[Verse 1]
You said I peaked in last year’s jacket
Said my shine was “just a phase”
Funny how you study all my habits
Screenshot every move I make
I took the hits, turned ‘em into habits
Did the work while you would talk
Now my name in every single caption
Hear the echo when I walk
[Chorus]
I’m back like I never left
Gold on my tongue, that flex
Turned every “no” to a yes
I’m the comeback, baby, you’re the side effect
I’m back like I never left
Dance on the doubt you kept
Say it with your chest, say it with respect
I’m the comeback, baby, you’re the side effect (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Didn’t need a filter for the damage
I just cropped you out the frame
You were tryna bargain with my magic
Till I went and raised the stakes
Now I’m walking taller in my trainers
You still tripping on my name
You can keep the rumors and the ratings
I’ll be cashing in the fame
[Chorus]
I’m back like I never left
Gold on my tongue, that flex
Turned every “no” to a yes
I’m the comeback, baby, you’re the side effect
I’m back like I never left
Dance on the doubt you kept
Say it with your chest, say it with respect
I’m the comeback, baby, you’re the side effect
[Bridge]
Yeah, I came from the “never gonna make it”
Turned that shade to a spotlight, face it
You were praying for my fall, now you’re praying that I call
But I’m busy getting paid off the hatred
I got receipts, I got reasons
You got regrets, different seasons
You just talk, I just do
Big talk, but it all see-through
[Rap Verse]
Look—
Pulled up, glow up, you can feel the revision
Every doubt that you threw? Made a better decision
Used to cry in my room, now I laugh in the kitchen
Counting blessings on the table like I signed a commission
You were “maybe,” I’m the main thing
Used to play me, now you playlist
Every “can’t” that you handed me
Became another trophy on my name list (yeah)
So pardon the posture
Chin high, I walk like I own the roster
If you don’t like what I’m turning into
Ask yourself who wrote that monster
[Breakdown]
[Beat drops to claps, piano, sly cello riff]
I glow, I grow
I’m the headline, you the old show
You doubt, I go
Watch me steal back every “no”
[Kazoo Solo]
[Cheeky kazoo riff doubles the vocal melody over claps and cello]
[Chorus]
I’m back like I never left
Gold on my tongue, that flex
Turned every “no” to a yes
I’m the comeback, baby, you’re the side effect
I’m back like I never left
Dance on the doubt you kept
Say it with your chest, say it with respect
I’m the comeback, baby, you’re the side effect (woo)