ftc Lyrics

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