Wildcard Entry

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[Verse 1]
Used to sit in the back row
Hood up
Eyes down
Let the day go
Scrollin’ through my own doubt
Low-key
Every mirror felt like it was judging me

Friends talk big
I’d just laugh it off
Turn my volume down when the room got loud
Dreams folded in my pocket like a small note
Too scared to say them
So I swallowed ’em down

[Pre-Chorus]
But that little voice got louder every night
Said
“You ain’t built for hiding all your light”

[Chorus]
Wildcard entry
Look at me now (yeah)
I came from the background
Front of the crowd
I rewrote the story they tried to write for me
Stepped into my skin
Now I walk in it free
Wildcard entry
I’m done playin’ small
Heart on my sleeve
I’m givin’ it all
I got nothin’ to prove
But I’m proving plenty
I’m cool
I’m calm
I’m the wildcard entry

[Verse 2]
Started showin’ up early
Stayin’ late
Talkin’ to the fear like
“We can’t relate”
Every setback turned into a stair step
Every “you can’t” just fed my next breath

Now I’m walkin’ in the room like it’s meant for me (me)
Shakin’ hands with the past so it lets me be
No more askin’ for a seat at that table
I bring my own chair
Put my name on the label

[Pre-Chorus]
All that second-guessin’ cut me like a knife
Now I’m smilin’ ‘cause I finally chose my side

[Chorus]
Wildcard entry
Look at me now (hey)
I came from the background
Front of the crowd
I rewrote the story they tried to write for me
Stepped into my skin
Now I walk in it free
Wildcard entry
I’m done playin’ small
Heart on my sleeve
I’m givin’ it all
I got nothin’ to prove
But I’m proving plenty
I’m cool
I’m calm
I’m the wildcard entry

[Bridge]
I’m not scared of anybody
We all bleed
We all break
That’s just human
Baby
If they doubt
Let ’em doubt
They don’t faze me
I been waitin’ on myself
Now I’m showin’ up daily (oh yeah)

[Chorus]
Wildcard entry
Look at me now
I came from the background
Front of the crowd
I rewrote the story they tried to write for me
Stepped into my skin
Now I walk in it free
Wildcard entry
I’m done playin’ small
Heart on my sleeve
I’m givin’ it all
I got nothin’ to prove
But I’m proving plenty
I’m cool
I’m ready
I’m the wildcard entry