Weakness Not Men by Coco Moanikeala

## [Intro — spoken, half-time, drums come in on "TikTok"] I hear a tick tick a diggity tick a tick tick TikTok *(drums enter)* You don't stop. I never stop from what I do. I move along with only given a clue. I don't tell you what I'm doing 'cause my brain is a shoe-in. Do I even know what I'm saying right now or am I just raising one brow? Lol — please do tell. --- ## [Verse 1 — flow tightens, on the beat] Okay here I go, close my eyes and see what I see — I see everything blinking on me. I don't mean I'm wearing diamonds and pearls, I mean I am the light that's shining through me. I am the one who's doing it all. I manifest the world not wanting you to fall. I try and help you and you just stay blue. *(beat drops out for one bar)* My sister told me that I'm the queen of the dip shits — and I still be making these hits. --- ## [Pre-Chorus — half-time, sung, layered vocals] I clean my house but it still smells of your funky smell — 'cause I just did a surface clean like how you lied to me, McLean. Skills is better than that. But I'll just wait — not sweep it under the mat. --- ## [Chorus — sung, big, harmonies stacked] Okay here I go, here I go again — girl what's my weakness? *(pause — one beat of silence)* **Not men.** Okay here I go, here I go again — girl what's my weakness? **Not men.** --- ## [Verse 2 — new, in her voice, keeping her rhyme scheme] I walk with intention, live aloha, stay pono — I don't need your permission, I already know though. I filmed my grandma dancing back when I was twenty-three, so don't come tell me who I'm supposed to be. I been the same woman for thirteen years running, you just met the chapter where the plot got stunning. *(beat break)* Queen of the dip shits — 'cause I loved through the lies. Queen of the dip shits — 'cause I still recognize. --- ## [Pre-Chorus — return, add ad-libs] I clean my house but it still smells of your funky smell — 'cause I just did a surface clean like how you lied to me, McLean. Skills is better than that. But I'll just wait — not sweep it under the mat. *(ad-lib: "mmhm, that's right")* --- ## [Chorus — bigger, more voices] Okay here I go, here I go again — girl what's my weakness? **Not men.** Okay here I go, here I go again — girl what's my weakness? **Not men.** Not the ones who lied. Not the ones who tried. Not the ones who cried after taking my pride. **Not men.** --- ## [Bridge — spoken, drums drop to just kick and hi-hat, Rhodes swells] Listen — I'm at the stage of life where every move has a reason, every word has a weight, every song has a season. I don't post to prove it, I don't fight to win it, I just walk with intention and let the aloha live in it. My weakness isn't men — my weakness is I'll still see the light in you even after you dim it. But I'm learning. I'm learning to let the funky smell tell on itself. I'm learning that a surface clean is a choice to come back deeper later — and I always come back deeper later. *(drums build back)* --- ## [Final Chorus — full band, gospel-style backing vocals] Okay here I go, here I go again — girl what's my weakness? **Not men.** Girl what's my weakness? **Not men.** Girl what's my weakness? *(a cappella — one voice, dry)* Not. Men. *(band drops back in for one final hit)* --- ## [Outro — spoken, over fading Rhodes] Tick tick, a diggity tick, a tick tick — TikTok. I don't stop.