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===Lyrics=== | ===Lyrics=== | ||
<pre>Generally I'm a modest guy | <pre> | ||
JH:Generally I'm a modest guy | |||
I've eaten my share of humble pie | I've eaten my share of humble pie | ||
Sometimes that's delicious but I do have wishes | Sometimes that's delicious, but I do have wishes | ||
To swim with the biggest of bigger fishes | To swim with the biggest of bigger fishes | ||
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Life would be an abject hackneyed game | Life would be an abject hackneyed game | ||
No frame of reference for pleasure when there's no pain | No frame of reference for pleasure when there's no pain | ||
I'd rather not refrain I'd rather not abstain | I'd rather not refrain | ||
I'd rather not abstain | |||
Do you believe I'm special | Do you believe I'm special | ||
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I'm not afraid to be cast aside | I'm not afraid to be cast aside | ||
Invisible guys don't need to hide | Invisible guys don't need to hide | ||
The struggle is real but what's the deal | The struggle is real | ||
When | but what's the deal | ||
When folks feel like they need to have the most appeal | |||
I remember practicing most weekends | I remember practicing most weekends | ||
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Do I believe I'm special | Do I believe I'm special | ||
Mom always told me I was a one of a kind | IC: Mom always told me I was a one-of-a-kind | ||
but now that I'm old and wise, that thought | |||
it never be runnin' my mind | |||
What makes me different than all of the other dreamers | What makes me different than all of the other dreamers | ||
I can't impress 'em with bars when I meet up with the reaper | I can't impress 'em with bars when I meet up with the reaper | ||
I said ignorance is blissful | |||
World is abysmal, so every time I rap | |||
I gotta snap like a wish bone | |||
What the future holds | |||
What the future holds | |||
Let me look into my crystal ball | Let me look into my crystal ball | ||
I ain't got no friends left | I ain't got no friends left 'cause I ticked 'em off | ||
I ain't | |||
I ain't slept in days | |||
I'm getting more Fs than As | |||
When this record plays | When this record plays | ||
evident I'm in a mental haze | |||
staring at the Yellow Moon while Aaron Neville sings | |||
Heard the devil say that I'd never be special | Heard the devil say that I'd never be special | ||
Anyway who am I to fret like this | Wait | ||
I control my destiny | |||
piecing up what is left of me | |||
Confidence and common sense'll be the recipe | |||
This industry, it be faker than pro wrestling | |||
'Makes me wonder if this talent | |||
really is a specialty | |||
JH:Anyway who am I to fret like this | |||
Maybe a key change can pull me out of this abyss | Maybe a key change can pull me out of this abyss | ||
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In a dance, an epic vast expanse of kids | In a dance, an epic vast expanse of kids | ||
A round-robin championship of ids | A round-robin championship of ids | ||
Maybe I'm unique and maybe not | Maybe I'm unique and maybe not | ||
But I might as well deliver all I've got | But I might as well deliver all I've got | ||
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Do I believe I'm special | Do I believe I'm special | ||
Do you believe we're special | ALL:Do you believe we're special | ||
Would you agree we're special | Would you agree we're special | ||
How could we be so special | How could we be so special | ||