Don’t Explain To Me

I heard what you said…

But that’s your version.

You act like I was the problem, like you spotless

But you forget the times you was careless

I was patient, you was distant

Now you switch it up like I was inconsistent

You say you moved on, but you still here

Every time I pop up, you still appear

That ain’t closure, that’s avoidance

You just hiding what you couldn’t face, yeah

I don’t argue just to argue

I move different when I outgrew you

If I walked away, that was needed

You was comfortable, I was depleted

You talk like you the one who let me go

But I know what you don’t say though

Don’t explain me, I know who I am

I don’t need your version, I don’t need your plan

You can say I changed, that’s fine

I just stopped wasting my time

Don’t explain me, I’m good on my own

I was strong before you, now I’m fully grown

You can talk, I won’t fold

I already know my soul

You say I was inconsistent, but you was distant

Two sides of the same thing, just different

You wasn’t present when I needed you

Now you acting like I was leaving you

I don’t chase, I don’t beg, I don’t plead

I just move when it’s clear I should leave

If I stayed, I would’ve lost myself

So I chose me over your help

You can paint me how you want to

But the truth still gon’ haunt you

I’m not perfect, I won’t pretend

But I know where I begin and end

You don’t get to define me

That’s something you’ll have to learn

Don’t explain me, I know who I am

I don’t need your version, I don’t need your plan

You can say I changed, that’s fine

I just stopped wasting my time

Don’t explain me, I’m good on my own

I was strong before you, now I’m fully grown

You can talk, I won’t fold

I already know my soul

You had your chance to understand me…

You chose not to.