[Verse 1 (soft, controlled)]
You walk in like it’s all your name
Like the world was built to play your game
Gold on your wrist but it’s not your hand
Just something passed through someone else’s plan
You smile like that makes you above the rest
Like you never had to pass a test
But I’ve been watching how you talk down low
Like kindness is something you don’t know
[Pre-Chorus (build, breathy)]
And maybe you don’t see it yet
But none of it was ever in your hands
[Chorus (hook)]
You think you’re better ‘cause your money’s loud
But it came from someone else, not you somehow
You think you’re pretty like it’s proof you win
That’s just luck under your skin
You think you’re smarter ‘cause it came easy
But that don’t mean you see me
It’s what you do with what you’re given
Not the life you were just handed
[Post-Chorus (chant / loop)]
Don’t look down
Don’t look down
Don’t look down on me now
[Verse 2 (slightly stronger rhythm)]
I’ve seen you laugh at the quieter ones
Like they’re shadows when the lights come on
But pride like that doesn’t last too long7ioô
It cracks when no one plays along
You didn’t build what you’re standing on
But you act like it’s been yours all along
And maybe one day you’ll understand
Nothing stays just ‘cause you demand
[Chorus (repeat, darker tone)]
You think you’re better ‘cause your money’s loud
But it came from someone else, not you somehow
You think you’re pretty like it’s proof you win
That’s just luck under your skin
You think you’re smarter ‘cause it came easy
But that don’t mean you see me
It’s what you do with what you’re given
Not the life you were just handed
[Bridge (spoken whisper / drop out] instrumentation)
You don’t even hear it, do you…
the way you talk like the floor belongs to you…
Like everyone else is just background noise
in a life you didn’t build
But I wonder…
if everything you were given was taken away
what would be left of you…
standing there in the silence
would you still think you’re better…
or would you finally hear it
[Final Chorus (big emotional lift / full production)]
You think you’re better ‘cause your money’s loud
But it doesn’t make you real, it just makes you proud
You think you’re higher ‘cause they told you so
But that’s a story, not the truth I know
You think you’re chosen like it sets you apart
But that don’t reach the heart
It’s what you do with what you’re given
That decides who you are when the lights aren’t living
[Outro (fade / minimal)]
Don’t look down…
Don’t look down…
What you were given… doesn’t make you anything
ElCeviche
