My Sole Focus.

Verse 1
A name on a screen with a borrowed face,
Typing orders from a hiding place,
Tells me what I should think, where I should stand,
Like they’ve got the reins in my own two hands.
They skim my scars, they footnote my pain,
Say “forget the past, just stay in your lane,”
As if a life is a light you flick on and off,
As if I’m a character they can scoff.
Pre-Chorus
You don’t hear the echoes when the noise goes quiet,
You don’t clean the wreckage when the mob starts a riot,
You weren’t there when the lies took hold,
So don’t tell me what my future’s sold.
Chorus
Don’t tell me what my sole focus should be,
This is my life, not a script you read,
You throw your stones then demand my grace,
From behind a mask, from a nameless place.
You don’t get to break me, then lecture me too,
I’ll decide my path, that’s not up to you.
So thanks for the advice you think I need—
But I choose my focus.
I choose me.
Verse 2
They love a lie more than they love the truth,
Love a headline more than living proof,
Denigrate, diminish, rinse, repeat,
Then act surprised when I’m still on my feet.
They feast on ruin, they dine on doubt,
Build a whole identity tearing someone out,
Then clutch their pearls when I speak my mind,
Like resilience is some sort of crime.
Pre-Chorus
You want me silent, neat, and contained,
A man reduced to what you’ve claimed,
But I won’t live small to make you tall,
I won’t play dead to please you all.
Chorus
Don’t tell me what my sole focus should be,
This is my life, not a jury of fleas,
You confuse control with concern online,
Crossing boundaries, calling it fine.
You don’t walk my road, don’t carry my load,
Don’t write my days from an anonymous code.
So keep your verdict, keep your decree—
I choose my focus.
I choose me.
Bridge
I can prepare for tomorrow
Without erasing yesterday,
I can face what’s coming
And still name what got in my way.
Healing isn’t silence,
Strength isn’t obeying your tone,
And survival doesn’t mean
I surrender my throne.
Final Chorus
Don’t tell me what my sole focus should be,
I’ve earned the right to my complexity,
I’ll hold the past, the present, the fight,
And still step forward into the light.
You can lie, you can sneer, you can disagree,
But you don’t get custody of me.
So here’s my answer, loud and free—
I choose my focus.
I choose me.
Outro
Faceless voices fade with time,
But my life’s still mine.