[Verse 1] I hired every name the board approved Gave them keys and gave them room to move The roadmap grew, the product lost its soul My name was on it but I'd lost control "Step back," they said, "that's what good leaders do" I trusted — and I watched the vision blur [Chorus] I'm in the room, I'm in the room Touch every pixel, read every page Call it control — I call it care If my name's on the building, I'll be there I'm in the room [Verse 2] Then March hit like a hammer on the glass The bottom fell — we're bleeding, bleeding fast I cut a quarter of the names I'd hired Burned the five-year plan, dissolved the tiers And in the wreckage, something old came through The voice I'd buried said I know what to do [Chorus] I'm in the room, I'm in the room Know every detail, own every stage Call it obsession — I don't care If my name's on the building, I'll be there I'm in the room [Bridge] Ten PM, the product review runs late My team can't sleep — they're prepping for my weight It's great to be in founder mode, they say Not as great for those who walk beside me But you can't hand off the thing only you feel So I'll carry the cost to keep it real [Final Chorus, belted] I'm in the room, I'm in the room Not stepping back, not leaving soon Tore their playbook down and wrote my own If my name's on the building, I'm not gone I'm in the room [Outro] They built a church around the thing I'd start Then prayed to process till it lost its heart
