Acceptance Speech

[Verse 1: Walker Hayes]

Oh my goodness, I'm so nervous

Do I deserve this?

Full disclosure

I can be so insecure

'Bout tipping all this

Just a recovering validation-aholic

Yeah sometimes I'm defined by the volume of a crowd's applause

I put my worth in their claps

Are they loud or soft?

Hooked up to that approval like an IV

Act like I don't

But I do care what people think

Speaking of, are these lyrics tight?

Hey, at least I'm not in the now, right?

[Chorus: Lela Hayes]

This goes out to myself

And every single tear that I've felt

Telling me that no one could tell me who to be

Except for me

All my flaws

I gotta recognize all my wrongs

I'm so humble and grateful to be

Accepting me

[Verse 2: Walker Hayes]

To all the people I've wasted time comparing myself to

If I hate it, it's 'cuz I was jealous of you

Just a reflection of my fear, rejection that I hear

From my toughest critic, the mirror

Big shout to all the teams that I been cut from

For showing me what I can back get up from

To the Grammys, Imma keep on dreaming about you

But I'll be the same person

With or without you

[Chorus: Lela Hayes]

This goes out to myself

And every single tear that I've felt

Telling me that no one could tell me who to be

Except for me

All my flaws

I gotta recognize all my wrongs

I'm so humble and grateful to be

Accepting me

[Bridge: Walker Hayes]

To all the kids with guitars, looking up at the stars

The answer is not a platinum record

The old me couldn't make it tonight

So accepting on my behalf is somebody better

[Chorus: Lela Hayes & Walker Hayes]

This goes out to myself

And every single tear that I've felt

Telling me that no one could tell me who to be

Except for me

All my flaws

I gotta recognize all my wrongs

I'm so humble and grateful to be

Accepting me