Cover art for Big Ole Words (Damn) by CeeLo Green
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Big Ole Words (Damn) Lyrics

[Intro]
Mm hmm
Ok, Ok
Yeah
Y'all thought I lost it

[Verse 1: Cee-Lo]
In no fashion have I lost my passion for the pen
It's just that lately life has been a lost less inspiring
To tell you the truth trials
And tribulations is very tiring

I gotta play a little game of gimmick and gun firing
I'm not inspiring to be any lower or higher than
I get equal as in to eye to eye again
I'm the truth, I'm complicated I'm all ready but try again
I've got to die once to never ever die again
And what I believe within I engrave within my skin
And one thing 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 rhymin bout 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
[Hook]

Mm mm mm
Boy that Lo boy

DAMN
Oh Lawd
Cee-Lo why you do it like that?
You ain't have to bustin all like that, man
Makin these niggas feel like they can't rap

DAMN
I got some more, I got some more if you want some

[Verse Three: Cee-Lo]
I am internally evolving entirely
Extensive eclectic expression eloquently
Instantly innovative, Courageously creative
I'm driven, this God given gift it comes naturally to the native
Not a need for the dramatics or the systematic
Simplicities, strictly science and mathematics
The mastermind of the mighty mystical and magical moves
And metaphors manifests masterpieces
Thoroughly fury through the
Inner mind's eye establishes this thesis
Of these innermost, insightful
Intriguing interpretations of extreme intelligence
My common sense is no co-incidence
Caution: competitors approach carefully
I'm able to see
Rare ranges of distance, I expect respect
There's no tolerance for negligence, never
You'll forever
Feel the wrath of the pure and powerful poetry, permanently
Pre-meditative, political, critical, compelling, storytelling
Defining desire, faith fuelin the fire
Brilliance, For Blacknes philosophical, psychological willingly waging warfare
Withstanding, commanding, demanding the listening ears to hear without forcing
Instead endorsing education. Equality, not hate
Just revolution of the mind state
Not mere words but emotions
Which is essential, influential provin my people's potential
Militancy, innocence, insight, listen to God then write
Since my birth date I been tight!
Shit

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Cock of the Walk Studios (Kennesaw, GA)
Release Date
April 23, 2002
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