Just To Be Different By Joe Budden

[Tash8]

I love this song, the flow is a bit choppy sometimes but the lyrics are real inspiring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt9bbtLym84

See, I don't trus' no one (talk to 'em)
So stubborn -
I could dream a thousand paths, wake-up an' walk a ol' one.
(Why?) An' I follow wherever it take me
Insteada' wherever the crew go like Tre Lee.
They see distinguished
I see a nigga erasin' that fine line between crazy an' genius.
Got the jewels out, see 'em on my Colorado shit (but...)
I'd rather put the suit on an' not follow it. (Look)
Ay'thing is perception, (I mean...) ay'thing is deception (but...)
When niggas fuck wit' 'em 'cause I be the exception
(Look) I got a warm reception way before any song hit
I think too outside of the box ta' be cornered
(I'm) Too real ta' be fickle
Grounded, but too fly ta' meet a nigga in the middle
Too big ta' be belittled.
Wise way beyond my years, here's the motto of a manchild:
Why try ta' fit in when you a standout? Oh...

[Hook: Shinedown Sample]
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 2: Joe Budden]
They said I had ta' make music that would have the kids feinin'
Screamin', make nuttin' wit' a meanin'
(But..) I ain't know the meanin'.
They told 'em go Hollywood
For a split-second thought I prolly' could
But pollee on, would I be understood?
Tol' me even if you not able ta' cop cable
Ay'time you hit the club you better have a table.
Tol' me they won't take me at my worse
Tol' me "image is everything"
(So I...) Tol' 'em I'd obey my thirst (whoa!)
Tol' me do what'chu gotta or what'chu on
Hit the scene, make it rain -
I told 'em I'm already in the storm.
Ay'thing's in an uproar (whoa)
They tol' me front, I said what for? (I mean whoa)
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 tol' me get in where you fit in -
This is what's in demand now
(So I...) Tol 'em why try ta' fit in when you a stand out? Oh...

[Hook: Shinedown Sample]
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

I understand some's off 'bout me, but nuttin's false 'bout me
I never gave a fuck of what a nigga thought 'bout me.
(Oh!) I look down upon what some see as a must
Maybe I'm regular an' the World needs to adjust.
I mean I'm everyday people, hood, but still formal
I'm normally abnormal, takin' life as a lesson.
I'll leave the past in the past, Tomorrow's not promised
An' Today's just a gift, I guess that's why it's the present.
Did I outgrow me or shit jus' didn't stick
The baggier my jeans, the more shit didn't fit.
(But I!) Didn't quit, inspired by hate, even wit' homeless
When you a star you already down wit' The Joneses.
My thoughts outloud - (I mean...)
Sometimes if the leader walks slow enough, he fuck aroun' gets lost in the crowd
But he ain't gotta speed-up, ay'thing'll pan out (why?)
'Cause they'll spot'chu from far when you a standout.

the bolded parts are just incredible... especially the second verse i bet there's thousands of underground rapper who feel the same way.

[gladimnotsoluble]

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

that's one of the sickest lines i've seen

[Wreck]

I love this song. Did you know it was produced by Soundclick producer VTZ?

You can tell it's a VTZ beat from the tags in the beginning of the song, and they uploaded this song onto their soundclick profile. For people that go on their and dl their beats, they know what I mean.

But the beat is fantastic, lyrics are inspiring and very good, flow and delivery is on point too..

[Tash8]

I love this song. Did you know it was produced by Soundclick producer VTZ?

You can tell it's a VTZ beat from the tags in the beginning of the song, and they uploaded this song onto their soundclick profile. For people that go on their and dl their beats, they know what I mean.

But the beat is fantastic, lyrics are inspiring and very good, flow and delivery is on point too..

yes i knew that, i figured that out from where it says "VTZ" in the beat.

[Ka0t1c]

wow, i didn't think joe budden was this good, i love this song now! thanx a million!

[Emadyville]

Damn everything i hear from him gets better and better, there anywhere i can download this shit? Thanks for the find btw

[Ka0t1c]

yep, i got mine from limewire

[Emadyville]

yep, i got mine from limewire

I dont have limewire can you zshare it?

[Ka0t1c]

http://www.forum.trshady.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=54234

[Wreck]

I love this song. Did you know it was produced by Soundclick producer VTZ?

You can tell it's a VTZ beat from the tags in the beginning of the song, and they uploaded this song onto their soundclick profile. For people that go on their and dl their beats, they know what I mean.

But the beat is fantastic, lyrics are inspiring and very good, flow and delivery is on point too..

yes i knew that, i figured that out from where it says "VTZ" in the beat.

Don't be a smart ass about it. I was only putting the information out their, for fans of Budden that didn't know VTZ produced it, or who produced the track in general. You aint gotta get cocky about it.

[Shads]

I won't succumb to all the stereotypes
Won't sacrifice me for what the stereo hypes.

dope

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

'll leave the past in the past, Tomorrow's not promised
An' Today's just a gift, I guess that's why it's the present

when i first listened to the track those 2 lines just made me be like DAM.


joe is my favourite rapper now just so dam down to earth and his tracks are so easy to relate to.

[vt_x_spider]

'll leave the past in the past, Tomorrow's not promised
An' Today's just a gift, I guess that's why it's the present

when i first listened to the track those 2 lines just made me be like DAM.


joe is my favourite rapper now just so dam down to earth and his tracks are so easy to relate to.

It's nothing original there, he used what Joan Rivers said: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.”, those lines were the ones I really didn't enjoy, lol. But dope track nonetheless

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

^i heard joe say it first so i got the effect of the lines form him.

[Tash8]

^i heard joe say it first so i got the effect of the lines form him.

yea i've heard it before, but it felt the song well so i have no problem with it..