Thank you for spending your time
Listening to this album
Let's go
This is not a diss it's a challenge
Creativity is amiss not talent
Our identity is the paint and the palette
Scaling up the feed
But homie where's the balance
Kept this one in English so everyone can follow
Lately I've been thinking that the art is getting hollow
Quality is sinking
Know it's hard to swallow
Clout is what they drinking so the fame will come tomorrow right
But I don't want fame I want legacy
Y'all formulaic with those mixes sound a mess to me
Impassionate attempts at the same recipe
Claim you never lackin' but you lack authenticity
Be the representation we wanna see
Message echoed by the masses out of necessity
One that audiences can relate to readily
But it's all about the green
More volume less density
Unfortunate equation
Conflicted like my feelings about the term South Asian
Solidarity amongst folks from different nations
Yet complexity erased by our own persuasion
Cravings for community
False sense of unity
Convenient label for opportunity
When the cha's hot watch us spill it inexcusably
Rather than take a chance to build up our immunity
Cause ignorance is surely a disease
Always circles back no matter how many degrees
Still overhear producers dancers and teams
Say this piece is quote unquote South Indian
Please
That form you're referring to is called Kuthu
Just a sample of what you should probably look into
Learn about the heritage
What the people been through
I got stories for days
Cause I'm Bengali Hindu
Humility's in short supply these days
Captions with big claims
But homie what's your craft say
Viral moments they never last they
Make you desperately replicate your past play (play)
For the culture
Phrase upon which I must reflect
Surgeon is my title so you know I must dissect
Does being born or raised in a culture
Mean that everything we make is for the culture
Something doesn't connect
Worse
It's led to everyone tryna inject
Little shots of ethnic appeal
Have we no respect
Intentions aren't clear
The motives suspect
Dilution of the content
The final effect
(For the culture)
(This is not a diss it's a challenge)
Our audiences deserve better
Love to all the artists that are trendsetters go-getters
And if they never listen to this song
I made it for myself so I never go wrong