[00:02.09][Produced by: Young Fyre]
[00:05.26][Verse 1: Big Gipp]
[00:05.52]They call him Gipp Zagga
[00:06.51]It's the mutant, mister get down
[00:08.44]Live wire, words poke you like barbwire
[00:11.46]Maroon Range, sugar cane, oil stains
[00:14.45]My right leg longer than my left foot
[00:17.32]Put stripes next to squares, still peel the circle
[00:20.24]See spirits off of people, I don't see color
[00:23.26]I'm a special mind, yeah, a special kind
[00:26.29]Conceived in the South at a special time
[00:28.95]Covered in leaves of gold
[00:30.12]Scripture written in scrolls
[00:31.96]Spoken so clearly in tongues
[00:33.38]So my children would come
[00:35.38]Look around
[00:36.76]Can't you see
[00:38.18]The industry
[00:39.68]They look like me
[00:40.21][Hook: Janelle Monae]
[00:40.47]I don't wear the clothes you wear
[00:43.46]I'm just different and I don't care
[00:46.31]It's kind of sad and it's a shame
[00:49.25]Everyone wants to be the same
[00:52.15]If you are listening here and now
[00:55.02]I'm sure I can show you how
[00:58.02]It's okay to be afraid
[01:01.01]Don't you wanna be special
[01:04.01][Verse 2: Khujo]
[01:04.36]I'm so special, boy
[01:05.84]Tried to went stupid, dumb
[01:07.45]I eat nuclear waste and spit atomic bombs
[01:10.43]Plutonium explodes, that's my trademark
[01:13.22]Mushroom clouds inside, call 'em brain farts
[01:16.21]Gamma rays torch my system, now I'm going green
[01:19.14]G-force in my veins, pump hydrazine
[01:22.08]KT, 13, a microphone beam
[01:25.00]Cosmic juggernaut, extraterrestrial being
[01:28.23]Reign supreme, once conceived, boy, they broke the mold
[01:30.81]All this glory-seeking is getting totally outta control
[01:33.73]No one's original, Attack of the Clones
[01:36.61]Invasion of the swagger-snatchers
[01:37.98]Aim for the dome
[01:39.17][Hook: Janelle Monae]
[01:39.48]I don't wear the clothes you wear
[01:42.28]I'm just different and I don't care
[01:45.21]It's kind of sad and it's a shame
[01:48.14]Everyone wants to be the same
[01:51.03]If you are listening here and now
[01:53.98]I'm sure I can show you how
[01:56.87]It's okay to be afraid
[01:59.91]Don't you wanna be special
[02:02.90][Verse 3: Cee-Lo]
[02:03.31]Scientists stood around in silence as I was being born
[02:06.17]Was I quote, unquote special or was there something wrong
[02:09.02]My skin was black, my heart was gold, and my tongue was silver
[02:11.60]And the fact that I could talk already, that was a thriller
[02:14.63]And I fear what I don't understand, so let me warn you
[02:17.66]Especially when nigga make too much noise about being normal
[02:20.69]Unusual but beautiful, the bondin' blessing
[02:23.37]Summa Cum Laude, School of Exceptional Youth
[02:25.48]X-Men
[02:26.60]Let me put something poetic into plain English
[02:29.25]I'd rather die than to not be distinguished
[02:32.31]The outsiders have no desires to be equal
[02:35.24]When V.I.P. stands for "Very Insecure People"
[02:37.97][Hook: Janelle Monae]
[02:38.25]I don't wear the clothes you wear
[02:41.15]I'm just different and I don't care
[02:44.08]It's kind of sad and it's a shame
[02:47.06]Everyone wants to be the same
[02:49.98]If you are listening here and now
[02:52.91]I'm sure I can show you how
[02:55.78]It's okay to be afraid
[02:58.75]Don't you wanna be special
[03:01.74][Verse 4: T-Mo]
[03:02.14]S.P.E.C.I.A.L
[03:04.81]Heavyweight in the game, T tip the scale
[03:08.01]I travel over the world back to ATL
[03:10.97]I'm friends with the mayor, I'm a truthsayer
[03:13.79]A crusader, a natural-born raider
[03:16.75]I need a deejayer to be the illustrator
[03:19.75]Let's get the dollar signs
[03:21.13]I said my Gucci rhymes
[03:22.44]I think it's tea time
[03:23.90]Don't need a co-sign
[03:25.55]T-Mo is on the grind, he about to let it shine
[03:28.34]Off in the skyline, don't worry 'bout mine
[03:31.43]I can handle lies and watching third eyes
[03:34.30]I make 'em go blind, I don't just rap to rhyme
[03:36.78][Hook: Janelle Monae]
[03:36.97]I don't wear the clothes you wear
[03:39.86]I'm just different and I don't care
[03:42.83]It's kind of sad and it's a shame
[03:45.72]Everyone wants to be the same
[03:48.60]If you are listening here and now
[03:51.57]I'm sure I can show you how
[03:54.56]It's okay to be afraid
[03:57.43]Don't you wanna be special