Say It Louder: Anthem

**Verse 1**

They told us stay quiet, stay humble, know our place,

Now they mad every time they see us winning in their face.

Tried to write us out the story, now we're writing every page,

Built the culture, built the wave, built the fire, built the stage.

You can hate it, you can doubt it, you can say we don't belong,

But we've been turning pain to power for way too damn long.

Every scar became a lesson, every loss became a spark,

Now we're shining so bright they can't ignore us in the dark.

**Pre-Chorus**

They keep talking.

Let 'em talk.

We got history in our blood and the future on lock.

Chorus

Say it louder for the people in the back,

We ain't shrinking, we ain't hiding, we ain't taking nothing back.

Every door they tried to close, we kicked it off the track.

Now we're here, now we're up, and that's a fact.

Say it louder for the people in the back,

We survived what was meant to break us—that's the part they can't match.

You can love it, you can hate it, but we're never going back.

Now we're here, now we're up, and that's a fact.

**Verse 2**

They get nervous when we're confident, bothered when we're proud,

Funny how they call it arrogance when we say it loud.

We're supposed to play it safe, keep our heads down and grin,

But we're done asking permission just to walk in and win.

Every dream that they dismissed, every standard they set,

We keep breaking through the ceiling and they still ain't learned yet.

We don't need validation, don't need anybody's crown,

The throne was never given—we built our own from the ground.

Bridge

We are the answer.

We are the proof.

Every time they moved the goalposts, we still came through.

And if that makes somebody uncomfortable, good.

Comfort never changed the world anyway.

Final Chorus

Say it louder for the people in the back,

We ain't shrinking, we ain't hiding, we ain't taking nothing back.

Every door they tried to close, we kicked it off the track.

Now we're here, now we're up, and that's a fact.

**Outro**

Can't erase us.

Can't replace us.

Can't define us.

Can't confine us.

We been rising.

Now watch us.