Joel Little - Royals lyrics

I've never been a rich kid; I'm glad I can say that Parents have debt they have to add up to pay back But I benefit from never havin' a Maybach I remember feelin' very affluent way back As a young kid when the money felt bigger Havin' 5 dollars kinda felt like five figures And I thought that I could buy an entire aisle at Best Buy, yeah But is that the best idea? I wanted the new toy or game on the shelf Seeking the fleeting joy that came from the wealth They ma** market products and exploit cheap labor To make toys we forget about a week later And we didn't even like ‘em that much when we bought ‘em But we had to have it ‘cause our neighbors just got ‘em Listen to the melody, money it ain't the enemy But it just ain't the remedy, damn it I know I'll never be [Chorus: Lorde] And we'll never be Royals (Royals) It don't run in our blood That kind of luck's just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen bee And baby I'll rule Let me live that fantasy Hip-hop has a history of glorifying riches It evolved in response to impoverished conditions And as kid hearing the message I didn't get it Not something I experienced but Jay-Z said it “If you grew up with holes in your zapatos You'd celebrate the minute you was havin' dough” So while some rappers focus on material concepts You can't rob people of historical context And I'm next in the line of those who co-opt flows Hop to shows, rock the clothes but do not know What's it's like lookin' down the barrel of a firehose What's like calling one room your entire home So who am I to complain, it's madness My high school was underfunded but we still had cla**es They taught me facts so I learned to stay true and And be a humble man too, like my friend Andrew Right Drew? You gotta know what it takes to succeed We don't have to be royals, we have what we need [Chorus]