I don't care who's running faster

[Verse 1]
I don't care who's running faster,
I don't care who's standing tall,
I was never chasing someone else's shadow,
I was never racing them at all.
Yesterday I had my limits,
Yesterday I didn't know,
But I learned from every failure,
And I found the strength to grow.

[Pre-Chorus]
Last year, I was a different man,
I couldn't see how far I'd come.
Now every scar became a lesson,
Every battle made me strong.

[Chorus]
My only competition
Is the man in the mirror,
I don't have to beat the world,
I just have to make myself better.
Better than yesterday,
Stronger than I was before,
Every day I raise the ceiling,
Every day I push for more.
My only competition
Is the man in the mirror.

[Verse 2]
I wake up with a fire burning,
There's another mountain to climb,
I challenge every line that holds me,
I refuse to waste my time.
I don't measure my beginning
By somebody else's harvest,
They've been walking on their journey,
I've been building mine from scratch.

[Pre-Chorus]
Let the noise fade in the distance,
Let the world run its own race.
I have got a road before me,
And I'm focused on my pace.

[Chorus]
My only competition
Is the man in the mirror,
I don't have to beat the world,
I just have to make myself better.
Better than yesterday,
Stronger than I was before,
Every day I raise the ceiling,
Every day I push for more.
My only competition
Is the man in the mirror.

[Bridge]
No jealousy, no comparison,
No looking left or right.
I know the person I am becoming
Is worth the sacrifice.
If I fall, I'll rise again,
If I lose, I'll learn the game.
I don't need to be somebody else,
I just need to change my name—
From who I was
To who I am.

[Breakdown]
Yesterday...
I wasn't ready.
Today...
I'm standing tall.
Tomorrow...
I'll go farther.
I won't stop.
I won't fall.

[Final Chorus]
My only competition
Is the man in the mirror,
I don't have to beat the world,
I just have to make myself better.
Better than yesterday,
Stronger than I was before,
Every step becomes a victory,
Every scar becomes a score.

My only competition
Is the man in the mirror,
And every morning when I wake,
I see how much I've changed.
I don't need their finish line,
I don't need their applause.
I'm running on my own road,
And I'm becoming who I was born to be.

[Outro]
I don't race against the world.
I race against yesterday.
The only person I have to defeat...
Is the man in the mirror.
And tomorrow,
I'll be better than today.