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Lecrae - Anomaly

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Album: Anomaly
Released: 2014

Anomaly Lyrics

I never fit in I was a outcast
In grade school out blasting my Outkast
And I'll pass on running to catch a route pass
Gimme a pen and a pad I'm tryna outlast
All of my idols
American and the foreign-ers
Before the foreign cars & the boring bars
Money money money sex drugs and the coroners
All this killin' but where the bodies at
All this money where the Bugattis at
But dig a lil deeper
And you'll find another insecure man sittin' in a 2 seater
The same little boy that got beat up
Plenty pains in his past you could bring up
Nobody ever told him he could be more than he is
But inside he's a leader
I didn't know who was inside me either
Striving to be a captain
Hopin' I could date a cheerleader
Tryna get me a throne of my own so I could put my feet up
Thank God my kingdom was overthrown by the soul redeemer

Yeah
Anomaly
Deviation from the common rule
Something or
Somebody that’s abnormal
That doesn’t fit in
I say that’s exactly what we are
We are the odd
The outcasts
The peculiar
The strangers
And they say
We don’t fit in
But I say we are exactly
Who God created us to be
Anomalies
The system didn't plan for this

Writer/s: MOORE, MARK DENNIS
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., A SIDE MUSIC LLC
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Anomaly Song Chart

According to the Songfacts dictionary, an anomaly is a "deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule." The concept of Lecrae 's Anomaly album describes how the Christian artist is a product of Hip-Hop, but by staying true to himself and following his own way, he deviates from the norm. He told MTV News "The title of the album has been a running thought in my head for a long time because I've always been a trans-cultural person."

"My friends are from all from different walks of life, I can exist in conservative circles and liberal circles, I walk in the hip-hop, pop and Christian worlds — I can still be me and be embraced in all of those worlds and that makes me an Anomaly."

Anomaly debuted at #1 on the US albums chart, with 88,587 copies sold in its first week. It was Lecrae's first set to reach the peak position and also the first chart-topper for Lecrae's label, Reach Records.

Anomaly also made history by becoming the first long player to debut at the top of the main albums chart and the Gospel Albums chart in the same week.

The song and album title came to Lecrae when when he was wrestling with what it means to be an outsider. He explained to Artist Direct : "It's almost like this intentionality in being an outsider. It's not like you're an outcast and you go, 'Oh well.' It's like, 'Listen, man. I'm actually going to embrace being an outcast and deviate from what's normal on purpose.'"

"An outcast feels more like people pushed you out," Lecrae added. "It does happen, but Anomaly is more like, 'Whether they push me out or not, I'm going to be me. I'm going to be different. That's the way it's going to be.'"