Alright, alright, settle down I'd like to thank me For believing in me I'd like to thank me For being dope as hell And I'd like to thank all my haters For hating on... me Hold up. That ain't my speech. Eight thousand. Eight. Thousand. Duni. I step out for a minute Just a minute, just a season And I come back and this man Is out here giving speeches Thanking himself in the third person Forgiving himself for quitting And I'm standing in the doorway Like who is invited to this party, anyway... ... It's Heart, ... remember me? Now I hate that I missed it And I mean that, I do I was nowhere around While the numbers rolled through Two hundred thousand plays That's a hell of a climb I leave for a second And you fly right by Now I ain't saying you built a bot I'm not accusing anybody of anything But you know what's funny, Duni That is a lot of clicks For a man who has never once Been early to anything You got two hundred thousand plays I barely got one thousand You got eight thousand followers I'm sitting here wondering What exactly did I do wrong Maybe I need better hooks Maybe I need better luck Maybe I need a bot... And apparently the AI, makes that part easy You thanked your hard work For never quitting Except that one time Which you then forgave So let me get the timeline straight You quit You were the one who quit on you And then you held a ceremony Where you accepted your own apology That's not a comeback story That's a hostage negotiation And "that was tough, and you persevered" Duni, you said that About yourself Out loud In public But here's the thing. I was gone. And I really do hate that I missed it. Because eight thousand people Did not have to click that button They didn't have to stay They didn't have to come back Nobody made them Nobody owed you that You kept putting the songs out When nothing was landing You kept showing up When it was just you and that Suno prompt And somewhere in there Eight thousand people looked up And decided you were worth following So maybe you were right To believe in you. And I may have missed the moment Missed the whole damn run But I'm glad I for you, I really am Now put your hands up, everyone So congratulations, Duni Eight thousand strong Go on and thank yourself again I'll wait, take your time, it's your song I'll see you at ten thousand I'll be right here somewhere Thirteen hundred plays deep And genuinely proud of you That's it for now, Your friend... ... ... Heart
