DON’T I MATTER TOO?” (Slam Song) [Intro – slow, quiet] Don’t… tell me to stay strong. I’ve been strong… too long. ⸻ [Verse 1 – building] Don’t tell me “stay strong”—I’ve been strong too long, Playing peacekeeper while everything’s going wrong, Tiptoe talking like I don’t hear the fights, Like I don’t feel that tension every night. Like I don’t notice the cracks in the walls, Or the way my name gets lost in it all, Like I’m invisible—background noise— Just a kid… without a voice. ⸻ [Hook – first hit] Stop the war. Can you hear me? Stop the war. Please just see me. ⸻ [Verse 2 – sharper] You say “it’s not about you”—but I’m in the middle, Catching every word like a live grenade riddle, Boom—there goes another piece of me, Every slammed door stays permanently. Echoes don’t fade—they live in my chest, Every “he said, she said” won’t let me rest, I’m dodging your anger like it’s aimed at my head— Trying to survive things I wish I never heard said. ⸻ [Hook – stronger] Stop the war. I’m right here. Stop the war. I feel everything, clear. ⸻ [Verse 3 – rising anger] I’m not your proof—I’m not your case, Not a pawn you move just to win your place, Not your therapist, not your shield, Not the wounds you hide—I’m the one who feels. You dress it up like love—but I see the cracks, Every “for your good” just pulls me back, You say you’re protecting me—tell me from who? ‘Cause it feels like I need protection from you. ⸻ [Break – pause, quiet] You want silence? …That’s what you got. ⸻ [Verse 4 – controlled, heavy] I stopped talking ‘cause it changes not, But inside I’m loud—can’t shut it off, Sirens in my head, alarms won’t quit, Every memory’s a place I’m stuck in. I replay words I can’t erase, Try to outrun—but I’m in the same place, You walk away, but I stay here— Holding the weight of all your fear. ⸻ [Hook – louder, emotional] Stop the war. I’m breaking down. Stop the war. Can you hear me now? ⸻ [Verse 5 – peak intensity] You say “for the kids”—but look what it did, Turned a home into something I can’t live in, Walls don’t feel safe, love don’t feel true, If it’s tearing me apart just to get to you. I shouldn’t have to choose a side, Or carry the pain that you both hide, I’m just a kid—but I’m fighting too, In a war I never signed up to. ⸻ [Final Hook – explosive] STOP. THE. WAR. I’M RIGHT HERE. STOP. THE. WAR. CAN YOU SEE ME CLEAR? STOP THE WAR— I’M NOT BULLETPROOF— STOP THE WAR— I FEEL EVERY MOVE— ⸻ [Outro – quiet, breaking] So hear me now… Yeah… I’m breaking through… Stop the war… …don’t I matter too?
