“Entitlement” is the eighth track on Jack White’s second solo album Lazaretto (2014).
This gentle ivory-tinkling number finds White railing against the 21st century’s younger generation’s desire for instant gratification. White practices what he preaches. For instance, at home he only allows his tw...
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Every time I'm doin' what I want to
Somebody comes and tells me it's wrong
Whenever I'm doin' just as I please
Somebody cuts me down to my knees
Yeah, somebody cuts me down to my knees
In a time when everybody feels entitled
Why can't I feel entitled too?
Somebody took away my God given right
I guess God must have gave it to you
Yeah, I guess God must have slipped it to you
"Stop what you're doin' and get back in line"
I hear this from people all the time
"If we can't be happy then you can't be too"
I'm tired of bein' told what to do
Yeah, I'm sick of bein' told what to do
There are children today who are lied to
Told the world is rightfully theirs
They can have what they want, whenever they want
They take like Caesar and nobody cares
Live like Caesar and nobody cares
I can't bring myself to take without penance
Or atonement or sweat from my brow
Though the world may be spoiled and gettin' worse every day
Don't they feel like they cheated somehow?
I feel like I've been cheated somehow
"Stop what you're doin' and get back in line"
I hear this from people all the time
"If we can't be happy then you can't be too"
I'm tired of bein' told what to do
Yeah, I'm sick of bein' told what to do
I guess nobody on earth is entitled
Not mothers, not children, not kings
Not a one single person on God's golden shore
Is entitled to one single thing
We don't deserve a single damn thing
Entitlement was written by Jack White.
Entitlement was produced by Jack White.
Jack White released Entitlement on Tue Jun 10 2014.