You don't even have to say it—

I see it in your look.

Yeah, I'm short—so what?

Why's that the first thing you see?

I dress well, I speak loud,

I hold my own in any crowd.

But still, you lean down,

like you’re doing me a favor.

Ignore the rest I’ve earned—

'Cause height comes from nature, huh?

I worked for every inch of pride I stand in

But this one thing? I never had a hand in.

You think you’re tall? That makes you right?

Guess not everything comes with height.

Don’t shrink me down

Just ‘cause I don’t stand where your eye line lands.

I climb just fine

Without your pity or your helping hand.

You talk like it’s a flaw

But it’s just the way I came.

Don’t measure me in inches—

I'm not here for your scale.

"So I’m small—

So what?

Your ego’s taller than your worth!"

"That must be your complex"—

They say it like I didn’t know.

But I’ve never seen it that way

Till the world made it a show.

No one questions the grind,

No one questions the hustle.

But when it comes to what I can’t change,

That’s where they flex the muscle.

You call it “just a joke”

But jokes reveal the real things.

You focus on what’s fixed

‘Cause you can’t match the things I bring.

Don’t shrink me down

I wasn’t made to fit your point of view.

I’m bold, I’m loud

And I never needed more of you.

I own this ground I’m standing on

With everything I’ve got.

So keep your tall opinions—

This small girl talks a lot.

Did I ask for this body?

Did I design these bones?

But I built my strength from scratch

While you coasted on your throne.

No, I won’t shrink down

You can’t crush me with your gaze.

I’ve got more to give

Than a number on a page.

I’m done explaining

What I never could control.

Not my choice, but

It's still my soul.

“Fun-size and fearless.”

“Not your type? Not my loss.”