VTZ - Born 2 Be Different lyrics

[Hook: Sample of "Burning Bright" by Shine Down] 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] They said I walk around with a chip on my shoulda' No composa', like my girl slipped into a coma Look into my eyes you'll see a n***a barely soba Reality sets in now emotions carryin' ova I live in the crossroads of comedy and tragedy At times I lost hope, now I'm drownin' in insanity I keep trying to get up, but fall because of gravity I hide my scars behind these bars and they so unflattering But I'm real wit myself, u want proof of what I'm talking 'bout 'Bout how I spent my youth just trying to make my mama proud But its never good enough I was never perfect sh** These walls that I'm putting up hide all my nervousness Now I'm rewordin' it in terms y'all could relate to Always have faith in myself yet I'm so unfaithful So wen them haters talk down I've learned not to listen 'Cuz no matter what they say I ain't ashamed I was born different [Hook] [Verse 2] Y'all hungry for a piece of mind? I'll give you a piece of mine (listen) While evenly beastin' that's right I beat the odds I'm a misfit, who's not ashamed to scream it loud Started out a decent child Now I got em thinking how...could he Just throw his life all away And take off like a rich man's holiday See I ain't looking for a sign of praise I'd rather play video games with my bros to feel at home when I'm away Or tell my girl that I love her to d**h So 'till my last breath I'll always keep you in my heart And nobody can change the fact my persona strange But I'm just taking my life and making it art So while I might seem hard on myself There's a part of myself that just wanna die And I'd rather live with that fact then live in a lie So I'll just take my box of Newports to slowly blow the pain out I knew I was different since the day that I f**in' came out [Hook] [Verse 3] You wanna ride wit a n***a I'm in the eye of the storm Yolo don't apply to a n***a 'cuz like a phoenix I am reborn Came from the denominator seeing danger out my peripherals One bullet in the chamber, spin it, no more pain than came the reciprocal Image of my baby brother's face made me break down Left me speechless no words could even explain how I would never leave you by yourself 'Cuz the future bumpier den my old complexion Just to clear it up, I'm always here to help That's why I rap mad hungry like Dr lector In Sunday school they never answered my questions Next semester, protesting became my profession I spit affliction that's non-fiction, proud I was born different You should be 2 don't try to fit in it's cool to be true don't forget it Just think how the losers end up winning Like right now I'm cooking up hits like moms in the kitchen So eat up them quesadillas, open them books and read up And watch how I bring to life everything that I used to dream of [Outro] The great poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" That quote always resonated in me'cuz my whole life I been discriminated against for being different But that's how I was born I'm not a leader I'm not a follower I'm a rebel with my own cause I never gave a f** about expectations or what people feel is right for me 'Cuz at the end of the day this the life the chose me And I just talk about it most people just stay silent I can't 'cuz when I die people'll remember me for what I was Different