ELLE DUPREE — I’m Sure

[Intro] (mmm) Yeah… Quiet don’t mean weak [Verse 1] First off, I’ve seen enough of this shit timeline Pretty face, hollow eyes, everybody actin’ hard online Girls equipped with nines like fear look better stylized Borrowed power in they posture, but it never reach the spine They get brave when it’s digital, nervous when it’s live Talk heavy ’cause the silence make ’em question who they are inside I walk slow, shoulders back, let the envy do the math Never trip, never chase, I just glide right through the gaps They mistake my calm for mercy, that’s the funniest part I been sharp since I learned how to guard my heart They perform for reactions, I don’t move unless it’s art I don’t need to prove a thing, I let distance do its part [Pre-Chorus] He said, “Elle, I got a feelin’,” steady with a glow You the only one who see it in the places no one go Walkin’ where they never step, but you never lose control Always come correct, keep your balance when you go He know what I think before I breathe Hear the room — yeah, it fallin’ to its knees And when he speakin’ up for me… oh [Chorus] They get loud when they fragile, I get quiet when I’m sure All that barkin’ just to prove what they insecure about for sure I don’t flex, I don’t threaten, I just walk and shift the room Watch the noise fall to whispers every time I move When he lean in next to me, he say, “Yuh, shut them up.” [Verse 2] Lip gloss courage, tryna cosplay pain they never earned Think aggression make ’em solid, but it only make ’em burn They flash what they lack, I keep mine reserved I been dangerous since peace started feelin’ like a nerve They confuse bein’ seen with bein’ real I don’t raise my tone, I let the truth reveal Every threat sound shaky, every flex look weak I don’t need a spotlight — I illuminate the street They carry all that noise like it’s armor for the fight I carry discernment, baby, that’s a different type I don’t argue with projections, I let ’em miss the flight Still end up where I’m goin’, every time, every night [Pre-Chorus 2] He said, “Elle, don’t explain it, they ain’t built to know” You can feel it when you enter, watch the energy fold They study how you move but can’t crack the code You don’t break your stride, you just let it show He read my thoughts like a melody Room go mute when he stand with me And when he speakin’ up for me… oh [Chorus] They get loud when they fragile, I get quiet when I’m sure All that barkin’ just to prove what they insecure about for sure I don’t flex, I don’t threaten, I just walk and shift the room Watch the noise fall to whispers every time I move When he lean in next to me, he say, “Yuh, shut them up.” [Bridge] I don’t gotta win the moment, I win the long run They react off emotion, I move when it’s done If they knew what it cost me to be this calm They’d stop mistakin’ grace for somethin’ dumb He don’t yell, he don’t boast, just a look and it’s sealed That’s alignment, that’s trust, that’s power that’s real [Outro / Chorus Fade] They get loud… I get still… Room go quiet when I move He lean in next to me, say it low, say it true — “Yuh, shut them up.”