[Verse 1]
You said I’m “too much”
Too loud, too sure, too woke
You want a porch-light princess
Smiling at every joke
I paid my dues
Held you down through the hard years
You traded backbone for a backbend
And called that facing fears
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I ain’t your easy, I’m your equal
I ain’t your safe, I’m your sequel
You want soft? Go chase that shadow
I’m the storm and I’m the saddle
You can run to someone weaker
Talk big game, love her cheaper
But when you’re done playing king of nothing
You’ll remember what a real one was
[Verse 2]
You like her “chill”
Means she never calls you out
You call it peaceful
I call it hiding from the truth you’re about
You want a girl who shrinks
So you can feel ten feet tall
But you can’t build a man
On someone else’s small
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[Bridge]
Funny how your courage fades
Soon as a woman draws her lines
You’d rather break a good thing
Than grow up and do the time
So raise your glass to easy days
To comfort dressed as love
I’ll raise mine to the wild hearts
Too strong for boys who run
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