My Own struggle

Intro

uh-huh — oh-oh — hey-ya, hey-ya

(da-da) click, click, midnight hum

uh — uh — yeah

Verse

lights on, ramen coolin', papers like a skyline

my headset buzzes, friends throw knives made of headlines (stab, stab)

they ping my name and my mama's name like a game show bell

"play him, bait him" — oh, they wanna watch me swell (watch me)

they shout my granddad like it's a cheat code, like a dare

laugh-track in the lobby, smoke it out with a glare (ha!)

I answer soft, "brb," got a page, got a plan

they call me girlfriend — they don't know my hands, my hands

Verse

she texts, "you good?" — it's nothing but a normal thread (normal)

but the chat burns, "girl-boy," like confetti in my head (na-na)

they push my buttons, call my lineage like a taunt (come on)

say I'm fragile, say I'm soft — they write it and they flaunt (uh-huh)

but she laughs and drops a sticker, says, "dude, that's lame" (lame)

I breathe, I thumb the keys, I keep my aim (keep my aim)

they're loud as sirens, loud enough to make you freeze

I smile through the static, build my ladder out of keys (keys, keys)

Verse

I got a little dream that fits in a worn-out pocket

sketches on the margins, rhythms in the locket (wham-bam)

they throw my family's names like grenades for sport

I pick them up and plant them — roots not a retort (roots)

they wanna tilt the scoreboard, put me on a screen

but I'm learning every level, every cut, every scene (uh)

rage-bait and rumors, yeah, they throw their stones

I build a bigger castle with my two bare bones (beat — beat)

Chorus

Call me what you want — (call me, call me) — laugh, laugh (laugh, laugh)

Call me girlfriend, call me wrong — (na-na) — fine, fine (fine)

I am my own climb — (my own) — oh-oh, oh-oh (oh)

I am my own climb, yeah — I am my own climb (I rise, I rise)

Outro

alright — uh-huh — keep the beat, keep the fight

(da-da) watch me build — watch me build — watch me build, tonight