[Intro] (Mmm-mmm) (Mmm-mmm) [Verse 1] Red lights hum on the wet concrete I walk slow like the night's on my leash Every step is a spell I speak And the city exhales when I breathe No more waiting in the wings for fate No more checking if the door is safe I burn the map of the girl who hesitates Now the dark moves back from me [Pre-Chorus] I feel the fear fall off like a coat Silk pulling at my heels My shadow steps ahead of me And knows what I can't conceal [Chorus] I move without negotiation No shrinking in the doorway No hesitation I don't wait to be chosen I claim foundation The night knows my name like an incantation Power with no apology (Ooh) I move without negotiation (Oh) I move without negotiation [Verse 2] I used to listen for footsteps behind me Now I only track the rhythm of my pulse Every secret I swallowed is rising Turning into something fierce and full I'm done dimming myself for comfort Done folding my edges in soft shapes I open my mouth and the truth pours out A woman reborn in the space fear vacates [Pre-Chorus] I feel the fear fall off like a coat Silk pulling at my heels My shadow steps ahead of me And knows what I can't conceal [Chorus] I move without negotiation No shrinking in the doorway No hesitation I don't wait to be chosen I claim foundation The night knows my name like an incantation Power with no apology (Ooh) I move without negotiation (Oh) I move without negotiation [Bridge] Strike the match let the old skin burn Every lesson paid for every sharp return I stand in the smoke of my former self Untouched unbent unbound I rise where the fear used to be And the whole dark turns around [Chorus] I move without negotiation No shrinking in the doorway No hesitation I don't wait to be chosen I claim foundation The night knows my name like an incantation Power with no apology (Ooh) I move without negotiation (Oh) I move without negotiation [Outro] Red lights hum and I hum back The city knows who I became Every step of power every breath of fact I move I move I move without negotiation
