Body Count Commentary

[Verse 1] Why the hell you counting inches Like my skin belongs to you? Got a courtroom in your mouth, babe, But you ain’t got a damn clue. Yeah, I gained some weight, I was broke as hell, Gas station lights and government walls. Trying to survive on whatever I had, While you were busy judging it all. [Pre-Chorus] Then I lost some pounds after surgery, Now everybody wants to clap. “Oh my God, you look amazing!” Shut the fuck up with that. [Verse 2] You liked me thinner, congratulations, That was trauma on display. Couldn’t eat from all the stress Of trying to heal in hostile space. Spine full of metal, nerves on fire, Still I got up off the floor. You saw a smaller waistline, honey, I saw a goddamn war. [Pre-Chorus] So don’t dress up your shallow bullshit Like it’s love or “just concern.” My body ain’t your little lesson, And I’m not here for you to learn. [Chorus] Who gives a fuck about my body size If I’m breathing and medically fine? You don’t get a vote, you don’t get a say, You don’t get to measure my pain that way. This ain’t your mirror, this ain’t your mouth, This ain’t your house to be talking about. Baby, I’m healing, I’m moving, I’m strong— What have you done since running your mouth so long? [Bridge] I was big, I was small, I was barely alive, And you still found a way to critique my size. Too much, too little, too soft, too thin— Damn, does your own life ever begin? I’m not your before, not your after shot, Not your gossip, not your plot. I’m a whole damn woman with a body that fought, And survived every battle you forgot. [Final Chorus] Who gives a fuck about my body size If I’m breathing and medically fine? You don’t get a vote, you don’t get a say, You don’t get to dress my survival in shame. This ain’t your mirror, this ain’t your mouth, This ain’t your place to be talking about. Baby, I’m lifting, I’m healing, I’m loud— So keep my damn body out of your mouth. [Outro] Yeah, I gained weight. Yeah, I lost weight. Yeah, I’m still here. And that’s the part that should scare you.