Entitled

[Verse 1: Torae]
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

[Hook: Teedra Moses]
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)

[Verse 2: Torae]
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

[Hook 2x]

[Sample]
“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…”