WIDE CHEST

INTRO (low, spoken over keys)

They tried to measure me with a ruler

But I was built in miles

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VERSE 1

I was raised where men stand tall

And never let their feelings show

Where love is straight like highways

And nobody questions the road

So I learned how to drive steady

Hands firm on the wheel

But deep down I felt currents

Moving under steel

They told me depth was dangerous

That softness breaks a crown

But I found power in knowing

Every inch of my ground

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PRE-CHORUS

See, I don’t fracture under pressure

I don’t split in two

I just got more horizon

Than most of you

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CHORUS

My chest too wide for your narrow room

Heartbeat heavy like 808s in June

I hold more than one kind of fire

Still stand like a monsoon

You see a line

I see a spectrum

You see a rule

I bend the question

If your strength can’t breathe in color

That’s not my burden to carry

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VERSE 2

First time I tasted unfamiliar lightning

I waited for shame to strike

Thought thunder would call me reckless

Thought the sky would pick a side

But it felt like unlocked windows

In a house I owned for years

Like finally stretching muscles

I’d been hiding out of fear

And I ain’t crumble

I expanded

Didn’t lose my weight

Just added

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PRE-CHORUS

You call it contradiction

I call it range

You call it risky

I call it brave

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CHORUS

My chest too wide for your narrow room

Built like bass that shakes the moon

I can stand in two different flames

And never self-consume

You want a box

I built a kingdom

You want simple

I am rhythm

If your mirror only shows one color

That ain’t my reflection

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BRIDGE (this is the grown man monologue moment)

They say a man should move in straight lines

But rivers don’t apologize for curves

They say a man should be iron

But even iron bends when it’s heated with truth

I’ve looked into every corner of myself

And didn’t flinch

Made peace with the shadow

And still glow rich

Most men scared of their own reflection

Afraid it might talk back

I sat with mine

Learned its language

And never lost my back

I am not less

I am layered

Not softer

Just aware

If that unsettles you

Then maybe

You’ve never met a man

Who knows himself this clear

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FINAL CHORUS (big harmonies, layered vocals)

Chest wide

Sky open

Love loud

Unbroken

I don’t shrink

I don’t divide

I just live

Full-sized

If you can love a man with ocean lungs

Then you can stand beside me

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OUTRO (soft)

Some hearts run straight

Mine runs deep