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Outcome independent

Track 84 of 15

Outcome independent

Above My Station

The crown means carrying others.

About This Track

A narrator overcomes self-doubt, then learns that rising to queen status means opening doors and carrying responsibility for others.

Lyrics

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Yeah. No stress

Small small? No. We go deep. Listen

Wahala dey left and right, every road get a wall

But inside my head, one voice say I go fall

I stand like a rock while the water rush past

But the face in the river keep reflecting my past

Wahala dey left and right, every light burning low

I was blaming the world for the places I no go

Then I looked in the glass, saw the fear in my eyes

If the man there must fall, then the queen there must rise

Check the mindset, I detach from the outcome

Every loss was a lesson, see the man I become

I move with intention, disciplined and stoic

They panic in the storm, but my stillness is heroic

That voice say I no ready, say the road go crash

Na my old self talking, so I leave am in the past

I leave behind the fear, I leave behind the dust

I don't need their faith, but I must earn my trust

Na who be the boss Na me, Na me

Who carry the sauce Na me, Na me

I am the shhh—, I am the Vibe

Leader of the pack, queen of the Tribe

I tell you, na me Na me, Na me

Top of the tree Na me, Na me

I walk inside, the energy shift

I am the curse and I am the gift Na me

I touched the ceiling, then I raised it some more

I got the money, now the whole world at my door

Everybody need a hand, everybody need a road

Funny how the crown shine bright but it carry heavy load

I touched the ceiling, saw the city down below

All the hands that held me up, I could finally see them show

E no be enough to climb and leave my people on the floor

If the crown no open doors, then wetin be the crown for?

Ambition was the fuel, put the petrol in the tank

Now the names that came before me stand beside me in the rank

I elevated, graduated, never self-created

Every scar upon the throne is a debt that must be paid

See the view from the top? The air is getting thin

Everybody praise the crown, nobody ask about the skin

I wanted all the power, now I understand the why:

A queen no spread her wings just to be the only one to fly

They ask me why I run when I already won

I tell them

The crown is not the gold

The crown is everyone

And if I never carry them

Then I never know the sun

I searched for the enemy

Nobody else

The last man standing

Was the man in myself

Wait for it. Wait for it. Queen STATUS

Look at the chair, I built it from the ground

Look at the gold, every scar became the crown

I no dey run, I no dey hide, I face it all

When the ones behind me stumble, I become the wall

Look at the chair, but the chair no make the man

Look at the crown, it is a promise, not a brand

If the weight become too heavy, if the whole kingdom call

Na me choose the duty, so na me go carry all

Uno. Number one—but I know where I came from

I carry my city, every daughter, every son

My reflection was the rival, self-command became the sword

I cut through every lie and let the work become the word

It had to be me—I had something left to prove

Not to everybody else, to the boy I had to lose

Stand tall and proper when the Queen come around

Not because I need you lower—I want all of us unbound

Who carried all the doubt? Na me

Who nearly blocked the route? Na me

Who finally broke us out? Na me

If the kingdom need a voice, let it come out of my mouth

Na who be the boss Na me, Na me

Who carry the sauce Na me, Na me

I am the shhh—, I am the Vibe

Leader of the pack, Queen of the Tribe

I tell you, na me Na me, Na me

Top of the tree Na me, Na me

I walk inside, the energy shift

I am the curse and I am the gift Na me

I was the lock. I became the key

Who carries the crown?

Na me

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