Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
I Am Selling Soul
Cee Lo Green
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[Part I]
I am the music✦ (I am)
I've yet to define✦ myself as just, one thing (I am)
Let's just say that
I am the actual and factual✦ supernatural, sight and surrounds
Signification✦ of conversation✦
T-two or more words rhyming in song form or spoken✦ syncopation✦
Huh, the reason✦ the rudery✦ reanimation✦ and realization✦ of life is rhythm
I am the heartbeat and the heartache, the here and now
I am the purpose, the point, the living✦ proof of a God somewhere
The lifeline,✦ lifelike laser✦ beam, the progression✦ and direction✦ (I am)
Always✦ will be always✦ was, what all comes✦ from and all must return (I am)
The center✦ of a perfect circle, I am your soul
Music✦ of your mind, each feeling causing each function✦ to be in conjunction✦ with the music✦
I am the music✦
I am the music✦
[Part II]
Mm, let's get started, shall we?
'Cause you know it's time gone
Every✦ time these niggas rhyme wrong
So uh, lights, camera,✦ action✦ I'm on
I'll have them standin' in line to get their mind blown
I'm sellin'✦ soul, rappin'✦ and singin'✦ and screamin' and yellin'✦ soul
Manufacturin', marketin', pricin',✦ packagin', and e-mailin' soul
With no rehearsal, this one verse'll coerce you, like a commercial✦
But what I must first do is make my presentation✦ a bit more personal
Everything✦ must go for a small price you can have the heart of me
There is no part of me that can't be calculated into✦ a commodity✦
My musings amount to a milestone, a million✦ miles✦ above✦ monotony
And it'll make you feel so good, it got to be God, it got to be
I paint prophecy, you know airbrush atrocity✦ with philosophy
And people ask me, am I gon' preach one of these days
And I just tell 'em, "Possibly"
If you let me, I'll end up bein' everything✦ probably
And obviously it's like any✦ other✦ job would be, so you might as well thank God for me
But isn't it amazin',✦ how the antenna ain't nothing but a sinner✦
You just can't go and be ordained over✦ dinner✦
Now I can interest an intellectual✦ or A-B-C it for a beginner
But, yes, my seasons still change, and it is almost winter✦
And it give it to you at God-speed, but yet it's gentle
And when I rhyme I make readin'✦ fundamentals or even✦ black and white
My lyric✦ is live and living✦ color, my flow if fluorescent✦
Like scripture highlighted in bright yellow✦
And all this for nine ninety-nine,✦ shit, that's wonderful
And the great thing about✦ it is, if you disagree you're money's✦ refundable
But there's✦ always✦ something rewardin', about✦ every✦ CeeLo✦ Green recording
'Cause even✦ after✦ all your expenses people still aspire✦ affordin'
It's incredible how convincin' I can be with a camera✦ pointed at me
But really✦ sometimes rappin'✦ feel like tappin'✦ to make a cracker happy✦
But when the DAT play and the beat get bumpin'✦ like adolescent✦ acne
It's kinda✦ sad but it's showtime, my sentiment exactly
So don't get mad, everybody's doin' it
You know you wouldn't mind a commercial✦ with your own tennis shoe in it
Whether you're sellin'✦ a dream, sellin'✦ a scheme, or playin' a role
Like it or not, we're selling soul
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