[Intro — calm]
(quiet)
They think they know me…
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But they don’t know this version…
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[Verse 1 — real]
There was a time I was lost in myself…
Same routine, I was stuck in a shell…
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Knew I had more but I stayed where I stood…
Told myself change but I never pushed…
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Only the people close saw the shift…
That I weren’t the same in the way that I lived…
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Still showed face like everything’s fine…
But I knew something’s off inside…
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[Hook — simple, repeatable]
(soft, rhythmic)
I’m still me… just different now…
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Same roots… but I figured it out…
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I fell back… then I found my ground…
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I’m still me… just different now…
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[Verse 2 — deeper]
I had to sit with the version I hate…
Look in the mirror and actually face…
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All of the habits I let come back…
All of the time that I can’t get back…
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That’s on me, I won’t hide from that…
I own it now, I’m aware of that…
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If I want change, I move like that…
No more talk, I’m done with that…
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[Rap Pocket — flowy, controlled]
Said I’d do it, I didn’t act
Now I see it, I admit to that
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Half in, half out, stuck in the gap
Now I’m closing it, bridging that
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Every move now got intent
No more time being overspent
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Still not there but I’m closer now
And that’s something I won’t neglect
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[Hook — repeat]
I’m still me… just different now…
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Same roots… but I figured it out…
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I fell back… then I found my ground…
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I’m still me… just different now…
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[Bridge — emotional]
(soft)
I’m not perfect…
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I’m still learning…
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Still building…
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Still earning…
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[Final Verse — controlled confidence]
I don’t need them to see it yet…
I don’t need their approval set…
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I know where I was, I know where I’m at…
And I won’t go back to that…
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This ain’t talk, this is proof in time…
Every step, yeah I’m moving right…
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Still got work but I’m on that path…
And I’m not losing that…
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[Final Hook — stronger]
I’m still me… just different now…
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Same roots… but I figured it out…
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I fell back… then I found my ground…
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I’m still me… just different now…
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[Outro — calm]
(quiet)
Still me…
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Just better…