Soft not stupid

SOFT, NOT STUPID

[Intro]
Mmm…
Yeah…
I know what I bring.
I just had to remember.

[Verse 1]
I been everybody’s strong one,
Holding shit together when the lights gone.
Smile pretty while my heart tired,
Still somehow I keep the whole house wired.

I love hard, maybe that’s my weakness,
Give you parts of me I probably should be keeping.
And when I finally say I need you too,
Why I gotta explain what you already knew?

I don’t need saving, baby, understand,
Sometimes I just wanna know I got a hand.
Don’t call it pressure when I let you close,
You wanted my heart ’til my heart finally showed.

[Pre-Chorus]
I can be soft and still be strong,
I can miss you and still move on.
I can love you and choose me too—
Baby, both of those things can be true.

[Chorus]
I’m soft, not stupid,
Don’t get that confused.
I’ll give you my heart,
But I know how to lose you.

I match what you give me,
So tell me what we doin’.
If you give me distance,
I can give you disappearing.

I’m soft, not stupid,
Baby, I know my worth.
Been through hell in pretty shoes
And still made heaven work.
You can love me right
Or watch me love me better.
I’ve survived too much
To beg somebody to stay forever.

[Verse 2]
Got a little gray mixed in with my crown,
Few more curves since the last time around.
Plants by the window, music turned loud,
Learning how to make myself proud.

Still got dreams that ain’t got no age,
Might pick up that sax, put my soul on a stage.
Might learn six strings, make the whole thing cry,
’Cause apparently forty-five still look good alive.

I’m a mama, I’m a woman, I’m a whole damn storm,
Had to rebuild myself in a different form.
Life changed my body, changed my plans,
But it never took the woman that I am.

[Pre-Chorus]
So if I tell you that I love you,
That ain’t something you should fear.
I don’t say it ’cause I need you—
I say it ’cause the feeling’s there.

But if honesty makes you back away,
Baby, I won’t chase.
I learned the hard way:
Love ain’t love if I gotta beg for space.

[Chorus]
I’m soft, not stupid,
Don’t get that confused.
I’ll give you my heart,
But I know how to lose you.

I match what you give me,
So tell me what we doin’.
If you give me distance,
I can give you disappearing.

I’m soft, not stupid,
Baby, I know my worth.
Been through hell in pretty shoes
And still made heaven work.
You can love me right
Or watch me love me better.
I’ve survived too much
To beg somebody to stay forever.

[Bridge]
I want somebody asking,
“Baby, how was your day?”
Not just showing up
When everything feels okay.

Check on my heart,
Not just my body.
Know when I get quiet,
Come sit beside me.

I don’t need perfect,
Just present.
Give me effort
With intention.

And if that’s too much—
That’s cool.
But losing myself for love?
Baby, I’m through.

[Breakdown]
I still believe in love…
I just believe in me more.

Still got a tender heart…
It just got a better door.

You don’t get access
Just because I adore you.

If I gotta become less of me
Just to keep you—

I don’t want you.

[Final Chorus]
’Cause I’m soft, not stupid,
And loving ain’t losing.
I can cry tonight
And wake up choosing me.

I match what you give me,
So choose what you’re doing.
You can meet me in the middle
Or meet the me that’s moving.

I’m soft, not stupid,
Still sexy, still learning.
Life tried to put my light out—
Baby, look at me burning.

I’ve been somebody’s everything
For damn near forever…
Now I’m finally learning
How to be mine better.

[Outro]
Mmm…
Soft don’t mean weak.
Loving you don’t mean losing me.

And if you ever wonder
How I let go so easy…

Baby, it wasn’t easy.

I just finally chose me.