Chorus:
Tell them better stop playing with my name
Don’t be asking me for no favors
New crib, new whip, new neighbors
Gotta be more than Internet famous
Say we got one shot, better aim
Rose from the concrete that made us
Can’t trust no hoes, no betas
Been going viral, contagious
No privilege here, we’re not adjacent
No that ain’t it
Character tryna assassinate it
America why you hate our faces?
No benefits here, we’re not adjacent
No that ain’t it
Bankrolls now you’re speaking my language
Money talks, just to say I made it
Verse 1:
With the pen I feel like Em with the blonde bleach
Haters wanna cancel me like Long Beach Griffey
Look it’s Alan Z, not Alon Z
Teach you how to say my name like Shang Chi
Babyface, she said I sang like Jon B
Now all I do is murder ink like Ashanti
Tryna battle me’s Insanity like Shaun T
Got the right feng shui but I’m raunchy (wrong chi)
This that uncut raw, by the kilogram
Paid in full every season, like Killa Cam
Used to be Insecure - Bryson Tiller, man
Will-I-Am Legend, MVP like Wilber Pan
Manifest and I get nearly all I want
I’m John Cho, Jon Snow, John Wall in one
Studied Jin back when he was yelling Hollafront
Got eyes on me, Everywhere All At Once
Chorus:
Tell them better stop playing with my name
Don’t be asking me for no favors
New crib, new whip, new neighbors
Gotta be more than Internet famous
Say we got one shot, better aim
Rose from the concrete that made us
Can’t trust no hoes, no betas
Been going viral, contagious
No privilege here, we’re not adjacent
No that ain’t it
Character tryna assassinate it
America why you hate our faces?
No benefits here, we’re not adjacent
No that ain’t it
Bankrolls now you’re speaking my language
Money talks, just to say I made it
Bridge:
Back in middle school, they made me hate my likeness
Told me go back to your country for the way my eyes is
Couldn’t assimilate, they're afraid of my wit
So don’t think of intelligence as a trait of whiteness
Where’s the benefit of being hated like this?
2020 saw my people in a state of crisis
Fetishized, emasculated, denigrated
That won’t go away
If you go out with Chad or date a white chick
Verse 2:
Renegade, Em and Jay with a lot of anger
Spitting image of the GOAT, he's my doppleganger
With the words, I’m a wizard, we are not in Kansas
Citizen with the Sway, and I got the answers
See the Hulk in me, Incredible like Dr. Banner
Back when drip was known as juice, had the Tropicana
Feeling Seen, proper gander over propaganda
Omeretta couldn’t tell me that I’m not Atlanta
Chorus:
No privilege here, we’re not adjacent
No that ain’t it
Character tryna assassinate it
America why you hate our faces?
No benefits here, we’re not adjacent
No that ain’t it
Bankrolls now you’re speaking my language
Money talks, just to say I made it
Not Adjacent was written by Alan Z.
Alan Z released Not Adjacent on Fri May 19 2023.