i’M stiLL stAdiNg

Umm umm ahh… huh whoo woo…

Yeah yeah, I’m still here, mmm

Try to break me, but look at me now…

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I took the fall, hit the ground

Cried in silence, no one around

But I rose like the morning sound

Now my feet never leave this ground

(Ad-libs: “You thought I’d fold — no no”)

You, you, you — umm umm ahh

Tried to dim my flame too soon

But I shine like a midnight moon

Healed every scar in this room

*(Run: “Whoo woo — uh huh yee yee”)

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Storms came, but I danced in the rain

Left with nothin’, but I still remain

No more chains, no more shame

I’m fire in a new flame

(Run: “Umm umm ahh… huh whoo woo yee yee”)

(Ad-lib: “You can’t stop me now”)

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I’m still standin’ — umm umm ahh

Huh whoo woo — through it all — yee yee

They tried to knock me down — uh huh uh huh

But I rose up tall — umm umm ahh

Still got fire in my soul — whoo woo — yee yee

I’m still standin’, unbreakable

*(Ad-libs: “Ohhh yeah — I’m stronger now”)

*(Melisma: “Standiiiiiin’ yee yee yee”)

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Look at the cracks in my skin

They tell the story from within

Every no turned into a win

Every loss taught me how to begin

(Ad-libs: “Oh, I learned, I rose, I grew”)

You, you, you — umm umm ahh

Left me cryin’ in the rain

Now your name don’t bring me pain

I’m dancin’ in my lane

(Run: “Whoo woo — umm umm yee yee”)

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I built this strength in the dark

Lit my own flame from the spark

You can’t erase my mark

I’m the light, I’m the heart

*(Ad-libs: “Umm umm ahh — huh whoo woo”)

(Run: “Yee yee yee yee yee… I’m free…”)

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I’m still standin’ — umm umm ahh

Huh whoo woo — after it all — yee yee

You saw me fall — but I rose — uh huh

I broke every wall — umm umm ahh

Still breathin’, still glowin’ — whoo woo — yee yee

I’m still standin’, unshaken, whole

(Vocal run on “whooooole” — melisma “ahh yee yee”)

(Ad-libs: “Can’t hold me down no more…”)

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You don’t know what I’ve survived

How I bled to stay alive

But every wound became my pride

I stand, I stand… I rise

*(Falsetto echo: “Umm umm ahh… whoo woo…”)

(Ad-libs: “Still standin’ — through the pain, the fire… all of it”)

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I’m still standin’ — umm umm ahh

Huh whoo woo — never fall — yee yee

I walk with grace, I walk with fire — uh huh

Born again from the wire — umm umm ahh

I shine in my story — whoo woo — yee yee

I’m still standin’… and I always will

*(Big final run: “Still… staaaaandiiiiin’… yee yee yee”)

*(Outro falsetto: “Umm umm ahh… huh whoo woo… I’m gone from the fall…”)