NO SYMPATHY

Don’t feel sorry for me.

Don’t clap for me late.

If you ain’t walk with me through hell—

save it.

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I don’t want pity from a mouth that never bled,

Never prayed desperate with the floor as the bed.

You don’t know hunger, you know inconvenience,

I know silence loud enough to split my senses.

They say “take a break,” I say “take a stand,”

I ain’t collapse when the weight got heavy in my hands.

I been left for dead, still moved forward,

Ain’t nobody comin’—that truth restored me.

I learned early: comfort kill ambition,

Sympathy soften the fighter’s vision.

So miss me with tears that don’t come from pain,

I don’t need sorrow—I need strength in my veins.

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No sympathy! (NO!)

No excuses! (WHY!)

I survived the trenches

with discipline and bruises!

No sympathy! (LISTEN!)

No handouts! (NAH!)

I stood up on my own

when the help ran out!

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I seen grown men fold from comfort and praise,

Seen strong souls die from takin’ the easy way.

They want peace before they earn the right,

I earned mine through sleepless nights.

I don’t cry for applause, I cry to God,

Ask Him why the road been this hard.

He ain’t answer quick, but He answer clear—

“Stand up straight and face your fear.”

So I move raw, no cushion, no net,

I don’t beg mercy—I demand respect.

Not ‘cause I’m loud, not ‘cause I flex,

But ‘cause I didn’t quit

when quitting made sense.

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No sympathy! (STAND UP!)

No favors! (MOVE!)

I don’t want your pity

I want proof!

No sympathy! (TELL ‘EM!)

No soft ground! (WHY!)

If I fall, I fall forward—

I don’t lie down!

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You feel bad for me?

Good.

Now watch what I do

without your help.

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They say “you deserve better,” I say “I deserve effort,”

Ain’t no crown given—only pressure.

I don’t talk survival like it’s poetic,

I talk survival ‘cause I live it.

Every scar a lesson, every wound a rule,

Every loss stripped me down to truth.

I don’t need applause when I win,

I remember who wasn’t there when I bled in.

So keep your sympathy, keep your tears,

I built my backbone from years of fear.

I don’t need comfort to validate me—

I validated myself

when nobody believed me.

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NO SYMPATHY! (NO!)

NO MERCY! (WHY!)

I walked through hell

and I’m still worthy!

NO SYMPATHY! (LISTEN!)

NO RETREAT! (FACTS!)

If you see me standin’ now—

remember this!

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I didn’t survive for sympathy.

I survived for sovereignty.