Joe Budden

Joe Budden - Just To Be Different lyrics

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[Hook: Shinedown Sample]<br />

I feel like there is no need for conversation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

I would rather reveal myself than my situation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

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[Verse 1: Joe Budden]<br />

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(Going... going... gone)<br />

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Look, look, look...<br />

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See, I don't trus' no one (talk to 'em)<br />

So stubborn -<br />

I could dream a thousand paths, wake-up an' walk a ol' one.<br />

(Why?) An' I follow wherever it take me<br />

Insteada' wherever the crew go like Traylee.<br />

They see distinguished<br />

I see a nigga erasin' that fine line between crazy an' genius.<br />

Got the jewels out, see 'em on my Colorado shit (but...)<br />

I'd rather put the suit on an' not follow it. (Look)<br />

Ay'thing is perception, (I mean...) ay'thing is deception (but...)<br />

When niggas fuck wit' 'em 'cause I be the exception<br />

(Look) I got a warm reception way before any song hit<br />

I think too outside of the box ta' be cornered<br />

(I'm) Too real ta' be fickle<br />

Grounded, but too fly ta' meet a nigga in the middle<br />

Too big ta' be belittled.<br />

Wise way beyond my years, here's the motto of a manchild:<br />

Why try ta' fit in when you a standout? Oh...<br />

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[Hook: Shinedown Sample]<br />

I feel like there is no need for conversation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

I would rather reveal myself than my situation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

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[Verse 2: Joe Budden]<br />

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Uh, you in that mood yet?<br />

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Why not?<br />

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Look...<br />

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They said I had ta' make music that would have the kids feinin'<br />

Screamin', make nuttin' wit' a meanin'<br />

(But..) I ain't know the meanin'.<br />

They told 'em go Hollywood<br />

For a split-second thought I prolly' could<br />

But pollee on, would I be understood?<br />

Tol' me even if you not able ta' cop cable<br />

Ay'time you hit the club you better have a table.<br />

Tol' me they would take me out my worse<br />

Tol' me "image is everything"<br />

(So I...) Tol' 'em I'd obey my thirst (whoa!)<br />

Tol' me do what'chu gotta or what'chu on<br />

Hit the scene, make it rain -<br />

I told 'em I'm already in the storm.<br />

Ay'thing's in an uproar (whoa)<br />

They tol' me front, I said what for? (I mean whoa)<br />

Said it again, I said, fuck y'all!<br />

I won't succumb to all the stereotypes<br />

Won't sacrifice me for what the stereo hypes.<br />

They tol' me get in where you fit in -<br />

This is what's in demand now<br />

(So I...) Tol 'em why try ta' fit in when you a stand out? Oh...<br />

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[Hook: Shinedown Sample]<br />

I feel like there is no need for conversation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

I would rather reveal myself than my situation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

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[Verse 3: Joe Budden]<br />

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Naw'mean?<br />

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Yo...<br />

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I understand some's off 'bout me, but nuttin's forced 'bout me<br />

I never gave a fuck of what a nigga thought 'bout me.<br />

(Oh!) I look down upon what some see as a must<br />

Maybe I'm regular an' the World needs to adjust.<br />

I mean I'm everyday people, hood, but still formal<br />

I'm normally abnormal, takin' life as a lesson.<br />

I'll leave the past in the past, Tomorrow's not promised<br />

An' Today's just a gift, I guess that's why it's the present.<br />

Did I outgrow me or shit jus' didn't stick<br />

The baggier my jeans, the more shit didn't fit.<br />

(But I!) Didn't quit, inspired by hate, even wit' homeless<br />

When you a star you already down wit' The Joneses.<br />

My thoughts outloud - (I mean...)<br />

Sometimes if the leader walks slow enough, he fuck aroun' gets lost in the crowd<br />

But he ain't gotta speed-up, ay'thing'll pan out (why?)<br />

'Cause they'll spot'chu from far when you a standout.<br />

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[Hook x2: Shinedown Sample]<br />

I feel like there is no need for conversation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

I would rather reveal myself than my situation<br />

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different<br />

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(Thanks to Thoro'Bred for these lyrics)<br />

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