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“L.E.S. Artistes” was written after Santi White moved to New York City. The song “is playing on the fact that everyone tries to make things fancy and it’s really pretentious” and “about being accosted by the New York scene and the scenesters and hipsters, who are really not artists and are just pret...
[Verse 1]
What I'm searchin' for
To tell it straight, I'm tryin' to build a wall
Walkin' by myself
Down avenues that reek of time to kill
If you see me keep goin'
Be a pass by waver
Build me up, bring me down
Just leave me out, you name dropper
Stop tryin' to catch my eye
I see you good you forced faker
Just make it easy
You're my enemy you fast talker
[Chorus]
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe (Oh, oh)
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe
[Verse 2]
What am I here for?
I left my home to disappear is all
I'm here for myself
Not to know you
I don't need no one else
Fit in so good the hope is that you cannot see me later
You don't know me
I am an introvert an excavator
I'm duckin' out for now
A face in dodgy elevators
Creep up and suddenly
I found myself an innovator
[Chorus]
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe (Oh, oh)
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe
[Bridge]
Change, change, change
I want to get up out of my skin
Tell you what
If I can shake it
I'ma make this
Somethin' worth dreamin' of
[Chorus]
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe (Oh, oh)
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe (Oh, oh)
[Outro]
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up (Oh, oh)
(Change, change, change, I want to get up out of my skin)
(Tell you what, If I can shake it I'ma make this)
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe (Oh, oh)
(Somethin' worth dreamin' of)
L.E.S. Artistes was produced by Santigold & John Hill & Jonnie “Most” Davis.
Santigold released L.E.S. Artistes on Tue Mar 25 2008.
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #110 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
When Santi White moved to Brooklyn in the early 2000s, she was already Santogold (now spelled Santigold), an alternative hip hop artist with a too-cool voice made for hoppin' lounge rooms...