Memphis Grit

I bit my tongue too long Now my taste for blood is

back They said, "Play nice,

stay small"

I said, "Move,

I want it all" (yeah)

I was quiet, now I’m violent with the vision

Used to ask permission,

now I’m treating that as fiction

They told me, "Blend in"

I heard, "Bend ‘em"

Turned every doubt to a dead man’s emblem Played the background,

now I’m burning through the frame They wrote my name tiny,

now it’s carved in the stage

You want peace? Better pray for it I want range,

I was made for it Took every slight,

every side-eye, every bitter little comment Now I stack ‘em like a

throne, every stone is a promise

Fuck being humble, I’m done staying small

I worked too hard just to blend in the wall

If I say I’m next,

that’s a matter

of fact Put a crown on my flaws,

I’m not taking it back Fuck being humble,

I’m loud when I move If I walk in the room,

then the room gotta prove They can love it,

they can hate,

they can crumble

But I won’t dim down,

fuck being humble (yeah)

They told me, "Chill,

you’re too much, too loud" I said,

"Good, that’s the point,

I’m not built for your crowd"

I saw ‘em all shrink just to fit in a frame

I broke that glass,

cut my hands, kept the pain Every scar is a flex now,

stitched in gold Every "no" that I swallowed made my chest explode

Got a chip, got a list,

got a spine like steel If I talk big talk,

it’s because I bleed real You can toast to your comfort,

I’ll toast to my climb While you scroll,

I’m out here redrawing the line I’m not asking,

I’m taking what’s mine on the double Say it from your chest

with me: fuck being humble (hey!)

Fuck being humble, I’m done staying small

I worked too hard just to blend in the wall

If I say I’m

next, that’s a matter of fact

Put a crown on my flaws,

I’m not taking it back Fuck being humble,

I’m loud

when I move If I walk in the room,

then the room gotta prove They can love it,

they can hate, they can crumble

But I won’t dim down,

fuck being humble

I dimmed my light,

almost lost my soul

Now I burn so bright that the shade can't hold If pride

is a sin, then I’ll sin on the double

Cross my heart, say it loud: fuck being humble