Have New Computer - Some Songs wont copy because not authorized user

I just bought a new computer and moved all my songs over. When I sync up, most of the songs copy over, but there are about 54 that wont. i get an error message that states "Some of the items in the iTunes Library were not copied to the iPod because you are not authorized to play them on this computer"
What am I doing wrong.

Choose Authorize Computer from the Store menu in iTunes, or play one of those songs on your computer; when prompted, provide the username and password associated with your iTunes Store account.
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