Business Dinners
Aaliyah North
Yeah, table for one, but the check is for ten
They only invite me when they need the connection
I see through the smoke and mirrors
Look
Sitting at Cipriani, looking at the guest list
Everybody's smiling, trying to get on my best list
The CEO is leaning in, talking 'bout a new deal
But I can tell he's nervous 'cause he knows that I'm too real
I'm reading through the clauses while I'm cutting up the steak
Detecting every lie and every promise that they fake
They used to treat me like a project, someone to design
Now they gotta clear their calendar just to get to mine
I don't need your validation, I don't need your cosign
I'm the one who's drawing up the whole damn finish line
At these business dinners, the lights are so low
They love the prestige but they hate the show
Yeah, the champagne is flowing, the conversation is dry
They're all looking at the throne, wondering why
Yeah, look, my ex-manager hit me up on my private line
Saying he misses the energy back when we had time
But I know he just saw the numbers on the first week
Fifty million streams and they're still at the peak
You thought I'd lose my way without your little team
Now I'm the executive producer of my own dream
I'm flying out to Paris just to sign a beauty brand
While you're still making calls, trying to understand
How a girl from the city took the keys to the vault
If you're stuck at the bottom, baby, that's your own fault
At these business dinners, the lights are so low
They love the prestige but they hate the show
Yeah, the champagne is flowing, the conversation is dry
They're all looking at the throne, wondering why
Just send the contract to my lawyers
Don't call my phone again
Business dinners
Yeah