Lyrics

Intro (Spoken Soul)

It's interesting...

How the room gets uncomfortable

The moment a woman stops apologizing

For taking up space.

Hook (Soul Vocal)

Don't shrink me

To fit inside your expectations

Don't shrink me

To calm your imagination

I'm not too much

You're just not used to seeing

A woman stand this tall

Without asking for permission

Verse 1 (Soul-Rap)

They told me smile more

Speak softer

Cross my legs

Lower my volume

Package ambition inside prettier wrapping

Like confidence needs customer service training

Funny...

The same traits get celebrated elsewhere

Different face

Different handshake

Different haircut

Different reaction

I learned that lesson before I learned taxes

Watching brilliant women second-guess themselves

While average opinions got promoted

On pure confidence alone

So I stopped editing my personality

To make strangers comfortable

And started investing that energy

Into becoming undeniable

Hook (Soul Vocal)

Don't shrink me

To fit inside your expectations

Don't shrink me

To calm your imagination

I'm not too much

You're just not used to seeing

A woman stand this tall

Without asking for permission

Verse 2 (Soul-Rap)

I know mothers running entire ecosystems

Before sunrise

Packing lunches

Managing budgets

Solving crises

Then showing up to work

Like they haven't already completed

Three full-time careers before 9 a.m.

Yet somehow somebody still questions

Whether women can lead

Meanwhile she's coordinating miracles

With thirty-seven dollars

And two hours of sleep

Make it make sense.

The truth is

People get nervous around power

When it arrives in unexpected packaging

That's not arrogance

That's observation

Bridge (Soul Vocal)

I don't need smaller dreams

I don't need smaller goals

I don't need smaller opinions

To make somebody else feel whole

Breakdown (Soul-Rap)

I'm not difficult

I'm direct.

Not intimidating

Just aware.

Not aggressive

Just unwilling

To disappear.

Final Hook (Big Soul Vocal)

Don't shrink me

I've spent too long becoming

Every lesson

Every scar

Every triumph

Every stumbling

Built this woman

And she's not folding now

Don't shrink me

I finally learned

How to wear my own crown

Outro

The world keeps saying

"Take up less space."

My answer?

Build a bigger room.