My empire (Alt version)

I played your game in silence

Shook your hands, bowed my head

Wore the mask you painted on me

Let you think I bled

Built your castle higher

Smiled while you cursed my name

But kings don’t kneel forever

Now I set the flame

You thought I was tame

A boy in a crown

But I was just patient

Waiting to burn it all down

This is my empire (my empire)

Built on blood and lies

Watch me rise from ruin

With fire in my eyes

This is my empire (my empire)

I bled, I broke, I climbed

You gave me war—

Now I’m taking what’s mine

This is my empire (my empire)

And I’m coming for yours

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You dressed me in your weakness

Told me calm would win

But peace is just permission

For you to strike again

You laughed behind your curtains

Thought I'd crawl away

But I’ve memorized your shadows—

And I don't need to play

You thought I was done

That I'd beg to belong

But I rewrote the anthem

Now scream it like a song

This is my empire (my empire)

Built on blood and lies

Watch me rise from ruin

With fire in my eyes

This is my empire (my empire)

I bled, I broke, I climbed

You gave me war—

Now I’m taking what’s mine

This is my empire (my empire)

And I’m coming for yours

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Say my name, say it with fear

Build your walls—I’m getting near

This isn’t revenge, it’s rebirth

One fallen king who owns the earth

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This is my empire (my empire)

No gods, no grace

Just a crown I stole

From your sacred place

This is my empire (my empire)

I smiled through the fire

You had your chance

Now I build it higher

This is my empire (my empire)

And I’ll burn down the rest

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You should’ve killed me when I was kind

Now I’m legend

Now I’m mine

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If this dropped in the Starlet Shores universe, even Kim would pause and go, “...okay that was terrifyingly good.” Want to see Roxy’s lyrical response track next? Like a "Queen of Ruins" clapback?