[Intro] Yeah. You wouldn't recognize me now. Good. [Chorus] I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Boys used to overlook me, now they can't look straight I became the thing they said I'd never be — too late I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Women wanna know my secret, honey, it's the pain I burned down the old me and I danced in the flame [Verse 1] I used to shrink myself to fit inside their frame Folded up my edges just to play their little game But you can't cage a woman who was forged inside a storm I didn't break the mold, I threw the mold away and built my own form Now I walk into a room and the temperature adjusts Every boy in my orbit gotta recalibrate or bust Because the version that they knew was just the rough draft of the art And what they're looking at right now is every chapter of my heart I don't dress for validation, I dress for the mirror And the mirror never lied — every year I'm getting clearer Used to give my energy away like it was free admission Now the price of being near me is a whole new definition [Chorus] I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Boys used to overlook me, now they can't look straight I became the thing they said I'd never be — too late I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Women wanna know my secret, honey, it's the pain I burned down the old me and I danced in the flame [Verse 2] These women renting confidence on credit, I own mine I paid for it in sleepless nights and standing in the line Of every door that shut before I even knocked I picked the lock, walked in, sat down and never stopped I used to apologize for taking up the space Now I'm the space — every room expands to fit my grace Boys see the glow and think it fell from the sky Baby, this is excavation — I dug this thing from inside Every version of me that I had to leave behind Was a snake skin on the floor of a more evolved mind I'm not the girl you left, I'm not the girl you knew I'm the woman that outgrew the girl they never knew [Chorus] I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Boys used to overlook me, now they can't look straight I became the thing they said I'd never be — too late I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Women wanna know my secret, honey, it's the pain I burned down the old me and I danced in the flame [Verse 3] I used to pray for tables, now I'm building my own Used to beg for a seat, now I'm sitting on a throne Every boy who dismissed me wrote a check he couldn't cash Every woman who doubted me is standing in my aftermath I don't hold grudges, baby, I hold receipts And the interest on betrayal is the empire that I keep I'm not angry at the past, I'm grateful for the fire Because the woman standing here was built by every liar Every hand that pushed me down became the ground I stood on Every voice that said I'm nothing is the silence I've moved on from So when you see me glowing, understand it cost a price That none of you were willing to pay twice [Bridge] And I don't miss her That girl who stayed too long in rooms that didn't want her That girl who dimmed her light so nobody felt uncomfortable I buried her with love but I don't mourn her She was necessary But I glow different now [Chorus] I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Boys used to overlook me, now they can't look straight I became the thing they said I'd never be — too late I don't glow the same, I glow different Every scar I got made me more efficient Women wanna know my secret, honey, it's the pain I burned down the old me and I danced in the flame [Outro] Yeah. Glow different. Caraucan.
