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Janelle Monáe – Cindi (2003) | Track profile | Dork

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Janelle Monáe
The Audition
Cindi

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Cindi

Release date: 2003

From The Audition

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About This Track

"Cindi" is a track by Janelle Monáe, from the album The Audition, released 2003. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Janelle Monáe.

About the Artist

Janelle Monáe

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Lyrics

Cindi

[Verse 1]

As I search for a home and a place to belong

I find it hard to fit in

I meet lots of pretty girls in this fantasy world

Waiting for their turn to shine

So I try to be Cindi in hopes that they'd notice

But I wasn't their cup of tea

[Chorus]

It's so lonely

When I'm only bein' me

[Verse 2]

Who's that girl in the mirror with hair like a rockstar?

She wants to dance but she has cold feet

Her confidence is low

So much talent but who'll know

When she's afraid to follow her dream

So I talked to her heart and made up her mind

That I gotta accept her for me

[Chorus]

But it's so lonely

When I'm only bein' me

[Outro]

Ooh

You gotta be you and I've gotta be me

Only, only be me

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Track details

From The Audition

2003

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Album

Release year

2003

—Lettin' Go!
—I Won't Let Go (Vocal Version)
—Time Will Reveal
—Warm Up (Cloud 9)
—I Won't Let Go
—My Favorite Nothing
—You Are My Everything
—Thoughts (Intro)
—You
—It's Not Fair
—Star
—Metropolis
—Party Girl
—Cindi
—Cloud 9

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Writer: Janelle Monáe