyrics

[Verse 1 - Oddisee] Soon as I start I partition the dough Share life living it up Before I jump off the edge I'mma visit the top Build a block foundation I'm embracing the drop Make or break it ain't the plot when you're switching your crop If one egg start to rot, it won't diminish the lot This is pops talking through me, with the bread he was smart I took a sharp way of thinking, and I made it a dart Point the weapon at myself, and I aim at the heart Then at the brain, to make sure the logic was locked Permanent stain, bloats on the cut of the cloth The [?], I ain't done I'm forever the spark From the start, I'm prepared for the fame, or the flop Flame of the frost, the lost, all the gain that I got They can rate I won't stop, in my action stance A black man with a back up plan While always saying, I'mma [Chorus] x8 Back it up(Easy back it up) [Verse 2 - Uptown XO] Where did you go? Area code bury your soul Do as you do ways of the fool save me the loan Ain't mean it though, [?] saving for God Word is your bond, you was my dog But lately I'm all teeth, uh Half of you gone, out of my life, peace I get [?]- I don't answer before the beep Ain't no get backs, quit that You got up out your sit n***as was blowing, my b**h said, "Told you listen to me" Now that you gone, hope you strong n***a your soul's cheap, spirit is weak I pray that one day we can all see There is a road, good for the soul, f** what you stole Uptown that's my humble abode [?] Motherf**er which one are you on Ga**ing up, you n***a's mileage ain't adding up You had it up, but I've had enough I got my balls and my word [Chorus] x8 [Verse 3 - yU] Now look at that, what if I took it back When I was riding 'round the city with this pretty youngin' that was Thicker than a snicker, brother couldn't pa** all that Had to holla, now baby doll all up in my Cadillac Now to long before she said her name the same as my mama When I ask if she have man, she paused: I ain't want no drama So I told her: Hol' up, I know the feeling I like the brain But if you ain't single I ain't down with recycling The old me would have said, "f** all that" When you do things, they boomerang, and find their way on back It wasn't easy, 'specially she had her hand on my lap One eye scoping out the gap in her thigh, had them tatts And that's why I went as far as I did Pulled over, right hand shoulder, then she got closer I told her I'd take her home, kind of awkward 'cuz I tend to be brief I dropped her off on Kennedy, and got back crackin' this beat And it went [Chorus]