Torae - Entitled lyrics
[Torae - Entitled lyrics]
I see everybody rapping now
Well I been the shit
Thought it was destiny just
Because I could spit i thought that was it
As long as you been nice with the bars
God, eventually something will click
And then you get the record deal
And you’ll be a star with millions of fans
People will know who you are
But is you grinding or nah? I
Figure my comp ain’t had work
So comparably you ain’t work as hard
How entitled we are just because of the gift
But that ain’t the half
What really making it is
Really making it is you getting
Off of your ass and seizing the moment and
Never letting it pass
‘Cause you could be gassed
But other people with drive
Will be on your heels and
End up passing you by
Got you feeling like why
No time to be stifled
And just ‘cause we want it
It doesn’t mean we entitled for real
You’re so special baby, you’re a superstar
The whole world is yours
You think you are (you’re everything)
You’re so special you’re so special
You’re so special
You’re so special (you’re everything)
I see everybody famous now ‘cause of the Gram
The bitches is bad and all
Your homies the man
But is it a scam, you can’t
Put a filter on life, dog
The same way you do it on cam
I do it for the fam
Some people do it for fame
Is you making a difference or
You just making it rain?
I’m for making a change
Let’s build generational wealth
So we will never be impoverished again
Went from how many mics to how many likes
Your prince want to be a Barb
Your princess a dyke
And yeah we all got a right
But peep what’s scribed on the wall
Without any kings
That’s when the monarchy fall
While you’re striving to ball
They still got us in chains
They never empower being in power again
All the ignorance staged
You thinking it’s viral
And just ‘cause we royalty
Doesn’t mean we’re entitled for real
"I went home to the motherland
And everybody should go home to
Africa one thing I got
Out of it was magic I’d like to
Share with you you know, it’s like
I was leaving
And I was sitting in the hotel, and
A voice said to me, it said
‘look around what
Do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see all
Colors of people doing everything, you know’
And a voice said, ‘do you see
Any niggas?’ And I said, ‘no’ And it said
‘you know why ‘cause there aren’t any’ And
It hit me like a shot, man i started crying
And shit i was sitting there i said
‘yeah I been here in three weeks i haven’t
Even said it i haven’t even thought it’ And
It made me say ‘oh my god
I’ve been wrong i’ve been wrong i
Got to regroup my shit
I mean’ I said ‘I ain’t
Gon’ never call another
Black man nigga’ You know ‘cause
We never was no niggas
That’s a word that’s used to
Describe our own wretchedness…"
Well I been the shit
Thought it was destiny just
Because I could spit i thought that was it
As long as you been nice with the bars
God, eventually something will click
And then you get the record deal
And you’ll be a star with millions of fans
People will know who you are
But is you grinding or nah? I
Figure my comp ain’t had work
So comparably you ain’t work as hard
How entitled we are just because of the gift
But that ain’t the half
What really making it is
Really making it is you getting
Off of your ass and seizing the moment and
Never letting it pass
‘Cause you could be gassed
But other people with drive
Will be on your heels and
End up passing you by
Got you feeling like why
No time to be stifled
And just ‘cause we want it
It doesn’t mean we entitled for real
You’re so special baby, you’re a superstar
The whole world is yours
You think you are (you’re everything)
You’re so special you’re so special
You’re so special
You’re so special (you’re everything)
I see everybody famous now ‘cause of the Gram
The bitches is bad and all
Your homies the man
But is it a scam, you can’t
Put a filter on life, dog
The same way you do it on cam
I do it for the fam
Some people do it for fame
Is you making a difference or
You just making it rain?
I’m for making a change
Let’s build generational wealth
So we will never be impoverished again
Went from how many mics to how many likes
Your prince want to be a Barb
Your princess a dyke
And yeah we all got a right
But peep what’s scribed on the wall
Without any kings
That’s when the monarchy fall
While you’re striving to ball
They still got us in chains
They never empower being in power again
All the ignorance staged
You thinking it’s viral
And just ‘cause we royalty
Doesn’t mean we’re entitled for real
"I went home to the motherland
And everybody should go home to
Africa one thing I got
Out of it was magic I’d like to
Share with you you know, it’s like
I was leaving
And I was sitting in the hotel, and
A voice said to me, it said
‘look around what
Do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see all
Colors of people doing everything, you know’
And a voice said, ‘do you see
Any niggas?’ And I said, ‘no’ And it said
‘you know why ‘cause there aren’t any’ And
It hit me like a shot, man i started crying
And shit i was sitting there i said
‘yeah I been here in three weeks i haven’t
Even said it i haven’t even thought it’ And
It made me say ‘oh my god
I’ve been wrong i’ve been wrong i
Got to regroup my shit
I mean’ I said ‘I ain’t
Gon’ never call another
Black man nigga’ You know ‘cause
We never was no niggas
That’s a word that’s used to
Describe our own wretchedness…"