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Selfish
Hip-Hop/Rap
Selfish was released on October 20, 2025 by The Music Inside as a part of the album Another Butterfly
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Release DateOctober 20, 2025
LabelThe Music Inside
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM57

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ab2olute
Ab2olute
Performer
Ishmael Chantiloupe
Ishmael Chantiloupe
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Splited Beats
Splited Beats
Composer
Ishmael Chantiloupe
Ishmael Chantiloupe
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Splited Beats
Splited Beats
Producer
Darvis Taylor
Darvis Taylor
Mixing Engineer
Karl Bruno
Karl Bruno
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

Why yall be giving so many reasons
You still, sitting at home homie what is the reason?
I cannot sit here with you, what’s the point to our reason?
Soon as I want something different, y’all treat it like treason
Still ima go
Ima Do what I know
What’s good for the soul?
Having control
The crown is heavy I know
The pressure is heavy I know
But some things I gotta forgo
I done gave up a lot
They done had me on spot
I was giving my time up
Thinking that they was my team
But I had the wrong line up
Putting in work, **** was lax
they on the recliner
I had to switch for the climb up
Realize that they was not fit for the climb up
Couldn’t rely much
On ****
They pushing agendas
That just doesn’t line up
Did for myself,
And they mad cause I’m one **** they couldn’t mind fuck
Say I’m compelled by my selfish desires
how else would I triumph?
Say my perspective is selfish
I’ll be the outlier
Not Sorry I’m biasedly wired
I use to just sit there in silence,
they cast their opinions
Like smoke in the air
Now I mask up
Socially distant
They all inconsistent
But seem persistent on not making difference
As soon as you get it they opportunistic, but couldn’t care less if you missed it
I seen it, you had opportunity
They Kept you away, the judge bang the gabble
You Got 7 years and they yet to pay penance
True story
Why yall be giving me so many reasons
You still, sitting at home homie I think that I know the reason
To kill all the roses before they’re in season (selfish)
I’ll me a solid, i’ll hop in the whip,
And spin off like a seasons
I heard to do things that’s never been done
Gotta leave where you come from
Let them observe from a far
Can’t please everybody when tryna evolve
They’ll keep you from finding resolve when your stuck in a stall
Like drivers passing by, you got your four way on
And nobody stops though you need a jump start
That’s when I started to walk
Gave me time to reflect
I still pay my respects
but some getting left in the dark
They ask where I’m at, I moved on?
Big stepping
connecting the dots like they stars
I’m Searching for Dawn
Like Robinson, keep moving forward
I pop now they singing the songs
Carving a path, pick the game all apart
I’m all in my bag, telling myself I just gotta work hard
See I know the price to be paid
So why I feel guilt when I stand in the shade
Stuck between hood and and the stage
Acting like crabs in barrel so shooting ain’t strange
Its awfully familiar this game that we play
Broken records on repeat everyday
See em going in circles
they trapped in a mazed
Surprised they amazed by these raps that made
Supplied with this fire, aint never been scared of the challenges that came my way
So if I choose me then Im choosing my fate
The one that was set for me
Now they wah check for
They was just all the way
Steering my fate, I ain't waiting on signs,
Elevate daily, got dreams on the line.
Losses ain’t losses, they lessons in time.
Focused on goals, I ain't stuck in rewind,
Ignore all the guilt, let it rest in my mind.
Seeing the truth, they just mad I ain't blind.
Heaven or hell? Either way, Im a climb.
So, fuck all the reasons, if it goes against what I believe in
You, sitting at home, for me that’s never been easy
When you’ve seen what I’ve seen, you choosing to die on that hill, I just cannot see it
Written by: Ishmael Chantiloupe, Splited Beats
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