There was a time when I couldn't bust a rhyme Had yet to hit my prime 'Cause my mind was such a young mind And first you got to unwind The mystery of your soul, it's like a black hole The gravity is too thick You got to learn to lighten up a bit It's such a frightening thing to realize Every time you close your eyes You been cut down to size 'Cause you're stuck with yourself Ain't nobody else to compare yourself to It's just you And then you ask yourself, 'What's it all about?' So you try to figure it out And that's when you'll be tempted to believe foolish things And deceive yourself by lettin' someone else Do your thinkin' for you When they haven't got a clue But you can't relive the hype, don't ya see? 'Cause I got a special answer meant just for me Somewhere in my immediate vicinity
And if there's time enough to get it Then in time I'm gonna get it 'Cause I am the Individualist
Check my references Wherever you are now you know I been there, done that Don't need to sling the scat 'cause my resume' is too fat Change my name to some funky fresh dingbat Like 'the artist formerly known as TR-i' I got to laugh when they try to figure out what it's all about And they doubt that I'm so devout But it's something I can do without I got to know why I wanna know what I wanna know Why do I go where the others won't go? My eye is on the prize that's in disguise That you can only theorize, but I can utilize To rise above the lies about reality 'Cause you can't relive the hype don't ya see? 'Cause I got a special answer meant just for me Somewhere in my immediate vicinity
And if there's time enough to find it Then in time I'm gonna find it 'Cause I am the Individualist
Here comes the Individualist Yes I am, the Individualist