Nujabes - Think Different lyrics

rate me

Yo, check it out

I want you to pay attention to this

Know what I'm saying, listen up, alright?

You bust lead? So do I, except mine impregnates the page

Giving birth to thoughts that unify

You fuck little girls, I make love to women

My words uplift, yours are poisonous like venom

I'm an emcee, you're a rapper

I'm as real as they come

While half the guys you idolize are just actors

You run from commitment, I remain loyal

You call women bitches

I call them queens because they're royal

You make rap songs, I make soul music

When God speaks through rhythm, will you go to it

Yo I save my cash; yours, you blow through it

I say your child's special, you say he's so stupid

I'm pouring my heart out in everything written

You're scared you'll look soft, heart remains hidden

Yo on touchy subjects nerves I stay hittin'

But I ain't better than you, I just think different

Is the glass half full or half empty?

It's based on your perspective quite simply

We're the same and we're not, know what I'm saying? Listen

So I ain't better than you, I just think different

My fam run things, while you run your jewelry

My people pop lock, you tough guys pop toolies

You rock gems, I drop gems

You Xerox copying while I originate material to stimulate

Positive thought patterns when the chosen start gathering

We bar none

Yo I got jokes, you are one

I'm out doing it while you talk about it

I'm constantly in the mix while you walk around it

You try, I do

I'm wise, you're clueless

I get the job done, you fail and make excuses

I'm a gentleman, your behavior's abusive

I'm patient, you're jumping the gun, false start

You're caught up in dress codes, I'll shop at Wal-Mart

Sucker, I'm all heart and you're half-hearted

You suckas are vandals, we graf artist

Thought you had the last laugh but we laugh hardest

Is the glass half full or half empty?

It's based on your perspective quite simply

We're the same and we're not, know what I'm saying? Listen

So I ain't better than you, I just think different

You fall in love with body parts, I connect mentally

With my female counterpart before we bond physically

Cats I chill with rap about revolution

While you rap about drug abuse and distribution

You wanna be like Mike, yo I wanna be me

My queen's hard to obtain while yours is easy

We both from Maryland but be reppin' D.C.

We all front sometimes, that's how emcees be

My word is bond and yours is worthless

You're mainstream, I'm beneath the surface

I stay working hard while you're hardly workin'

All you want is money and your dick sucked, are you certain?

I want a better world for our seeds to live in

I put faith in myself, not the system

Yo, we trying to travel so why you making pit stops?

You cats is rap and I'm hip-hop

Is the glass half full or half empty?

It's based on your perspective quite simply

We're the same and we're not, know what I'm saying? Listen

So I ain't better than you, I just think different