**Verse 1** I spent too many years with my foot on the gas Trying to make a future make up for the past Every room I walked in, something to prove Like somebody kept score every time I moved I learned how to win, learned how to perform Learned how to smile while I weathered the storm Had my name in rooms I never thought I’d see Still went home wondering what they thought of me **Pre-Chorus** That’s a long way to run For a race nobody called I was building up a name While I was tearing down my walls **Chorus** I don’t need no proof now Don’t need another pour Spent too many nights Trying not to feel no more You can keep that bottle And the man I was back then I got nothing left to prove And I don’t need proof again **Verse 2** I knew every back road, every closing-time light Knew how to call it living when I was hiding every night Said I had it handled, said I knew when to stop Funny how a man can lie when he’s talking to God Sunday morning found me Same place it did before But I finally heard the words I’d been running from for years Grace ain’t something earned And mercy ain’t applause I spent my whole life proving What He never asked me for **Pre-Chorus** I did all that climbing Just to learn along the way The people worth keeping Never asked me to change **Chorus** I don’t need no proof now Don’t need another pour Spent too many nights Trying not to feel no more You can keep that bottle And the man I was back then I got nothing left to prove And I don’t need proof again **Rap Verse** I been up, been down Been broke, been paid Been the one they praised Been the one they blamed I know what lasts I know what fades A name ain’t a life And a check ain’t grace I chased every room Every nod, every yes Thought a little more winning Might quiet my chest But peace never came From the things I could claim Had to put down the glass Had to give up the game Now I wake up clear Got my feet on the floor Still got fire in me I just know what it’s for I ain’t saying I’m finished I ain’t saying I’m clean I’m just done making idols Out of everything I need **Bridge** I still hear that old choir From when I was a boy Hands raised high Singing through the noise I walked a long way Just to come back around Turns out grace was waiting When I finally laid it down **Final Chorus** I don’t need no proof now Don’t need another pour I don’t need your scoreboard Like I needed it before You can keep that bottle You can keep your doubts I know who I belong to I know who I am now I don’t need no proof now Don’t need another sign I spent half my life running From a mercy that was mine I still got roads to travel Still got work to do But I ain’t chasing proof now I’m just trying to live true **Outro** No proof in the glass No proof in the crowd Grace brought me this far I don’t need proof now
