Lyrics

Verse 1
I used to overgive for entry
Make myself convenient to keep
Called exhaustion dedication
While my own desires went unseen
Now I let my “no” stand plainly
Without building it a case
Anybody threatened by my boundaries
Was benefiting from their absence
I don’t need another witness
To confirm what I possess
My value wasn’t under review
I was born beyond the test
Chorus
I need no permission
To know what I deserve
No permission
To protect what I have earned
I am worthy
Without proving
Without begging to be heard
I need no permission
I already know my worth
Verse 2
I stopped spending for appearance
Now each dollar serves a vision
Built reserves beneath my freedom
So fear cannot make decisions
And the man who says he loves me
Must have substance past attraction
I don’t measure his devotion
By his words, but by his patterns
He won’t ask me to abandon
What took years for me to build
Healthy love can bring me pleasure
Without negotiating my will
Chorus
I need no permission
To know what I deserve
No permission
To protect what I have earned
I am worthy
Without proving
Without begging to be heard
I need no permission
I already know my worth
Bridge
I thought divine timing meant waiting
For my life to choose me first
Then I learned alignment happens
When my actions match my words
Every season that delayed me
Was developing my command
Now I enter what is for me
Fully able to make it last
Final Chorus
I need no permission
To receive what meets me whole
No permission
To keep ownership of my soul
Love can find me
Purpose guide me
Plenty meet me where I work
I need no permission
I have always known my worth
Outro
I did not become worthy
when they finally recognized me.
I became unavailable
to anything
that required me
to forget.