Intro
They didn’t mind me
When I was small.
They didn’t push back
When I gave them all.
The moment I stopped,
The moment I stood,
The system reminded me
Of what I understood.
⸻
Verse 1
I didn’t announce it.
I didn’t make a speech.
I just stopped being available
For what they needed me to be.
No fire. No exit.
Just quiet withdrawal.
A woman who realized
Her compliance built it all.
Every role they handed me
Came dressed in silence.
Every system ran on
My compliance.
The moment I stopped feeding it —
The moment I stood still —
The system looked at me
And said, you never will.
⸻
Pre-Chorus
The family said I’d changed.
The friends said I was cold.
Strangers held opinions
On a story never told.
But the loudest pushback
Wasn’t any of the above —
It was my conditioned self
Mistaking chains for love.
⸻
Chorus
Push back.
From the family that needed me small.
Push back.
From the friends I outgrew in the hall.
Push back.
From the systems that fed on my give.
Push back.
From the version of me trying to live
In the old skin,
In the old role,
In the old frequency
Costing my soul.
Push back —
From everywhere.
Push back —
From within.
The loudest opposition
Was the war beneath my skin.
⸻
Verse 2
Nobody tells you this part —
The self that turns against you.
Borrowed voices in your head
From everyone who trained you.
The guilt that rises holy
When you finally choose your name.
The 3 a.m. whisper
Saying you’re to blame.
The version built for service.
The version built to stay.
The one who apologized
For taking up her space.
She knew every weak point,
Every unhealed scar.
The most sophisticated prison
Is the one you think you are.
⸻
Pre-Chorus
They said I’d changed.
They said I was cold.
But the loudest opposition
Was fear dressed up as control.
⸻
Final Chorus
Push back.
I’m still here.
Push back.
Still standing clear.
Push back —
From everyone I knew.
Push back —
Even from the me I outgrew.
Old skin.
Old role.
Old frequency
Costing my soul.
Push back —
From everywhere.
Push back —
From within.
They pushed.
I stayed.
They pushed —
I became.
CoherenceInBloom