Verse 1
so what if you wanna be just like everybody else.so what if you wanna see the world just like they told you.


pre-chorus
its not a crime to be a diamond in the rough, your own uniqueness fortune is a gift from above, I don't see how this relates to me, but if I had the choice I wouldn't change a thing---


Chorus
Not from the color of my skin or the thoughts I have within or the family that I've lived with out, not from the friends that I have made or the impossible mistakes and the adventures that I've lived till now cause that's what molded me


Verse 2
I've seen a lot of hopeless, dying, panting, begging for sweet death. it's not the same what you think, what you know and seen in the movies


Pre-chorus
its not a crime to be a diamond in the rough, your own uniqueness fortune is a gift from above, I don't see how this relates to me, but if I had the choice I wouldn't change a thing---


Chorus
Not from the color of my skin or the thoughts I have within or the family that I've lived with out, not from the friends that I have made or the impossible mistakes and the adventures that I've lived till now cause that's what molded me


Bridge
Its not a crime to be a diamond in the rough, your own uniqueness fortune is a gift from above


pre-chorus
I don't see how this relates to me, but if I had the choice I wouldn't change a thing


chorus
Not from the color of my skin or the thoughts I have within or the family that I've lived with out, not from the friends that I have made or the impossible mistakes and the adventures that I've lived till now cause that's what molded me