Just to be different
I feel like there is no need for conversation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
I would rather reveal myself than my situation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
(Going… going… gone)
Look, look, look…
See, I don’t trust’ no one (talk to ‘em)
So stubborn -
I could dream a thousand paths, wake-up an’ walk a old one.
(Why?) And I follow wherever it take me
Insteada’ wherever the crew go like the rest in the scene.
They see distinguished
I see a nigga erasing that fine line between crazy and genius.
Got the jewels out, see ‘them on some of my older shit (but…)
I’d rather put the suit on and not follow it. (Look)
Anything is perception, (I mean…) anything is deception (but…)
When others fuck wit’ ‘em ’cause I be the exception
(Look) I got a warm reception way before any of my vid’s hit
I think too outside of the box ta’ be cornered
(I’m) Too real to be fickle
Grounded, but too fly to meet a nigga in the middle
Too big to be belittled.
Wise way beyond my years, here’s the motto of a manchild:
Why try to fit in when you a standout? Oh…
I feel like there is no need for conversation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
I would rather reveal myself than my situation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
Uh, you in that mood yet?
Why not?
Look…
They said I had to make content that would have the fags feinin’
Screamin’, make nuttin’ wit’ a meanin’
(But..) I ain’t know the meanin’.
They told ‘em go Hollywood
For a split-second thought I prolly’ could
But pollee on, would I be understood?
Told me even if you not able to cop cable
Anytime you hit the club you better have a table.
Told me they won’t take me at my worse
Told me “image is everything”
(So I…) Told them I’d obey my thirst (whoa!)
Told me do what you gotta or what you on
Hit the scene, make it rain -
I told them I’m already in the storm.
Anything’s in an uproar (whoa)
They told me front, I said what for? (I mean whoa)
Said it again, I said, fuck y’all!
I won’t succumb to all the stereotypes
Won’t sacrifice me for what the stereo hypes.
They told me get in where you fit in -
This is what’s in demand now
(So I…) Told them why try ta’ fit in when you a stand out? Oh…
I feel like there is no need for conversation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
I would rather reveal myself than my situation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
know what I mean?
Yo…
I understand some’s off about me, but nothing’s false about me
I never gave a fuck of what a another thought about me.
(Oh!) I look down upon what some see as a must
Maybe I’m regular an’ the World needs to adjust.
I mean I’m everyday people, hood, but still formal
I’m normally abnormal, takin’ life as a lesson.
I’ll leave the past in the past, Tomorrow’s not promised
And Today’s just a gift, I guess that’s why it’s the present.
Did I outgrow me or shit just didn’t stick
The baggier my jeans, the more shit didn’t fit.
(But I!) Didn’t quit, inspired by hate, even with homeless
When you a star you already down wit’ The Joneses.
My thoughts outloud – (I mean…)
Sometimes if the leader walks slow enough, he fuck around gets lost in the crowd
But he ain’t gotta speed-up, anything will pan out (why?)
‘Cause they’ll spot you from far when you a standout.
I feel like there is no need for conversation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
I would rather reveal myself than my situation
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
this peice really touched me Sir! I esp Love the lines..
“I understand some’s off about me, but nothing’s false about me
I never gave a fuck of what a another thought about me.”
… ’cause that’s how I feel all the time! I’m kind of in my own world pretty much & it’s just wow… your words just totally touched me reading this Master!! Thank you so much for sharing this & just making me feel better somehow though your words Sir!
Holy shit, man. My friend posted the ” understand some’s off about me, but nothing’s false about me
I never gave a fuck of what a another thought about me.” line on his Facebook today, so I looked it up.
I’m not into rap, but I have a ton of respect for great rappers because I’ve written poetry for a long time.
JUST TO BE DIFFERENT IS FUCKING BRILLIANT.
Truly inspiring, I need to get back to writing.
Thank you, sir. I’m glad I saw this.