Quiet

Intro]
Yeah…
Look
I been quiet, but quiet don’t mean I been weak

[Verse 1]
I grew up with a chip on my shoulder blade
Every promise I heard just broke or faded
They said “wait your turn,” I wrote my rage
Put pain on the page, let the notebook say it

I learned early talk is cheap, silence loud
They doubt me first, then they crowd around
Funny how “you won’t” turn into “how?”
When the same mouth cheering used to run me down

I don’t rap for clout, I rap to survive
Every bar like a pulse, every verse still alive
Got scars in my chest, but I sharpen the knife
Turn trauma to torque when I’m pushin’ this mic

[Hook]
I don’t need your praise, I don’t need your love
I been fightin’ my demons, they bleed enough
Every time that I fall, I get meaner, bruh
They tried to bury me— I breathe in mud

[Verse 2]
I was broke with a dream and a dollar short
Now I’m rich in my mind, that’s the real reward
They said “tone it down,” I went harder, force
I don’t knock on doors, I kick ’em off the board

I dissect words like a surgeon’s hand
Every sentence a weapon, I murder the scam
They fake woke, I stay urgent and famished
Starvin’ for truth in a circus of masks

I been boxed in, labeled, shelved and shelved again
Still break molds like I’m weldin’ them
If the world want a villain, I’ll sell it then
But I’ll still tell the truth while I’m yellin’ it

[Hook]
I don’t need your praise, I don’t need your love
I been fightin’ my demons, they bleed enough
Every time that I fall, I get meaner, bruh
They tried to bury me— I breathe in mud

[Bridge – half-spoken, intense]
You ever feel like
No matter how loud you scream
Nobody listens
So you get louder?

Yeah.

[Verse 3 – faster, technical]
I’m a product of pressure, a crack in the system
If I don’t say it raw, they twist it and miss it
I spit with intention, precision, conviction
Every syllable hittin’ like bricks in a kitchen

I ain’t flawless, I’m focused, there’s a difference
I don’t chase validation, I rip it from distances
They want friendly, I give ’em relentless
I don’t bend for the trend, I snap it and finish it

You can cancel my name, I’ll write it again
With a sharper pen dipped in life and regret
If I’m goin’ down, I’m takin’ the fence
’Cause I never fit in— I fight to the end

[Final Hook – bigger]
I don’t need your praise, I don’t need your love
I been fightin’ my demons, they bleed enough
Every time that I fall, I get meaner, bruh
They tried to bury me— I breathe in mud

[Outro]
Yeah
I don’t need permission
I just needed a voice

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