Proud of Me

[Verse 1: Mahalia]

I've never been religious

Instead my momma showered me in kisses

Thirteen with the big dream and

Daddy said I could be anything

So I looked to the stars

Found an acoustic guitar

Started learnin', wrote a couple songs and

People heard them, now they sing along

My friends used to say

"I bet you can't wait for the fame

Everyone's gonna know your face, mate"

Let me talk specifically

That don't mean shit to me

I wanna keep bits of me to myself, uh

I don't need your publicity, all up in my business

That right there is a sickness

Keep it to yourselves

[Chorus: Mahalia]

Mother and father, I wanna make you proud

Brothers and sisters, let me scream out loud

I love you all

I love you, yeah

Thank you for everything

I love you, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Mahalia]

I didn't just fall out of the sky

I've got stars in my eyes

I've had stars in my eyes for, uh, many years while

I was showed how I was grown into the woman that I am now

Think of me as a blank sheet of paper

My life is mine, I am the creator

You don't own me, you're not my commentator

Oh, child, see, I once had an idol

I got her voice on a vinyl

And then she turned suicidal

Well, you see, this business is all about survival of the fittest

If you don't go viral, you should quit it

I am the revival of the unfinished

You're my witness

[Chorus: Mahalia, Little Simz]

Mother and father, I wanna make you proud

Brothers and sisters, let me scream out loud

I love you all

I love you, yeah

Thank you for everything

I love you, yeah, yeah, yeah (I love you, oh)

[Verse 3: Little Simz, Mahalia]

Thoughts more and more are distorted (Uh)

I just pray I wake up in the morning

Shit ain't promised at all and we know this

But calling it quits is not in my calling (No, no, no, no, no)

I don't need a penny to complete me, no

He should know

Let all of my elders and my teachers know

She is gold (She is gold)

Wonder has this always been my thesis, oh, T would know

What is this life that I lead?

This is the life of a G

Can I enlighten you, please?

I don't ever feel to be like what they're all trying to be

You don't even know

I am the one you been dying to meet

What are you finding beneath?

Lies dressed as honesty

Honestly, you should follow me

Down the rabbit hole I go, I know (I know)

Change is scary, we call this life

So what, move on (So what, move on)

I'll always give you the realness, it's tough love

We right above, heights we always dreamed of

[Chorus: Mahalia]

Mother and father, I wanna make you proud

Brothers and sisters, let me scream out loud

I love you all

I love it, yeah

Thank you for everything

I love it, yeah, yeah, yeah