Raja Kumari - N.R.I. Lyrics

Raja Kumari Lyrics

"N.R.I."

(Kirtak, dhin-na)
(Dha, dhinak, dhin-na)
(Uh, kirtak, dhin-na)
(Dha, dha, dha, dha, dha, dha, dhin-na, dhin-na)

I love it when they big mad
Talkin' shit on Instagram
They don't know I'm woke I guess they really think I'm ignorant
That's why y'all still middle man
While I boss up and make them bands
Tryin' to put a wall between us
Umm... Pakistan
Culture vulture
Dothead eating samosa
Too brown for the label
Too privileged for the co-sign
Kohinoor stolen, crown jewel of the ocean
But no country for women I don't fit in either quotient

Tryna rep my people but they say I'm not they leader
N.R.I. up in the bleachers, feed off what y'all eatin'
Sorry that my Sari ain't Indian enough
And America don't love me 'cause I'm Indian as fuck

Do you know even know who you are?
Tell me what are you made of
What you afraid of?
Hater
'Cause I let you tear me apart
Show you what I am made of
Is this what you're afraid of?
Hater

Seen 'em on the comments
I ain't brown enough to comment
Guess I gotta get the tan
So I can rep a country
Gave my daddy options
I don't rep y'all for the concept
Don't live here for the content
Tryna pillage off your struggle
Took me out of context

Bindi on your third eye but that third eye closed
Got you on my back while you slit my throat
When I land here they tell me go home
Now you ain't gotta love me but it's still my throne

Tryna rep my people but they say I'm not their leader
N.R.I. up in the bleachers, feed off what y'all eatin'
Sorry that my Sari ain't Indian enough
And America don't love me 'cause I'm Indian as fuck

Do you know even know who you are?
Tell me what are you made of
What you afraid of?
Hater
'Cause I let you tear me apart
Show you what I am made of
Is this what you're afraid of?
Hater

Bindi on your third eye but that third eye closed
(Dha, dhinak, dhin-na)
(Dha, dhinak, dhin-na)
(Dha, dha, dha, dha, dha, dha, dhin-na, dhin-na)
Got you on my back while you slit my throat
(Dha, dhinak, dhin-na)
(Dha, dhinak, dhin-na)
Now you ain't gotta love me but it's still my throne

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Writer(s): Robin Tadross, Svetha Yallapra Rao, Sara Elizabeth Michelle

Raja Kumari told about the video for "N.R.I.", "The video for N.R.I. was shot in early March, and I had just 24 hours to prepare for my return flight to LA in the middle of all the COVID chaos, but I was passionate about including both my hometowns within the video. I wanted to show the world where I really lived and where I had been for the last 3 years."

"The song was written in Los Angeles in just a few hours," explained Raja Kumari HindustanTimes.com, "We were discussing cancel culture and how people become fearless behind a keyboard and say things they would never say in real life, and wanted to address that."

Raja Kumari told about this song's meaning, "This single stems from the duality of being from two different cultures, while being told you don't quite belong in either of them. N.R.I. stands for 'non-resident Indian', and is used as a derogatory term for 'not really Indian' for people born outside of India."

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