Special Education (feat. Janelle Monáe)-Goodie Mob

[00:02.09][Produced by: Young Fyre] [00:05.26][Verse 1: Big Gipp] [00:05.52]They call him Gipp Zagga [00:06.51]It's the mutant, mister get down [00:08.44]Live wire, words poke you like barbwire [00:11.46]Maroon Range, sugar cane, oil stains [00:14.45]My right leg longer than my left foot [00:17.32]Put stripes next to squares, still peel the circle [00:20.24]See spirits off of people, I don't see color [00:23.26]I'm a special mind, yeah, a special kind [00:26.29]Conceived in the South at a special time [00:28.95]Covered in leaves of gold [00:30.12]Scripture written in scrolls [00:31.96]Spoken so clearly in tongues [00:33.38]So my children would come [00:35.38]Look around [00:36.76]Can't you see [00:38.18]The industry [00:39.68]They look like me [00:40.21][Hook: Janelle Monae] [00:40.47]I don't wear the clothes you wear [00:43.46]I'm just different and I don't care [00:46.31]It's kind of sad and it's a shame [00:49.25]Everyone wants to be the same [00:52.15]If you are listening here and now [00:55.02]I'm sure I can show you how [00:58.02]It's okay to be afraid [01:01.01]Don't you wanna be special [01:04.01][Verse 2: Khujo] [01:04.36]I'm so special, boy [01:05.84]Tried to went stupid, dumb [01:07.45]I eat nuclear waste and spit atomic bombs [01:10.43]Plutonium explodes, that's my trademark [01:13.22]Mushroom clouds inside, call 'em brain farts [01:16.21]Gamma rays torch my system, now I'm going green [01:19.14]G-force in my veins, pump hydrazine [01:22.08]KT, 13, a microphone beam [01:25.00]Cosmic juggernaut, extraterrestrial being [01:28.23]Reign supreme, once conceived, boy, they broke the mold [01:30.81]All this glory-seeking is getting totally outta control [01:33.73]No one's original, Attack of the Clones [01:36.61]Invasion of the swagger-snatchers [01:37.98]Aim for the dome [01:39.17][Hook: Janelle Monae] [01:39.48]I don't wear the clothes you wear [01:42.28]I'm just different and I don't care [01:45.21]It's kind of sad and it's a shame [01:48.14]Everyone wants to be the same [01:51.03]If you are listening here and now [01:53.98]I'm sure I can show you how [01:56.87]It's okay to be afraid [01:59.91]Don't you wanna be special [02:02.90][Verse 3: Cee-Lo] [02:03.31]Scientists stood around in silence as I was being born [02:06.17]Was I quote, unquote special or was there something wrong [02:09.02]My skin was black, my heart was gold, and my tongue was silver [02:11.60]And the fact that I could talk already, that was a thriller [02:14.63]And I fear what I don't understand, so let me warn you [02:17.66]Especially when ***** make too much noise about being normal [02:20.69]Unusual but beautiful, the bondin' blessing [02:23.37]Summa Cum Laude, School of Exceptional Youth [02:25.48]X-Men [02:26.60]Let me put something poetic into plain English [02:29.25]I'd rather die than to not be distinguished [02:32.31]The outsiders have no desires to be equal [02:35.24]When V.I.P. stands for "Very Insecure People" [02:37.97][Hook: Janelle Monae] [02:38.25]I don't wear the clothes you wear [02:41.15]I'm just different and I don't care [02:44.08]It's kind of sad and it's a shame [02:47.06]Everyone wants to be the same [02:49.98]If you are listening here and now [02:52.91]I'm sure I can show you how [02:55.78]It's okay to be afraid [02:58.75]Don't you wanna be special [03:01.74][Verse 4: T-Mo] [03:02.14]S.P.E.C.I.A.L [03:04.81]Heavyweight in the game, T tip the scale [03:08.01]I travel over the world back to ATL [03:10.97]I'm friends with the mayor, I'm a truthsayer [03:13.79]A crusader, a natural-born raider [03:16.75]I need a deejayer to be the illustrator [03:19.75]Let's get the dollar signs [03:21.13]I said my Gucci rhymes [03:22.44]I think it's tea time [03:23.90]Don't need a co-sign [03:25.55]T-Mo is on the grind, he about to let it shine [03:28.34]Off in the skyline, don't worry 'bout mine [03:31.43]I can handle lies and watching third eyes [03:34.30]I make 'em go blind, I don't just rap to rhyme [03:36.78][Hook: Janelle Monae] [03:36.97]I don't wear the clothes you wear [03:39.86]I'm just different and I don't care [03:42.83]It's kind of sad and it's a shame [03:45.72]Everyone wants to be the same [03:48.60]If you are listening here and now [03:51.57]I'm sure I can show you how [03:54.56]It's okay to be afraid [03:57.43]Don't you wanna be special