[Intro]
Damn who make this beat, cuz I’m stealin’ it
[Chorus: Kodak Black]
Sniper Gang, John Wicks
Homie, you can’t handle my klick
Sniper Gang, John Wicks
Homie, you can’t handle my klick
You can spot one …
[Intro]
Nigga, you do that shit, ayy
Rollin’ that piff, ayy
Put that tool on that chick, ayy
Ya ya ya
[Chorus]
State tryna give me eight, I told it, you do that shit
Remember kickin’ doors, …
[Hook]
I’m getting so much money these days
It’s hard to figure out who love me for me
Trying to balance out every thing
I’m getting sabotaged every way
You don’t want to but you …
[Intro]
That money don’t sleep, you know what I’m sayin’?
So why you gonna be sleepin’ on the money?
Keep that shit 1k
[Chorus: Kodak Black]
If you want this shit, you gotta be up …
[Hook]
You my first love, I still fuck with you
Looking at your picture, you should come through
I don’t even want nobody with me in the coupe
Look at all this shit that …
[Verse 1]
I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess 1
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice 2
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything 3
[Pre-Chorus]
You held me down, but I got up (hey!)
Already brushing off the dust 4
You hear my voice, your hear that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake the ground 5
You held me down, but I got up
Get ready cause I had enough
I see it all, I see it now 6
[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire 7
Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar! 8
[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh (x3)
You’re gonna hear me roar!
[Verse 2]
Now I’m floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero 9
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus x2]
[Bridge]
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar…!10
Katy is talking about how for most of her life she has had to be on guard lest she annoy someone or make a mess. This could also be a rebellion against her Christian upbringing and her time making Gospel music.
She refers to her agreement to follow societal rules, which in exchange, she lost a vital part of her freewill.
Katy was so used to following and pleasing everyone that it became to much for her and because of giving up her own freewill she had no ethical code of her own to guide her and she made mistakes that she wouldn’t otherwise have made.
Katy is talking of people who held her back, who she had to fight off and she is now recovering herself.
She tells her tormentors to hear the sound she will make as she refuses to bend to their every whim and wish, to repay all the years of silence.
She warns them that she is now a stronger person and is fed up with how she is treated.
Katy makes a reference to the ‘Eye of the tiger’ hit song by Survivor. The tiger has been associated with power and energy and the Chinese have used the eye of the tiger charm to ward of or exorcise evil spirits. She uses this symbolism to show that she is no longer the weak girl that she was and will fight for what is her right.
She now says that her voice will be heard loud and clear because she is at the top of the world in her life.
Katy talks of how gentle she can be at one moment and the next exact her revenge like a bee because she is now stronger. She has grown and has earned her position and believes in her own abilities.
She makes a roar to let her critics know that she means it.
1 user explanation and meaning
Anonymous
You held me down but i got up