[Short Intro] (RAM… RAM… RAM… RAM…) [Verse 1] I used to ask permission just to take up space Used to make myself smaller just to leave no trace But there's a fire in my belly that was always mine A city built of jewels at the center of my spine [Verse 2] This isn't pride, this isn't ego running wild This is something older, something fierce and reconciled The kind of power that doesn't need to take you down The kind of sovereign that doesn't need a borrowed crown [Pre-Chorus] Feel it rising Feel it turning Ten thousand petals Ten thousand turning [Chorus] This is the city of jewels wide open This is the fire that was never broken RAM — the word before the word RAM — the will before the world I don't dance to be seen I dance cause I'm free This is the city of jewels in me [Verse 3] Manipura, lustrous gem, you were always there Underneath the shame and doubt, underneath the fear I spent so long forgetting what my body knew That the right to act was mine Was always mine, always true [Pre-Chorus] Feel it rising Feel it turning Ten thousand petals Ten thousand burning [Chorus] This is the city of jewels wide open This is the fire that was never broken RAM — the word before the word RAM — the will before the world I don't dance to be seen I dance cause I'm free This is the city of jewels in me [Bridge] (RAM… RAM… RAM…) Not arrogance Not armor Just the gem Just the flame Just the sound…… Just the name! [Outro] (RAM… RAM… RAM… RAM…) City of jewels City of jewels… Open [end]
