Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 Fourteen years old, gave him everything Thought that was love, he gave me nothing Fat and ugly, that’s what they said So when he noticed me I lost my head Gave him my first, he gave me his last look Ghosted before I even closed the book That was the day I learned the rules Love is a lease, and I’m always the fool Pre-Chorus Dad came around every two weeks or so Hugged me tight then watched him go Taught my heart that love arrives Then disappears to stay alive Chorus I believed the lie I believed the performance, thought it was real I believed the lie Gave everything away just trying to feel Someone see me, someone choose me, someone stay I believed the lie And it cost me everything Verse 2 Four babies before I turned twenty-two Surviving men who turned black and blue Two husbands, fists, and broken things Still showed up, still spread my wings Then mama died and I finally breathed Eighteen months I found my peace Learned my colors, found my yellow Then she came soft, she came gentle Pre-Chorus 2 Said she’d carry what I’d been holding Said I could rest, said she was chosen But the eyes that said I see you, babe Were the same eyes that couldn’t face their shame Chorus I believed the lie I believed the performance, thought it was real I believed the lie Gave everything away just trying to feel Someone see me, someone choose me, someone stay I believed the lie And it cost me everything Bridge She screamed through my birthday Slammed doors through my peace While I was just trying to breathe Gave me gifts instead of truth Gave me cash instead of sorry Painted herself the victim In everybody else’s story My body knew before my mind Tensed up every time Heard her footsteps on the stairs And I was already on the line You can’t buy your way to trust Character is what it is I been climbing toward the light And getting kicked back down like this Verse 3 But I’m not that girl at fourteen anymore I wear yellow now, I know what I’m for I tend my plants, I make my hotpot I laugh alone at midnight Because I finally got it That nobody’s coming to save me, love The saving’s been mine all along Every time I held myself together Was me writing my own song Final Chorus I believed the lie But I’m learning what is real Done believing the performance Finally learning how to feel Someone see me — that someone’s me now Someone choose me — I choose me now Someone stay — I’m staying now I’m staying now I’m staying now Outro She didn’t break me She just showed me the whole map Every wound, every pattern, every plan Every time I found my way back I was always the one who kept the light on no one is coming to save me I was always the one I was always the one to save me
Tags
R&B and Neo Soul mix
Duration
4:21
Instrumental
No
Created
4/18/2026