# DIFFERENT

Rujay

 

 

**[Intro]**

Yeah…

They told me I’d be like everybody else,

But I never fit inside that box.

 

**[Verse 1]**

I grew up watching people change for a little acceptance,

Smile in your face, but the love got a different direction.

I learned young, everybody got a mask they wear,

Some disappear when you need ’em, like they never cared.

I walked through the rain with my hood down low,

Had a head full of dreams but nowhere to go.

Mama said, “Keep your heart, don’t let this world take it,”

So I held onto hope even when I almost wasted it.

I lost some friends, gained scars, gained wisdom,

Every bad chapter turned into a better decision.

Now I look in the mirror and I finally see,

I wasn't broken—I was becoming me.

 

**[Hook]**

I'm different, I know, I don't move like them,

Had to lose myself just to find me again.

They can talk all day, I don't care what they say,

I been fighting my battles in my own way.

I'm different, yeah, and that's alright,

I made it through the dark just to see daylight.

If the world don't understand, let it be,

I was never meant to be anybody but me.

 

**[Verse 2]**

I remember nights when the silence got loud,

Sitting by the window while the city slept sound.

Thinking ’bout the people that I couldn't save,

And the promises we made that got buried in the grave.

I wanted revenge, but I chose to forgive,

’Cause carrying that anger ain't a way to live.

Every setback put another brick in the road,

Every tear that I cried made me stronger to grow.

Now the same ones doubting wanna know my name,

Funny how the story changes when you rise from the pain.

I don't need applause, I don't need their respect,

I just need a little faith and a reason to progress.

If tomorrow disappears, I can say that I tried,

Kept my soul intact while the world switched sides.

 

**[Hook]**

I'm different, I know, I don't move like them,

Had to lose myself just to find me again.

They can talk all day, I don't care what they say,

I been fighting my battles in my own way.

I'm different, yeah, and that's alright,

I made it through the dark just to see daylight.

If the world don't understand, let it be,

I was never meant to be anybody but me.

 

**[Outro]**

So here's my story—no filter, no disguise,

A thousand different versions living behind these eyes.

I ain't perfect, but I'm finally free…

They wanted me to fit in.

I chose to be me.