Lyrics Ugly - Xenai

Money makes you more attractive guess I'm ugly af
Ten years into my craft I'm a bang for your buck
But labels still want more and enough ain't enough
And I still need to eat and I only ask for enough
But I need leverage so I can make my demands
Gotta think business musicians don't understand
They think I've sold out coz I make a different genre
But music is music how can you say that and not honor
The greatest of artists who stood the test of time
Who chose to be different when others fell in line
That's why you don't hear about the ones who kept trying
To fit in, a slave to the culture created by the crime
So I choose to be honest about the process inside
Refuse to change my culture and my body and mind
Refuse to use some lingo that I never grew up in
So that my brothers continue to feel ashamed of their kind
Why can't we be ourselves and still make this kind of music? I mean
Why can't we wear the kurtha, eat dosa and do this Ammi?
I'm not asking these questions to the ones who shame us
I'm asking you, yes you, who stay ashamed of us
You who hide in fear instead of showing true colours
You who change your accent in front of our fairer brothers
Why is it that every time we're asked about our past
We hide behind the tailored history books of ones above us
Umm... well maybe I'm just bitter
Is it right for me to say this when I'm not a chart hitter?
At least not yet, give me one more year
Gotta get this off my chest don't care if you fuck with it come on

Don't got the money baby
But I can make you love me, hate me
If you fuck with me you're crazy
But that's what turns me on play me
I'm not what they want baby
But I can make you love me, hate me
If you fuck with me you're crazy
But that's what turns me on play

Stuck in vicious cycles tryna pay to get paid
Need to play to build a fanbase need a fanbase to play
No time to work on craft I'm too focused on the face
That's what you call a struggle but is it really the only way?
Had a talk with my mentor, sat with him the other day he said:
"Craft's the most important the rest will find its way
Focus on yourself and dw about the sheep
Be your own leader don't chase after your team
Everybody round me thought they knew what's best for me
They told me to get PR and sell the big dream
I refused to rent a limousine and tease their fantasy
I never faked my wealth now look I'm on the big screen" (Om)
So what I learnt from this was quite a disappointment
Being true and original is a long term investment
Should I choose to be fake and look appealing to ya'll
Or I could choose to be genuine and ugly fuck 'em all

Don't got the money baby
But I can make you love me, hate me
If you fuck with me you're crazy
But that's what turns me on play me
I'm not what they want baby
But I can make you love me, hate me
If you fuck with me you're crazy
But that's what turns me on play me