[Intro: Neil Degrasse-Tyson]

I think the greatest of people in society carve niches that represented the unique expression of their combinations of talents. And if everyone had the luxury of expressing their unique combinations of talents in this world, our society would be transformed overnight

[Verse 1: P Walsh]

It all started from a single point in space

Infinitesimally small and then the noise took place

An explosion, in it every atom was contained

The building blocks of everything began to gravitate

Spin, and collide, gases burned and stars began to shine

Heating solar systems with planets locked inside

Confound and bound by rules Isaac would inscribe

Compounds and clouds combined in the ground and in the sky

Yo, light and water mixed and had a daughter

Life had started, nature was the harbinger, the father

Farther, it evolved from a single-celled organism

Into worms, storks, many more there with them

Then ape escaped and, by fate, became man

With a new brain on his shoulders and a stick right in his hand

All across the static landscape, he established the Law of the Land

But there were flaws in the man and faults in the sand, yo

[Chorus: Erin Quinn]

They wanna be just like you, but they could never be you

They wanna be just like me, but they should never, but they should never

They wanna be just like us, but they could never be us

They wanna be just like you, but all you are is stardust

[Verse 2: P Walsh]

Soon thereafter, humor was consumed to form laughter

Cluelessness would soon lose to scrupulous chatter

Masters we became of our new brain matter

Clattering neurons began to slow and not scatter

But with wisdom came corruption, slavery and such, then

Kings really began to notice they were onto something

Greed would soon impede human beings because of money lusting

Sucker punching possibilities of easy love and trusting

Gluttony and jealousy, we developed the negatives

Wasting our potential, we enveloped the superlatives

With our super wits, we became the Wicked Witch

Cracking whips, kicking the dismissive kids

This is it, this is why, we have bloody streets, shrieks, and cries

And why delinquent kids come home with bludgeoned eyes

Nobody wanna be them self, it's sorcery, I'll show you why

I'll show you why, so

[Chorus: Erin Quinn]

They wanna be just like you, but they could never be you

They wanna be just like me, but they should never want to

They wanna be just like us, but they could never be us

They wanna be just like you, but all you are is stardust

[Verse 3: P Walsh]

So, like I said, in the beginning, the Big Bang blew

And then through evolution there came me and you

It's two plus two, through the evidence, it's proved

We all got the same potential, but most got it confused

Which is why bitches cry and bullies leave a bruise

And why, in Hitler's eyes, he had to kill the Jews

You're made of the same atoms as Adam

So why would you wanna be Adam?

Cut the crap and go and practice instead of getting mad at him

I can't fathom why everyone is self-saddened

If you're waiting to be someone else, nothing's gonna happen

You can rap and the run track or even do a backflip

It don't take magic, just get up off the mattress, that's it (that’s it) Don't ever count yourself out, don't be afraid

Find the fire inside, deny the bucket brigade

I'm just trying to wake everyone up like Starbucks

Be yourself, in the end, all we are is stardust

[Chorus]

They wanna be just like you, but they could never be you

They wanna be just like me, but they should never want to

They wanna be just like us, but they could never be us

They wanna be just like you, but all you are is stardust

[Outro: Neil Degrasse-Tyson]

I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves