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Pharrell Williams Addresses Racial Inequality in New Single "ENTREPRENEUR" With Jay-Z

The rapper references Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey in his verse.

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Pharrell Williams Addresses Racial Inequality in New Single "ENTREPRENEUR" With Jay-Z

The rapper references Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey in his verse.

Continuing his adidas partnership and debuting a new Netflix docuseries later this year, Pharrell Williams has now unveiled his latest single featuring Jay-Z. Titled “ENTREPRENEUR,” the new track addresses racial inequality in the United States.

“I am Black ambition/I am always whispering/They keep telling me I will not/But my will won’t listen/Gravity on a Black man/With everything on his back and his family and passion/If the doors ain’t crackin’,” the new tune begins. First announced via Instagram, “ENTREPRENEUR” emphasizes racial injustice in the country: “In this position with no choice/A system imprison young Black boys/Distract with white noise/The brainwashed become hype boys.”

Further into the track, Jay-Z jumps in with a powerful rap verse that references Twitter‘s CEO Jack Dorsey: “Black Twitter, what’s that? When Jack gets paid, do you? For every one Gucci, support two FUBU‘s.” The rapper also encourages Black-owned businesses: “Sipping crip-a-Cola consumer and an owner, till we all vertically integrated from the floor up.” The song continues on with Pharrell’s chorus repeatedly chanting “Black man.”

Listen to Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z’s “ENTREPRENEUR” above and on streaming platforms like Spotify below.

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