Big Ole Words (Damn)

Mm hmm<br>Ok, Ok<br>Yeah<br>Y`all thought I lost it<br><br>[Verse One: Cee-Lo]<br>In no fashion have I lost my passion for the pen<br>It`s just that lately life has been a lost less inspirin<br>To tell you the truth trials and tribulations is very tirin<br>I gotta play a little game of gimmick and gunfirin<br>I`m not aspirin to be any lower or higher than,<br>I get equal as in eye to eye again<br>I`m the truth, I`m complicated I`m all ready but try again<br>I`ve got to die once to never ever die again<br>And what I believe within I engrave within my skin<br>And one thang that I ain`t is a saint without a sin<br>How could there be a now if there never was a then?<br>That is unbalanced just like the yang without the yen<br>I am distinguishably deeper as opposed to the paper-thin<br>And I breathe oxygen, and you rhymin bout rocks again<br>You stagnant, standing still enough to feel the world spin<br>I`m beginning to smell the end in the path of the blowing wind<br>Hopefully I`m fortunate enough to spend forever with a friend<br>I`m slow dancing with destiny every day until then<br>When I first got my big break I said that I would never bend<br>And discredit my character to keep up or contend<br>And my belief beat baseline secrete such a special blend<br>I am not like them at all and I cannot pretend<br>I am not like you at all and I cannot pretend.<br><br>[Hook]<br>DAMN<br>That shit was funky<br>You heard that nigga?<br><br>DAMN<br>Shawty Lo<br>(yup, c`mon)<br><br>[Verse Two: Cee-Lo]<br>I get off on an extension or compare comprehension<br>I`m in a classroom of my own, I`m too far gone for competition<br>Yet I`m never obnoxious with my obvious ambition<br>Perfectly imperfect is my dimension`s definition<br>I engage my pen pierces the page so that it bleeds my intention<br>With honorable mention of God`s divine intervention<br>I`m incredible I`m inevitable and there`s no possible prevention<br>I`ll hardly (have to) scream my dream and I`ll have your undivided attention<br>The powers that be will be beaten into submission<br>And you will be able to see my revolution on television<br>You`ll get an aneurysm fuckin around with my head on collision<br>With the power to get you dead and half the dead risen<br>I remember when my development was arrested<br>I was doin time on my mind misguided and misdirected<br>I was sick, so sick if I spoke to you you`d be infected<br>Then my conscience was cleared of all charges and I came out corrected<br>Reinvented, refined, replenished and well rested<br>On a mission for a medium to manifest the thoughts I collected<br>After that everything I breathed upon, I blessed it<br>I committed crimes of passion and my soul was suspected<br>But it was thrown out of court because of course the Creator and I connected<br>He told me, "fear not for thou art protected. Your life is being requested<br>And you are being tested, so make every attempt you can to expect the unexpected."<br><br>[Hook]<br><br>Mm mm mm<br>Boy that Lo boy<br><br>DAMN<br>Oh Lawd<br>Cee-Lo why you do it like that?<br>You aint have to bustin all like that, man<br>Makin these lil rappers feel like they can`t rap<br><br>DAMN<br>I got some more, I got some more if you want some.<br><br>[Verse Three: Cee-Lo]<br>I am internally evolving entirely<br>Extensive eclectic expression eloquently<br>Instantly innovative, Courageously creative<br>I`m driven, this God given gift it comes naturally to the native<br>Not a need for the dramatics or the systematic<br>Simplicities, strictly science and mathematics<br>The mastermind of the mighty mystical and magical moves<br>And metaphors manifests masterpieces<br>Thoroughly fury through the inner mind`s eye establishes this syn-thesis<br>Of these innermost, insightful, intriguing interpretations of extreme intelligence<br>My commonsense is no co-incidence<br>Caution: competitors approach carefully<br>I`m able to see<br>Rare ranges of distance, I expect respect<br>There`s no tolerance for negligence, never<br>You`ll forever<br>Feel the wrath of the pure and powerful poetry, permanently<br>Pre-meditative, political, critical, compellin, story-tellin<br>Defining desire, faith fuelin the fire<br>Brilliance, ?? philosophical, psychological willingly waging warfare,<br>Withstandin, commandin, demandin the listening ears to hear what God`s forcin<br>Instead endorsin education. Equality, not hate<br>Just revolution of the mind state<br>Note mere words but emotions<br>Which is essential, influential provin my people`s potential<br>Militancy, innocence, insight, listen to God then write<br>Since my birth date I been tight!<br>Shit<br><br>[Hook]<br><br>Now I don`t want never hear nobody else say<br>goddamn a nigga from the South can`t rhyme<br>NEVER!<br><br>DAMN<br>Hehehe...Now can I do my shit??