[Intro – low, almost talking] Yeah… (…yeah) Tell me something… (tell me…) If I stop… what happens? (what happens?) [Verse 1] I been standin’ in the room, still invisible, ain’t I? (ain’t I?) Same walls, same house, different silence, same vibe (same vibe…) Eyes meet, they flinch like I crossed some line (why?) But I’m the one who built the floor you stand on every night (every night) I don’t yell, I don’t chase, I just note it (write it down) Every “stop lookin’ at me” — yeah I wrote it (I wrote it) In a book y’all don’t read, but I hold it (hold it tight) Pages full of quiet things you never noticed (you missed it) Was it always like this or I missed it? (did I miss it?) Or did I give so much I got scripted? (programmed) Turned into a role, now I’m listed (just a role) “Provider” on the tag, not a person — just a system (system… system) [Pre-Hook – controlled, reflective] If I fall back, do I disappear? (do I fade?) If I say less, do it get more clear? (more clear?) If I stop givin’, do you stay near? (stay?) Or was I only here ‘cause I’m useful? (useful…) [Hook – minimal, haunting] Am I a person or a paycheck? (which one?) You see me or just what I make stretch? (just stretch…) If I go quiet, do you notice that? (you notice?) Or I’m just background till you need that? (background…) Tell me— (tell me) Would you talk if I ain’t provide? (would you?) Would you look if I ain’t supply? (look at me) If I change… do I lose my side? (lose me?) Or was I never in your eyes? (never was…) [Verse 2] I tried boundaries, they heard distance (too far?) Heard “no” and translated resistance (why resist?) Now I’m cold ‘cause I ain’t consistent (I changed) With a version of me that lacked resistance (no spine…) So what’s respect if it costs connection? (what’s the cost?) What’s love if it’s tied to my direction? (conditional?) If I step back, is that rejection? (or protection?) Or the first time I showed self-protection? (first time…) I ain’t tryna be hard, I’m just honest (just real) Every give got a weight, I been on it (heavy…) Y’all took light, I was carryin’ comets (too much) Now I’m dimmin’ the sky — is that a problem? (problem?) [Bridge – slower, almost spoken] I ain’t askin’ for love… (nah) Just… don’t erase me (don’t…) Don’t reduce me (don’t shrink me) Don’t… replace me with what I do (not what I do) [Hook – variation] Am I a person or a paycheck? (say it again) You hear me or just what I don’t check? (you don’t hear me) If I pull back, do it break that? (does it break?) Or prove it was never intact? (never was…) Tell me— (tell me) If I stop… do I still exist? (do I?) If I speak… do you hear me then? (hear me now?) If I’m gone… do it feel like this? (same silence?) Or just quiet where I been? (like before…) [Outro – D-Day calm, final question] I ain’t changin’ who I am… (still me) Just how I’m used (not that role) …so what happens… (what happens?) when I stop? (…when I stop?)