[Hook] – short, cold, simple I don’t need no anthem. I don’t need no praise. I’m just tryna make it through without spiralin’ today. [Verse 1] I don’t got a punchline for what I been dealin’ with, Half the time I’m tired, other half I’m pissed. People think I’m quiet, nah, I’m just done explainin’, Done tryna look okay when I’m barely maintainin’. Move how I move ’cause I learned what pressure is, Life put weight on me way before I knew what heavy is. I don’t talk “grind,” I don’t talk “boss,” I talk days I woke up already feelin’ lost. But I keep goin’ — not ’cause it’s deep or brave, Just ’cause stoppin’ now would make it all a waste. That’s it. No deeper meaning. I’m breathin’. I’m heated. I’m still not leavin’. [Hook] – short, cold, simple I don’t need no anthem. I don’t need no praise. I’m just tryna make it through without spiralin’ today. [Verse 2] People want a story, I don’t owe ’em that either. Half my life feel stuck like a glitch in the speaker. I don’t flex pain — it ain’t somethin’ I’m proud of, It’s somethin’ that happened and I’m tryna climb out of. Thoughts hit quick like a swing to the jaw, Some days I’m good, some days I’m raw. Yeah, I keep movin’ — but don’t clap for me, I’m not strong, I just hate who I’d be if I stopped honestly. Ain’t no metaphor here, ain’t no pretty twist, Just the truth of a kid who survived too much shit. If that sound dark, well it is. I ain’t dressin’ it up to make it fit. [Hook] I don’t need no anthem. I don’t need no praise. I’m just tryna make it through without spiralin’ today. [Verse 3] I don’t move perfect, I don’t act right, Half my choices come from fear, not fight. Tryna keep steady while my mind stay wired, Tryna stay human while my whole soul tired. I ain’t tryna teach nobody nothin’, I ain’t tryna be some “symbol of sufferin’.” I just needed somewhere to put the noise, Some place where the thoughts don’t drown my voice. So if I spit quick, it’s ’cause the words run hot, And I say what I feel, not what I’m “supposed” to drop. If my past show up, that’s not for effect — That’s just what happens when the scars interject. [Hook – final] I don’t need no anthem. I don’t need no praise. I’m just tryna make it through without spiralin’ today.
