Don’t Explain To Me

[Intro – Spoken / calm but firm]
I heard what you said…
But that’s your version.

[Verse 1 – Rap]
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

[Pre-Chorus – Melodic]
You talk like you the one who let me go
But I know what you don’t say though

[Chorus – Confident / catchy]
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

[Verse 2 – Rap]
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

[Bridge – Soft but assertive]
You don’t get to define me
That’s something you’ll have to learn

[Chorus – Stronger, layered ad-libs]
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

[Outro – Spoken / quiet power]
You had your chance to understand me…
You chose not to.

Alt R&B / melodic hip-hop (confident female response)