The Real Me

Verse 1

Clock in early, walking through the door

Sweat on the concrete, blood on the floor

Giving my all till my hands start to bleed

Running a race that I don't even need

No one says thank you, no one looks back

Just another ghost on a broken track

Counting the hours, swallowed by the noise

Treating my life like a bag of broken toys

Chorus

But I am better than the dirt on your shoe

Better than the lines I’ve been waiting in for you

Tired of the weight and the lack of respect

Tired of the checks that you love to collect

Yeah, I’m better than this, watch the tables turn

I’m taking back the fire that you let burn

I will rise up, I will break free

You’re gonna wish you knew the real me

Verse 2

Building your empire brick by brick

Sick of the games and the corporate trick

You take the credit while I take the blame

You don’t even bother to remember my name

Polished veneer but you’re hollow inside

Nowhere for your lazy ego to hide

I stayed quiet while you ran your mouth

But the wind is shifting, I'm heading south

Chorus

But I am better than the dirt on your shoe

Better than the lines I’ve been waiting in for you

Tired of the weight and the lack of respect

Tired of the checks that you love to collect

Yeah, I’m better than this, watch the tables turn

I’m taking back the fire that you let burn

I will rise up, I will break free

You’re gonna wish you knew the real me

Bridge

Keep your fake praise, keep your empty promises

I see through the smoke, no more doubt like Thomas's

The ceiling you built is about to shatter wide

I’m stepping out from the shadow where I used to hide

You thought I was stuck, you thought I was done

But my day in the sun has just begun

Chorus

'Cause I am better than the dirt on your shoe

Better than the lines I’ve been waiting in for you

Tired of the weight and the lack of respect

Tired of the checks that you love to collect

Yeah, I’m better than this, watch the tables turn

I’m taking back the fire that you let burn

I will rise up, I will break free

You’re gonna wish you knew the real me

Outro

Yeah, I will

Watch me now

No more working for nothing

No more bowing down

I am better than this

And I'm gone