Artist: Joe Budden Album: Halfway House Song: Just To Be Different www.agentspits.com [Hook: Sampled] 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 [Verse 1] See I don't trust no one So stubborn I could dream a thousand paths wake up and walk an old one And I'll follow wherever it take me Instead of wherever the crew go like Tray Lee They see distinguish I see a nigga erasing that fine line between crazy and genius Got the jewels out, see 'em on my Colorado shit I'd rather put the suit on and not follow it Everything is perception, everything is deception When niggaz fuck wit 'em cuz I be the exception I gotta warm reception way before any song hit I think too outside of the box to be cornered To real to be fickle, grounded, but to fly to meet a nigga in the middle To big to be belittled Wise way beyond my years, here's the motto of a man-child Why try to fit in when you a standout? [Hook] [Verse 2] They said I had to make music that would have the kids fiending, screaming Make nothing with a meaning, I ain't know the meaning They told 'em go Hollywood, for a split second thought I probably could But probably won't, but I'll be understood Told me even if u not able to cop cable Every time you hit the club you better have a table Told me they will take me at my worst Told me image is everything, (so I) told 'em I'd obey my thirst Told me do what you gotta, what you want? hit the scene? make it rain? I told 'em I'm already in the storm Everything's in an uproar, they told me front, I said what for? 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 I told 'em why try to fit in when you a standout? [Hook] [Verse 3] I understand something's off bout me, but nothing's forced bout me I never gave a fuck of what a nigga thought about me I look down upon what some see as a must Maybe I'm regular and the world needs to adjust I mean I'm everyday people, hood, but still formal I'm normally abnormal taking life as a lesson I 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 Nigga quit, inspired by hate even when homeless When you a Star you already down with the Jones's My thoughts out loud Sometimes if the leader walk slow enough he fuck around get lost in the crowd But he ain't gotta speed up, everything will pan out Cuz they'll spot you from far when you a stand out [Hook]