What I believe within.
I engrave it in my skin.
And one thang that I ain’t is a saint without a sin.
How could there be a now if there never was a then?
That is unbalanced just like the yang without the yen.
I am distinguishably deeper as opposed to the paper-thin.
And I breathe oxygen.
And you rhyming about rocks again.
You stagnant, standing still enough to feel the world spin.
I’m beginning to smell the end in the path of the blowing wind.
Hopefully I’m fortunate enough to spend forever with a friend.
I’m slow dancing with destiny every day until then.
When I first got my big break I said that I would never bend.
And discredit my character to keep up or contend.
And my belief beat baseline secrete such a special blend.
I am not like them at all and I cannot pretend.
I am not like you at all and I cannot pretend.

Cee-Lo – “Big Ole Words” from Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections

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  Review Date: July 10, 2006
  Website: The Gnarls Barkley Website
  Label: Downtown

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