[ INTRO ] (rising instrumental, warm keys building) ... [ VERSE 1 — FEMALE ] I'm not gonna stand here and tell you I'm completely healed, some days the cracks still show no matter how much I conceal, but I'm not the version of myself that begged for you to stay, I learned to leave the begging in the past where it belongs today, every doubt you planted, I dug up and burned it down, every silence that you left me in, I learned to wear that crown, I'm not stronger 'cause I never broke, I broke a thousand times, I'm stronger 'cause I kept on getting up and crossing all the lines, that you drew to keep me smaller than I really was inside, and now there's nothing left of doubt, nothing left to hide. [ PRE-CHORUS ] And I can feel the shift, I can feel it in my chest, like the weakest parts of me are finally getting some rest. [ CHORUS ] Stronger, stronger, I didn't think I'd say it true — stronger, stronger, even stronger without you — not because the pain just disappeared one day — but because I learned to hold it and still find my way. [ VERSE 2 — MALE ] I watched you build yourself back up from underneath the ground, watched you turn the silence that he left into a sound, I'm not here to fix what's broken, not here to play the part, just here to say I see the strength inside your scattered heart, you don't need a man to tell you that you finally arrived, you were already there the moment that you first survived, so take your time, there's no rush in becoming who you are, you were never lost, baby, you were just becoming a star, and if you let me stand beside you while you find your peace, I'll be here, no pressure, watching how your strength increase. [ CHORUS — BIGGER, MORE CONFIDENT ] Stronger, stronger, I didn't think I'd say it true — stronger, stronger, even stronger without you — not because the pain just disappeared one day — but because I learned to hold it and still find my way. [ BRIDGE — BUILD AND RELEASE ] (instrumental swelling, both voices layering) Nyra: I'm not who I was when you broke me down, Malik: No, you're so much more now, wearing a different crown. [ FINAL CHORUS — CLIMACTIC, LIBERATING ] Stronger, stronger, finally saying it out loud — stronger, stronger, this is how I wear my crown now.
