I been shedding old versions of me like quiet skin, Late nights where my heartbeat talks louder than my friends. I whisper to the mirror, tell her I ain’t who I’ve been, But she nods like she already knew the crown was settlin’ in. I walk with scars that glitter when the moon leans close, Every bruise turned into armor that my future chose. I’m human in the places where the hurt still grows, But I’m royal in the way I rise — everybody knows. I breathe like two worlds folded underneath my ribs, One girl from the shadows, one queen who finally lives. I’m both — the ache and the ascension written in my voice, And every step I take now feels like I became my own choice. PRE‑CHORUS I feel the shift in my bones when the silence gets deep, Like the girl I used to be finally learned how to speak. I been holdin’ every truth that was heavy on me, Now I’m lettin’ it unravel so the crown can breathe. I’m the storm and the calm in the same heartbeat, Every rise that I earned came from fallin’ to my knees. I been changin’ in the shadows where nobody sees — Now the light hits different ’cause it’s comin’ from me. HOOK I been breakin’ into better versions of me, Every shadow that I faced turned into somethin’ I freed. I rise slow, but I rise like a prophecy, Yeah, I’m human in my hurt, but the crown’s still a part of me. I been talkin’ to the fire like it’s family now, Every burn became a lesson in the way I’m crowned. I’m the girl and the queen in the same heartbeat — Every fall, every rise, every scar made me complete. VERSE 2 I been learnin’ how to love the pieces I outgrew, How to honor every version that believed I wouldn’t make it through. I talk soft to the memories that still shake in my chest, Tell ’em I ain’t runnin’ anymore — I’m learnin’ how to rest. I move different now, like the ground remembers my name, Like every step I take rewrites the rules of my shame. I’m tender in the places where the past still bleeds, But I’m sovereign in the way I rise — I carry whole kingdoms in my deeds. I feel the crown settle deeper when I breathe slow, Like the universe been waitin’ for the moment I’d finally know That the girl who survived is the queen who leads — And both of us live in the “I” that speaks when my soul needs. HOOK (Repeat) I been breakin’ into better versions of me, Every shadow that I faced turned into somethin’ I freed. I rise slow, but I rise like a prophecy, Yeah, I’m human in my hurt, but the crown’s still a part of me. I been talkin’ to the fire like it’s family now, Every burn became a lesson in the way I’m crowned. I’m the girl and the queen in the same heartbeat — Every fall, every rise, every scar made me complete. OUTRO I been walkin’ out the fire with my heartbeat slow, Leavin’ echoes of the girl I was in places I don’t go. I feel the crown in my chest when the night turns cold, Like it’s guardin’ every truth I finally let unfold. I ain’t runnin’ from the shadows that were carved in me, I just carry ’em different now — they move more softly. And when the world goes quiet, I can hear me breathe, Both the girl and the queen finally speakin’ in peace. I step forward like the future been waitin’ on my feet, Like every scar I ever earned became part of my beat. And if I fade into the silence when the lights all leave, Just know I rose in my own rhythm — that’s the realest part of me.
