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Otep

Royals

Release date: 15th April 2016

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About This Track

"Royals" is a track by Otep, from the album Generation Doom, released 15th April 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

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Otep

Otep

Lyrics

Royals

[Verse 1]

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh

(Diamond in the flesh, diamond in the flesh)

I cut my teeth on wedding rings (On wedding rings) in the movies (In the movies)

And I'm not proud of my address (Proud of my address)

In the torn-up town (Torn-up town)

No postcode envy

[Pre-Chorus]

But every song's like gold teeth, Grey Goose

Tripping in the bathroom

Blood stains, ball gowns

Trashing the hotel room

We don't care

We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams

But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach

Diamonds on your timepiece

Jet planes, islands

Tigers on a gold leash

We don't care

We aren't caught up in your love affair

[Chorus]

And we'll never be royals (Royals)

It don't run in our blood

That kind of lux 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 I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule

Let me live that fantasy (Live that fantasy)

[Verse 2]

My friends and I we've cracked the code

(We've cracked the code, we've cracked the code)

We count our dollars on the train (On the train) to the party (Party)

And everyone who knows us knows (Knows us knows, knows us knows)

That we're fine with this (We're fine with this)

We didn't come from money (Didn't come from money)

[Pre-Chorus]

But every song's like gold teeth, Grey Goose

Tripping in the bathroom

Blood stains, ball gowns

Trashing the hotel room

We don't care

We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams

But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach

Diamonds on your timepiece

Jet planes, islands

Tigers on a gold leash

We don't care

We aren't caught up in your love affair

[Chorus]

And we'll never be royals (Royals)

It don't run in our blood

That kind of lux 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 I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule

Let me live that fantasy

[Bridge]

We're bigger than we ever dreamed

And I'm in love with being queen

Life is great, without a care

We aren't caught up in your love affair

[Chorus]

And we'll never be royals (Royals)

It don't run in our blood

That kind of lux 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 I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule

Let me live that fantasy (Live that fantasy)

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2016
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    Credits

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    Writer
    Joel Little, Lorde
    Producer
    Howard Benson
    Co-Producer
    Mike Plotnikoff
    Engineer
    Hatsukazu Inagaki
    Drums
    Justin Kier
    Guitar
    Ari Mihalopoulos
    Vocals
    Otep Shamaya
    Background Vocals
    Melanie Joy Fontana
    Mixing Engineer
    Mike Plotnikoff