RESPECT (𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘰 𝘙𝘔𝘟 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵.) Mike and Keys

[Verse 1] Brother, when you been broke Back against the rope And tryna hang onto hope This the last ounce of it 2 steps back Ain’t the way to go What frustration feel like UK Emmy White Chris don’t know When you overqualified Talking KPIs Got the Business tryna grow And they tryna stunt you Man, they used to hunt you Now they playin wit ya dough Tryna tell me bout myself Strength and weaknesses Got me soundin like a joke Stealing ideas Using ebonics When they present They slideshows Product removed from culture Leave a boardroom Of vultures tryna call me bro No [Chorus] R-E S-P E-C T Me We earned it, now let’s keep it even B-O S-S U-P He’s my man, turnt up too R-E S-P E-C T Me Yeah, let him get his respect P-A Y U-P Pay him, he bossed up [Bridge] Maybe if we code switched They’d promote him To CMO and then some Maybe if he played nice And unclenched his fist We just might be more rich Make yo business cool Bring the profits through Then them layoffs come hit Targeting the Black folks And the brown folks As the kink in the ship They lie ’bout decisions and data ’Scuse our grammar Fed up with fakers Who blind to the system Glass ceilings And wanna repeat the chapters Funny how the corporate life Feels like a short life How can my man Really live life When they either gon’ End his rise Or his idea The only way to make it right [Chorus] R-E S-P E-C T Me We earned it, now let’s keep it even B-O S-S U-P He’s my man, turnt up too R-E S-P E-C T Me Yeah, let him get his respect P-A Y U-P Pay him, he bossed up [Verse 3] Hustler, entrepreneur businessman show you what the difference is Husslas survive By any means Whether 9 to 5 He gotta feed his kids He might grind the street He might’ve did a bid But his life he might give secure his rib entrepreneur might’ve found a window To exploit Work for himself instead businessman Might’ve found a team With a room full of people That he sold on that dream people gon follow If you know how to lead Me I been all 3 Them employee days I just can’t sustain I rather take checks In my business name Experience and know-how is IP none of this gon come for free [Chorus] R-E S-P E-C T Me We earned it, now let’s keep it even B-O S-S U-P He’s my man, turnt up too R-E S-P E-C T Me Yeah, let him get his respect P-A Y U-P Pay him, he bossed up