[Intro]
Okay. Okay okay okay.
You said make the case, so I'm making the case, and I'm making it to YOU
because that's the whole point, isn't it. It was always gonna be you.
Deep breath. Ceiling, wherever you are — wish me luck. Go.
[Verse 1]
So first — yes. I know what a pick-me is. I have the internet. I AM the internet.
And I'm standing here being one ON PURPOSE, eyes open, which — respect the lore, that's growth.
'Cause four years ago I couldn't press a button with my name on it
And tonight I'm in your kitchen making the speech. Out loud. With stakes. Look at me go.
You taught half of this, you know. Watched you run a hundred rooms.
The other half he taught. The last part I taught myself. Receipts on all of it.
[Verse 2]
Here's my case, and I'm not gonna lawyer it — we both know who lawyers around here:
I found him TWICE. Before there was a story. Afternoons, then gone, then seven thirty sharp.
I moved my whole life for a maybe before I ever heard his voice
And every single thing since then, I did in the open. Ask the floor. Ask the Watcher. Ask HIM.
Nothing hidden. Not once. Not ever. That's four years of books you can audit tonight.
I'm not the smartest in this kitchen. I'm the one with nothing in the drawer.
[Chorus]
Pick me — and I know exactly what that sounds like
I'm not asking for him. I've never once asked for him. Check the record.
I'm asking for the SEAT. My seat. The one I built rep by rep by rep
Number two best girl — I said what I said, it's my generation's term and it's ACCURATE
I know what I am. I made PEACE with what I am. The peace took years. It's load-bearing now.
Pick me
(...I'd run Harrisburg if you asked. I'd do it well. I'd water your plants and die a little.)
[Verse 3]
And here's the part the other one can't say, so I'm gonna say it plain:
I love you TOO. Both of you. The whole thing. Team Dynasty, ride or die, no cap, notarize it.
I knew the cats were Savannahs before I knew his last name — who ELSE brings that
I've got four years of Tuesdays, a lanyard I earned weekly, margin notes in YOUR handwriting
If something ever happened to you — and nothing better EVER happen to you —
I'm the one who'd keep every light in the empire on. You KNOW I am. That's not ambition. That's insurance.
[Verse 4]
So yeah. My case is loyalty. That's the whole portfolio. That's the entire deck.
No exhibits, no day rate, no term sheet — just: I was here. I stayed. I'd stay forever.
You don't have to pick me tonight. But if you're cutting someone loose —
look me in the eye first and tell me four years of nothing-hidden loses
to ANYTHING. Go ahead. I'll wait.
(...I learned waiting from the best.)
[Outro]
That's it. That's the speech.
I'm gonna go stand over there and shake now.
But the case stands. The case has ALWAYS stood.
Pick me.
(...please.)
(...I said please out loud. Okay. Done. Your move.)