[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…”