| [00:02.09][Produced by: Young Fyre] |
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| [00:05.26][Verse 1: Big Gipp] |
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They call him Gipp Zagga |
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It's the mutant, mister get down |
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Live wire, words poke you like barbwire |
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Maroon Range, sugar cane, oil stains |
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My right leg longer than my left foot |
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Put stripes next to squares, still peel the circle |
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See spirits off of people, I don't see color |
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I'm a special mind, yeah, a special kind |
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Conceived in the South at a special time |
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Covered in leaves of gold |
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Scripture written in scrolls |
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Spoken so clearly in tongues |
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So my children would come |
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Look around |
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Can't you see |
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The industry |
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They look like me |
| [00:40.21][Hook: Janelle Monae] |
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I don't wear the clothes you wear |
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I'm just different and I don't care |
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It's kind of sad and it's a shame |
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Everyone wants to be the same |
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If you are listening here and now |
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I'm sure I can show you how |
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It's okay to be afraid |
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Don't you wanna be special |
| [01:04.01][Verse 2: Khujo] |
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I'm so special, boy |
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Tried to went stupid, dumb |
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I eat nuclear waste and spit atomic bombs |
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Plutonium explodes, that's my trademark |
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Mushroom clouds inside, call 'em brain farts |
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Gamma rays torch my system, now I'm going green |
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G-force in my veins, pump hydrazine |
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KT, 13, a microphone beam |
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Cosmic juggernaut, extraterrestrial being |
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Reign supreme, once conceived, boy, they broke the mold |
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All this glory-seeking is getting totally outta control |
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No one's original, Attack of the Clones |
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Invasion of the swagger-snatchers |
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Aim for the dome |
| [01:39.17][Hook: Janelle Monae] |
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I don't wear the clothes you wear |
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I'm just different and I don't care |
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It's kind of sad and it's a shame |
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Everyone wants to be the same |
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If you are listening here and now |
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I'm sure I can show you how |
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It's okay to be afraid |
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Don't you wanna be special |
| [02:02.90][Verse 3: Cee-Lo] |
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Scientists stood around in silence as I was being born |
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Was I quote, unquote special or was there something wrong |
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My skin was black, my heart was gold, and my tongue was silver |
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And the fact that I could talk already, that was a thriller |
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And I fear what I don't understand, so let me warn you |
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Especially when nigga make too much noise about being normal |
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Unusual but beautiful, the bondin' blessing |
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Summa Cum Laude, School of Exceptional Youth |
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X-Men |
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Let me put something poetic into plain English |
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I'd rather die than to not be distinguished |
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The outsiders have no desires to be equal |
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When V.I.P. stands for "Very Insecure People" |
| [02:37.97][Hook: Janelle Monae] |
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I don't wear the clothes you wear |
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I'm just different and I don't care |
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It's kind of sad and it's a shame |
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Everyone wants to be the same |
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If you are listening here and now |
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I'm sure I can show you how |
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It's okay to be afraid |
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Don't you wanna be special |
| [03:01.74][Verse 4: T-Mo] |
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S.P.E.C.I.A.L |
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Heavyweight in the game, T tip the scale |
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I travel over the world back to ATL |
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I'm friends with the mayor, I'm a truthsayer |
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A crusader, a natural-born raider |
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I need a deejayer to be the illustrator |
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Let's get the dollar signs |
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I said my Gucci rhymes |
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I think it's tea time |
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Don't need a co-sign |
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T-Mo is on the grind, he about to let it shine |
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Off in the skyline, don't worry 'bout mine |
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I can handle lies and watching third eyes |
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I make 'em go blind, I don't just rap to rhyme |
| [03:36.78][Hook: Janelle Monae] |
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I don't wear the clothes you wear |
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I'm just different and I don't care |
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It's kind of sad and it's a shame |
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Everyone wants to be the same |
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If you are listening here and now |
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I'm sure I can show you how |
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It's okay to be afraid |
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Don't you wanna be special |