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I Am Different

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I Am Different

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I am so different being me is like the lottery

I am so on like the tv when you fall asleep

Niggas making pottery, but I broke the mold

Now my shit has got them dancing like a baby Oakenfold

Yes I got a lust for life, and I drink my weight in whiskey

And these hoes are acting different cause I'm Rich comma Ritchie

These friends are iffy

They're alcoholic geniuses

I think they hang around until I'm drunk and buy them Guinnesses

I gotta drink my medicine to cover what's inside of me

I'm still fucked up from the days nobody liked me

I'm lying just a little when I say that I don't give a fuck

You know I gotta give a fuck

You know I gotta give a fuck

My face is broken out

My shirt is hand-me-down

This kid named Vincent wanna take my shirt and lay me out

I'm tryin' to fit in like a fat bitch in her shoe size

It's funny how I'm flier now than witches on their broom rides

I always thought these new clothes were the potion

Cause I never felt that good in my own skin

It's probably cause I'm the only black kid in my school

And when I meet another black kid they tell me I'm a fool

Cause I wear these tight clothes

Tight jeans

Tight shirts

Yea I stay tight like these girls that make my dick hurt

Yea I'm self-conscious, go ahead laugh it up

Cause I dig deep and pull something out to back it up

They told my ass to blacken up

"What the fuck are you?"

"You don't even say shit"

"Quit writing gay shit"

Now when they see me, have to squint like Asians

Cause I'm too bright

Like an old night light

When I do not talk I am being polite

Rap all night

Act all day

Momma so scared I'mma waste away

I don't have time to sleep

I don't have time to eat

These niggas got time to do everything but be unique

I gotta do me like I'm jerkin' to a mirror

I am just a rapper, can't make it clearer

To every kid in a world full of pain

Please give a listen to this song and my name

Childish Gambino

We are all children

I am just a murderer, man I just killed this

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