Ego

[Intro – Background chatter, club/locker-room vibe] (Voices, glasses, faint music) [Second Voice] Whole lotta noise in here. [First Voice] Yeah… funny thing? [Third Voice] The loudest one rarely the one you gotta watch. (Beat drops, bouncy bass, crisp drums.) [Hook – First Voice] I walk in quiet, but I still own the room, Let the ones talk loud, let ’em all assume. I don’t need big words just to prove I’m him, I got calm in my chest and the light don’t dim. You chase eyes, I just hold my ground, You chase claps, I just love that sound Of my own two feet when they move on cue— If I believe me, I don’t need you. [Verse 1 – First Voice (smooth swagger, quiet confidence)] I see ‘em hit the door like a marching band, Whole crew, big laugh, big talk, big hands. I just lean on the wall, take a sip, eyes slow, Watch how the real ones check who they know. They don’t look at the mouth, they don’t track the shout, They scan who’s calm when the noise max out. My shirt plain black, no chain too bright, But my shoulders sit easy like I sleep at night. I don’t gotta list out all the things I done, If you feel my presence, then the work already won. I’ve lost enough times that the wins feel real, So I walk like a man who ain’t scared to feel. [Pre-Chorus – First Voice] Confidence quiet, ego need stage, One live steady, one live in rage. [Hook – First Voice] I walk in quiet, but I still own the room, Let the ones talk loud, let ’em all assume. I don’t need big words just to prove I’m him, I got calm in my chest and the light don’t dim. You chase eyes, I just hold my ground, You chase claps, I just love that sound Of my own two feet when they move on cue— If I believe me, I don’t need you. [Verse 2 – Second Voice] He talk big in the circle, voice all raised, Name‑droppin’, flexin’, needin’ all that praise. Every story got him at the center of the play, Every look in the room gotta lean his way. But I watch how his eyes move when it get still, Little twitch in the lid, little crack in the grill. Soon as the moment ain’t about his shine, He scroll on his phone, try to find a new line. That ain’t confidence, that’s panic in gold, That’s fear of bein’ regular, plain and old. Me? I’m fine if you never say my name, I know what I bring when it’s more than a game. I got mistakes, yeah, I know my flaws, That’s why my back don’t break when the room applause. [Pre-Chorus – Second Voice] Real don’t live in the volume knob, It live in how you stand when you don’t get the job. [Hook – First Voice] I walk in quiet, but I still own the room, Let the ones talk loud, let ’em all assume. I don’t need big words just to prove I’m him, I got calm in my chest and the light don’t dim. You chase eyes, I just hold my ground, You chase claps, I just love that sound Of my own two feet when they move on cue— If I believe me, I don’t need you. [Verse 3 – Third Voice] I had days I would walk in tryin’ to be that guy, Voice up high, every joke too try. Left feelin’ empty even when they laughed, ‘Cause the whole time I knew I was playin’ a cast. Now I slide in soft, head clear, heart calm, Don’t need every handshake sittin’ on my palm. If you see me, cool, if you don’t, that’s fine, I’m still takin’ care of this frame of mine. I talk to myself like, “You enough on your own, Win or lose tonight, you can still go home.” That little line in my head keep my feet on track, So I don’t bend my shape just to get yours back. You can keep your throne made of nods and likes, I’m buildin’ somethin’ stronger when the room get quiet. If they cheer, I smile, if they don’t, I stay, ‘Cause I knew who I was when I walked in today. [Final Hook – First Voice, all ad-libs] I walk in quiet, but I still own the room, Let the ones talk loud, let ’em all assume. I don’t need big words just to prove I’m him, I got calm in my chest and the light don’t dim. You chase eyes, I just hold my ground, You chase claps, I just love that sound Of my own two feet when they move on cue— If I believe me, I don’t need you. (Ad-libs) [Second Voice] Talk less, stand more. [Third Voice] Know yourself, not the score. [First Voice] Yeah… quiet wins loud.