Are You Entertained Lyrics
Are you not entertained?
Are you not entertained? (One)
[Chorus: Ed Sheeran & Russ]
Every time, every night is a loose one
And every flight, you know that I put the crew on
You say that I dropped off, well, then tell me what you done
I'm still in my winnin' phase, yeah, I been away
Are you entertained? I'm gone (Yeah)
[Verse 1: Russ]
The god in me, that's what I'm constantly summonin'
I love the climb, I don't care where the summit is
Funny when pеople be sayin' I peakеd (Hah)
Retired my parents, they live at the beach
Models and freaks is my track record (Yeah)
I made my homies my staff members
Got myself lit to give y'all the light
Usin' my mind to attract better
At first when adversity came, I said, "Why me?"
Now I be starin' it down sayin', "Try me"
Kyrie, I handle it well
They still takin' shots, tryna hand me a L
But I pass on that
Anger, I try not to act on that
I'ma just transmute it
Put it all back in the music
It's feelin' like I might just be on a roll
I'm never sellin' my soul
My records are Platinum and Gold
It just keeps happenin', woah
It's feelin' like I might just be on a roll
I'm never sellin' my soul
My records are Platinum and Gold
It just keeps happenin', woah
[Chorus: Russ]
Every time you see me shine and move up (Yeah)
My seat is reclined, the jet is G5, I blew up (Blew up)
You tell me I fell off, but tell me what you done
I'm still in my winnin' phase, 'Rari switchin' lanes
Are you entertained? I'm gone
[Verse 2: Ed Sheeran]
Well, I'm in the pub with the bros
Lightin' up something that goes, nothin' is froze
But when I put the kettle on
It's a number that nobody knows
I stay off the road, live in the sticks
Put my profit into mortar and bricks
You know I got good advice from a couple guys
To leave more than just stress for my kids
Well, isn't it blissful, baby
Sittin' in like we made it?
It's kinda mad how the game is
You celebrate it and hate it
But I don't pay no attention to the words
Put out another one, let it burn
Still on my list, you know what it is
They puttin' me first, yeah
Met Russ in Carbone in New York
Now we here, and I'm killin' the verse
And every time, it's gotta be right
And he told me, "Teddy, boy, take 'em to church" (Ohh-ohh)
When you touch down up in London, you know what?
Give me the stage and you're gonna see how it goes off
Every time, every night is a loose one
My seat is reclined, the jet is G5, I blew up (Blew up)
You say that I dropped off, well, then tell me what you done
I'm still in my winnin' phase, 'Rari switchin' lanes
Are you entertained? I'm gone
About
‘Are You Entertained’ is a collaboration between Atlanta based artist Russ and the world-renowned Ed Sheeran. The song is produced by the multitalented British producer and songwriter Fred Gibson (Fred Again). Russ sampled Ed Sheeran on his 2014 track ‘We Should All Burn Together’ but ‘Are You Entertained’ marks the first time that the two have officially appeared on a song together.
Q&A
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Russ:
I’m so grateful for this moment. I walked up to Ed at a restaurant (Carbone) and assumed he didn’t know who I was. Just wanted to introduce myself and say what’s up. Next thing I know I’m eating pasta and drinking wine at his table talkin' ‘bout everything. Fast forward and we had this song and we wanted to shoot a video to it so he introduced me to Jamal Edwards, a brilliant visionary and special soul who wrote the treatment for the video. We went back and forth on ideas and we were all super excited. The day before we were supposed to fly out to London we got the tragic news that Jamal had passed away. I had never met Jamal other than those emails but I can tell he was a special person. The way Ed, Jamal’s mother Brenda, his sister Tanisha, the director Jake Nava, the producer Ali and everyone else who worked on this rallied together and still wanted to make Jamal’s vision come to life, showed the impact he had. All I wanted to do was make sure I did my part in facilitating making his exact treatment come to life. I’m just beyond grateful that all of y'all let me be apart of something so special. Special thank you to everyone who made this happen and thank you to Brenda Edwards for being such a warrior of love and light. RIP Jamal Edwards
—via YouTube
Russ posted this tweet two days before the song was released:
