[Intro]
Yeah
Why you hate yourself?
Why we hate ourselves?
Listen
[Verse 1]
Scrollin through a screen like a wound
Every perfect face feels like proof
That you ain’t enough, you ain’t smooth
You ain’t rich, you ain’t cool, you ain’t you
Mama always tired, daddy never home
So you learned to blame your own bones
Every little flaw turned stone
Built a whole prison in your skull, on your own
Teacher said "try," they heard "you failed"
Friends said "chill," you just bailed
Every childhood cut you inhaled
Now you breathe that poison like air you inhale (yeah)
[Chorus]
They hate themselves
Cuz the world said "better" and they heard "broken"
Every word they swallow stays unspoken
Punching on their chest like it’s all their fault
When the truth is the weight ain’t theirs at all
We hate ourselves
Staring in the glass till the cracks look real
Chasing any pain just to try and feel
If you dig down deep, there’s a softer call
You were never the problem
They just made you small (made you small, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Told to "be a man," never cry
So you drown your hurt, laugh on the sly
Numb till the nights pass by
Then you curse your name, don’t know why
Shorty in her room with the door locked tight
Pinchin at her waist in the bathroom light
Every tiny line, every mark, every bite
Turned into a reason she don’t deserve life (damn)
We inherit their fears like debt
Wear shame like chains on the neck
Every "you’re too much" that you met
Starts echoing back as "I ain’t worth respect"
[Chorus]
They hate themselves
Cuz the world said "better" and they heard "broken"
Every word they swallow stays unspoken
Punching on their chest like it’s all their fault
When the truth is the weight ain’t theirs at all
We hate ourselves
Staring in the glass till the cracks look real
Chasing any pain just to try and feel
If you dig down deep, there’s a softer call
You were never the problem
They just made you small (so small, yeah)
[Bridge]
What if the voice in your head just lied?
What if the kid you were never died?
What if the hurt ain’t proof you’re weak
Just proof you lived through every hit, every week? (every week)
[Chorus]
We hate ourselves
Cuz the world said "better" and we heard "broken"
Every word we swallow stays unspoken
Punching on our chests like it’s all our fault
When the truth is the weight ain’t ours at all
I hate myself
Till I look back clear and I see that child
Never did a thing to deserve this trial
If we dig down deep, there’s a brighter call
We were never the problem
They just made us small (yeah, yeah)
(They just made us small)