I can't believe all of the things they say about me
Walk in the room they throwing shade left to right
They be like, "Ooh, she serving face"
And I just tell 'em cut me up and get down
They call us dirty 'cuz we break all your rules down
And we just came to act a fool, is that all right?
(Girl, that's alright)
They be like, "Ooh, let them eat cake."
But we eat wings and throw them bones on the ground

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I a freak for dancing around?
Am I a freak for getting down?
I'm coming up, don't cut me down
Yeah I wanna be, wanna be

[Verse 2]
Is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror?
And am I weird to dance alone late at night?
And is it true we're all insane?
And I just tell 'em, "No we ain't" and get down

I heard this life is just a play with no rehearsal
I wonder will this be my final act tonight
And tell me what's the price of fame?
Am I a sinner with my skirt on the ground?

[Hook]
Am I a freak for dancing around?
Am I a freak for getting down?
I'm coming up, don't cut me down
Yeah I wanna be

[Verse 3]
Hey brother can you save my soul from the devil?
Say is it weird to like the way she wear her tights?
And is it rude to wear my shades?
Am I a freak because I love watching Mary? (Maybe)

Hey sister am I good enough for your heaven?
Say will your God accept me in my black and white?
Will he approve the way I'm made?
Or should I reprogram the programming and get down?

[Hook]

[Spoken Word]
Even if it makes others uncomfortable
I wanna love who I am
Even if it makes other uncomfortable
I will love who I am

[Breakdown: Erykah Badu]
Dance 'til the break of dawn
Don't mean a thing, so duh
I can't take it no more
Baby, we in tuxedo groove
Monae and E. Badu
Crazy in the black and white
We got the drums so tight
Baby, here comes the freedom song
Too strong we moving on
Baby there's melody
Show you another way
This joints for fight unknown
Come home and sing your song
But you gotta testify
Because the booty don't lie

No, no, the booty don't lie
Oh no, the booty don't lie

[Verse 4: Janelle Monae]
Yeah
Yeah, let's flip it
I don't think they understand what I'm trying to say

I asked a question like this
"Are we a lost generation of our people?
Add us to equations but they'll never make us equal.
She who writes the movie owns the script and the sequel.
So why ain't the stealing of my rights made illegal?
They keep us underground working hard for the greedy,
But when it's time pay they turn around and call us needy.
My crown too heavy like the Queen Nefertiti
Gimme back my pyramid, I'm trying to free Kansas City.

Mixing masterminds like your name Bernie Grundman.
Well I'm gonna keep leading like a young Harriet Tubman
You can take my wings but I'm still goin' fly
And even when you edit me the booty don't lie
Yeah, keep singing and I'mma keep writing songs
I'm tired of Marvin asking me, "What's Going On?
March to the streets 'cuz I'm willing and I'm able
Categorize me, I defy every label
And while you're selling dope, we're gonna keep selling hope
We rising up now, you gotta deal you gotta cope
Will you be electric sheep?
Electric ladies, will you sleep?
Or will you preach?"

Agreed, camera positioned right at his face laying down, the dialog wouldn't be out of place in a gay porn. The delivery sounded very rehearsed. Fake.

I think it's fair to say that fred and ginger are the greatest dance duo of all time. Incidentally, Ginger once said that Fred was such a perfectionist, that there were times, at the end of endless rehearsals/takes, that her feet were bleeding.

To me the text comments at the very start indicated that it was likely going on for a while.

The pulse of this, which is something that every good comedian knows implicitly, was the rest of the audience. If they appreciated her getting served so hard and for so long by the comedian, it's likely that it wasn't just some pre-rehearsed skit just waiting for a random undeserving audience member that he could bend into being the target of a bunch of memorized jokes. I think he deserves more credit than that, and I'd suggest there could have been lots of stuff we didn't see that indicates she did too.

Rehearsed or spontaneous, it's fucking cinematic!

Am I the only one who despises the cutaway shaky camera angle cliche? Or any shot that includes other cameramen in the shot? Or the jittery title text that was beaten to death 10 years ago? It's like shaking a baby rattle in people's faces to keep them from getting fussy, it's literally infantile. Or how about the filler shots that are supposed to show the subject looking so awkward or ernest caught in an unguarded moment, so we believe they are real people. It's just as rehearsed as a used-car sales pitch, which starts to look preferable to all this contrived horseshit.

Okay, I feel better now.

>> ^brycewi19:

It's the head-jerk to the left that makes it annoying and very pre-rehearsed.


I'm pretty sure head-jerk is part of the pronunciation.

It's the head-jerk to the left that makes it annoying and very pre-rehearsed.

If that wasn't the case, then that kid was a pretty damn good actor.>> ^quantumushroom:

Wonder if the kid knew what the guy with the thingy was going to say (aka rehearsal)? Since the kid had no lines and had only to react...it would be best not to give him direction other than listen...

Wonder if the kid knew what the guy with the thingy was going to say (aka rehearsal)? Since the kid had no lines and had only to react...it would be best not to give him direction other than listen...

"Other users become jaded and also start abusing the system because they see others getting away with murder. Let's hope that never happens here." Sorry zombieater, happened to me more than once here.....dealing with troublesome rabble with acidic rants makes my fucking teeth white!!....Also insures that the few friends I do make on the internet share a similar cutta the jib.

I must concur with gorilllaman in that my online and in-person personalities are pretty much congruent.....in fact, the time and meter of my spoken and written voices are similar as well, because after I write something simple enough for a knuckle-dragger to understand, I rehearse what it would sound like if I was shouting it whilst staring into their eyes as close to their their poncy little biscuit shoots as possible without the kissy-kissy!