[Intro] They look at the page Then they look at me Like a mouth like mine Couldn’t make it speak Laugh in the back Doubt in the air Like I found these words Layin’ somewhere [Verse 1] I hear it “Who really wrote that” Like I need a ghost Sittin’ on my back Like the nights I spent Talkin’ to the ceiling Didn’t turn to lines With a real live feelin’ I ain’t a rumor I ain’t a front I sat with the quiet Till the quiet got blunt Then I made it move Then I made it rhyme Then I put my name On my own damn time [Pre-Chorus] Doubt on my left Pride on my right One say you didn’t One say you might I don’t need a witness I don’t need a please I was there I did write these [Chorus] Hey I did write these Every cut Every breath Every “how you know that” Came out my chest Doubt can talk Doubt can stare Doubt can’t take What I put there Hey I did write these Not a maybe Not a steal This my story This how it feel [Verse 2] They want a story That fit they box Want me smaller Want the credit lost Want to say the pain Came from someone else Like I can’t hold fire By myself I remember the room I remember the hour I remember the line When it finally flowered Nobody fed me The words like a script I dragged ’em out With my own two fists [Pre-Chorus] Doubt on my left Pride on my right One say you didn’t One say you fight I don’t need a trophy I don’t need a speech I was there I did write these [Chorus] Hey I did write these Every cut Every breath Every “how you know that” Came out my chest Doubt can talk Doubt can stare Doubt can’t take What I put there Hey I did write these Not a maybe Not a steal This my story This how it feel [Bridge] Yeah I doubt it too In the dead of night Ask myself Did I get that right Then I read it back And I hear my walk Hear my temper Hear the way I talk That’s not a stranger That’s not a trick That’s my fingerprint On every brick [Verse 3] So keep the question Keep the side-eye Keep actin’ shocked That the kid can write I don’t owe a tour Through the way I think I don’t owe a proof For the blood in the ink If it hit too close That’s the point of it I lived it first Then I made it spit Mine All mine Even when they tease Let ’em doubt I did write these [Chorus] Hey I did write these Every cut Every breath Every “how you know that” Came out my chest Doubt can talk Doubt can stare Doubt can’t take What I put there Hey I did write these Not a maybe Not a steal This my story This how it feel [Outro] Look at the page Look back at me Same damn man Same damn heat Doubt can whisper Let it Please I was there I did write these
