Intro (whispered over piano + vinyl crackle) (soft, breathy) Mm… Tried to pull my strings… Didn’t know I cut cords. (violin glides upward) Yeah… Verse 1 (smooth R&B flow) You been painting pictures like I’m fragile, Switching my truth just to fit your angle, Smile in public, poison in private, Rewrite my story like I won’t catch it. Talking in circles, smoke in my face, Trying to shrink me, lower my place, Hands on the script like you own my voice, But I was a storm before you had a choice. You mistake my patience for a leash, Confuse my silence for a plea, But I been plotting my release, Cutting strings in 4K, HD. Pre-Chorus (build… strings swell) You thought my heart was a joystick, Push a button when you feel annoyed, But I bend and I don’t break, Watch your power start to decay. (vocal run climbing) Ooo-ohhh… You don’t own me… Noooo… CHORUS (BIG high-note hook) I will never be your puppet, Never dance when you pull my thread, Never shrink for your comfort, I stand taller in my head. You hate it when I don’t budge, When I slip from your control, You tried to play my love like chess, Now you losing pieces of your soul. (stacked harmonies) My love ain’t a game, no… My heart don’t move on command, no… You tried to hold my flame, Now you burned up your own hands. Post-Chorus (beat drops out → violin stabs → trap drops in) DROP. Cut the strings. Watch me move. Independent how I breathe. That’s the truth. Verse 2 (rap-sing trap cadence) You needed chaos just to feel tall, Needed me weak so you wouldn’t fall, Gaslight glow in a diamond lie, Try to rewrite what I lived inside. I saw the game in the flick of your eye, Love shouldn’t feel like a loaded die, You call it passion, I call it chains, Pressure wrapped pretty in designer pain. I loved loud, you loved control, Tried to rent space in my spirit and soul, Now I moonwalk out the frame you drew, Mirror cracked when I stopped obeying you. Pre-Chorus 2 (softer… then rise) You wanted fear to be my religion, Tried to cage me in your conditions, But every tear I survived alone, Turned into armor, turned into throne. (run climbing again) Ooo-ohhh… I broke free… Yeahhh… CHORUS (bigger, stacked, gospel-style harmonies) I will never be your puppet, Never dance when you pull my thread, Never bleed for your ego, I choose peace inside my chest. You go crazy when I stay calm, When your tricks don’t hit the same, You tried to gamble with my heart… Now you shaking at the flames. BRIDGE (Pink Queen x Naija influence, rhythmic sway) (afro-swing percussion enters) I glow different when I walk away, Crown heavy but I wear it brave, Energy holy, can’t contaminate, I outgrew the room you tried to make. Say my name when you losing grip, I’m divine, I don’t beg for this, Elevation in my bloodstream, Freedom singing through my ribs. FINAL CHORUS (key change, sky-high notes) I was never your puppet, Never wired to your hands, Never built for manipulation, I was born to command. You tried to play my feelings, Like dice in a crooked game, Now the tables done flipped on you… You the one screaming my name. (runs and belts) Oooo-ohhhhhh! I’m untouchable! No strings on meeeeee! You lost control of the narrative, When I started believing me. Outro (piano alone + soft violin) (quiet, victorious) My love was never meant to be controlled… And that’s what made you lose it. Yeah…
