We were stars first
Never hit reverse
Never had to spark it
We were lit at birth
But we keep asking
"How to shine more bright?"
Instead of asking
Why we gotta earn a life
Used to be survival
Prove it just to breathe
Only the aggressive
Got allowed to lead
Now the frame shifted
Less fight, more reveal
Pull it from the shadow
Let it stay, don't seal
Ain't about creation
It's already there
Brush away the cover
Light is laid bare
We don't need a glow-up
We been lit now
No more proving, slow up
Let it drip out
No rank, no throne
No high, no low
Just turn the hidden
Till it overflows
We don't need a glow-up
We been lit now
Different kinds of shining
Let it spill out
Screens keep looping
Someone else's best
IG frames it
YouTube does the rest
But that ain't the whole
Just a cropped design
One small orbit
Don't define the sky
One patch of ground
Ain't the planet wide
One bright fragment
Ain't the whole night
What you see's a slice
Not the deeper groove
Light runs quieter
Under what we view
Filed and refined
Fit into the grid
More the rules expand
Less of us exist
We don't need a glow-up
We been lit now
Drop the weight, slow up
Let it breathe out
No rank, no throne
No high, no low
Just being here is
Loud enough to show
Loud enough to show
Loud enough to show
Love feels graded
Like a test to pass
Ties feel measured
Like a stat to stack
So we keep asking
"Am I enough yet?"
While the answer
Slipped the moment we met
Being isn't proof
It's a state we're in
Love ain't something earned
It's where we begin
Forcing your rhythm?
Nah, that's just noise
Learning someone's language
That's the real choice
Don't project your light
Let it overlap
Follow their texture
Let it softly map
Different frequencies
Meeting mid-air
That's the real space
Where we start to share
We don't need a glow-up
We been lit now
All the hidden hours
Bring 'em out
No fear, no doubt
No wrong, no right
Different kinds of shining
Fill the night
We don't need a glow-up
We been lit now
You and me between
Let it spill out yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let it spill out
We were stars then
Still the same spark
Just a little covered
Not a missing part
Not about ignition
Just reveal the art
That's how we've been
Lighting from the start
