[Sound Clip from True Artists ~ Make Believe]
A: Alright, so like, we got—we got this...
N: Alright, alright so...
A: Nathaniel—
N: Me!
A: Tanny Singhz, got Amir Royale and Trav Rae right over there...
M: And Marquise the Cameraman boy...
(laughter and chatter)
N: Yeah! We 'bout to kill it!
Had to get ratchet real quick
Alright, here we go—
A: Alright...
[Musical Intro]
A: Yeah...
[Hook: Nathaniel]
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
T: What you got bro?
[Verse 1: Amir Royale]
I got the looks and talent
But say that with avid admittance that I'm not conceded
I mean it, like...
These are things I've heard repeatedly said in my presence
Guess they're a basic present
But that don't mean that I believe it
Much less that I'll achieve it in a shape or form
Please sir, tell me what's the norm I must conform to
Or is it just you I must perform for?
Last year I didn't dare to dream
But this year I got courage in my repitoir
So I'm hoping it'll work out, work out
Tryna be the first out, first out
And I heard they're going nuts over this track
So we'll probably get some cashews
Take the oats out, to put some hope in
All the things that we're pursuing here
Tryna keep it true in here
We're the 100% real deal my dear
And if you looking for the dough
Or maybe even hoes
They ain't in the studio
They outside waiting for us (sike)
I like it here, don't wanna ever leave
Listen when I tell ya
Me, Nate, Vito and Marq
What you really gonna do when we come in the room and start it up, huh?
Turn down for what?
[Hook: Nathaniel & Amir Royale]
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
[Verse 2: Nathaniel]
I'm talking 'bout stars
Dark stage
Spotlights
No facades
I'm talking 'bout dreams and me baby
And we're tryna show you just who we are
(Inside)
Yeah, I love this
Yeah, I need it
And you best believe I'll achieve it
With or without you girl
T: Who's this?
A: BSR
[Verse 3: BSR]
I'll be driving in Miami
With my yellow Lamborghini
With the boys lookin' at me
And the girls tryna be me
They all about the looks
But I'm all about the books
Go to college and got my knowledge
Okay, okay
Now you looking my way
Future out ahead
It's straight up the highway
Don't intervene—come in between
I was born made up for immortality
[Hook: Nathaniel]
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
A: Take it home Trav...
[Verse 3: Travis Raeburn]
I'm dealing with dealing all in my conscious
Just tryna breed gardens all in my pockets
Don't say that my sense of morals is nonsense
We just looking for antidotes for the toxins
I started with debts but now I cop tens
You see its funny cuz they say all this for money
But we really like the shine
They say its sweeter than the honey—ugh
And guess what?
They say we doing good cuz we superstars in the hood
But we just manifesting decaptitated figures that we all put
Chasing dreams—tryna make a box lean
I wish I could
We say we feeding kids
But we seed them things we never should
Let me build a synopsis
As I draw a map to the cracks of your mindset
That anything at all was never accomplished
That the world got lighter and we all lost fire
So dark was whitening and then we lost our color
And we enslaved the people that just looked like others
This is a letter all the way from the womb
Will I ever be able to live without someone's assumptions?
Or will I die so quick I'll be birthed in a tomb
Groomed to be misunderstood by a concept
I guess that means the world made a monster
A distinct intellect that's grown to be hostile
But I just need a purse for my mom
Oh my god, stop and frisk cause he needs to be calm!
(God damn!)
My culture classed as poor that's what motivated me more
Gave me the inspiration to become an entrepreneur
But this is not just a dark boy dream
I share the same vision that an Asian can see
I speak the same Spanglish as a Latino
I feel the same spirit as a Native or an Indian
For all we know, we as pale inside as lighties on the other side
But we've lost it all due to the pride we've been deprived of
Scary things, petty lies, petty lies...
Love find us—come and find us
I got old block negroes counting zeros because they all deserve oscars
So wave your flag like you about to conquer
'Cuz the one eye's the biggest gang
But we all got the power...
[Hook: Nathaniel] (4x)
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Ooh, Ooh
Oooh—Ooh, Ooh
[Hook] + [Segue 1: Travis Raeburn]
Sing to me girl
Won't you think of me now?
Don't you change on me girl
Oh no
[Hook] + [Segue 1] + [Segue 2: Amir Royale]
We are all coming together
And we're getting something crazy
I can't tell you anything but how we're
So amazingly beautiful
[Outro: True Artists]
Make Believe
Make Believe
Make Believe
Make Believe
