Tried something honest, tried something raw

Now I’m second guessing every word I wrote

Is it the title? Is it the sound?

Is it the moment I drop it out?

Is it the way that I say one line?

Is it the moment I drop it out?

Is it the way that I say one line?

Or something I can’t define?

I used to name it how it feels

Now I’m naming it to fit the deal

If I change the truth to make it clean

Is it even mine or just a screen?

What am I allowed to call it now?

Say it straight or tone it down?

If it don’t fit, it don’t get seen

Even if it’s everything I mean

What am I allowed to be right now?

Say it loud or play it proud?

If I change just to belong

Then it’s not my voice in the song

Allowed, allowed

Tell me what’s allowed

Allowed, allowed

Say it how you want it now

Allowed, allowed

I’m losing what I found

Allowed, allowed

Turning voices down

Is it the video? Is it the name?

Is it the hook or the way I play?

Is it the timing, day or night?

Or something buried out of sight?

Can’t say frog, can’t say spit

Can’t say things that actually hit

Can’t say flaws, can’t say truth

Gotta package pain in something smooth

I didn’t come here just to blend in

Didn’t start this just to pretend

If I erase what made me stand

Then what’s left in my hands?

Tell me straight, just give me one sign

What makes a song cross that line?

’Cause I’ve been chasing something blind

And it’s messing with my mind

What am I allowed to call it now?

I won’t fake it just to fit the crowd

If it don’t fit, I’ll still release

Every word that came from me

What am I allowed to be right now?

I won’t shrink, I won’t back down

If it costs me everything

Then I’ll still say what I mean

Allowed, allowed

I won’t turn it down

Allowed, allowed

I’m still me right now

Allowed, allowed

Even if it’s loud

Allowed, allowed

I won’t filter out