"Nike" lyrics
Janani K. Jha Lyrics
I sit at the table while you all laugh about me
I hear the things that you say: the "weird kid" that no one wants to be near
You think you're so coy and slick
You think you got away with it
And I let you think that
I let you think that
But little do you know you're not the first ones to discount me
It's been a lifetime of pretty faces and ugly hearts underneath
So I'm silent as you celebrate
I even throw a smile your way
'Cause I'm waiting on the last laugh
Oh, the last laugh
I don't like to get on my soapbox—
The day is coming that you'll be outfoxed
You judged this wrong
Yeah, you messed this up
'Cause one day
You're at a bar in your hometown
I come on TV wearing a red gown
It hits you then
That your biggest flex is that you knew me
While you stay in place, I rise like I'm Nike
I know that I'm bitter
(But after what you put me through, I will let myself be)
'Cause these things have a winner
And I'm gonna make sure it's me (me, me, me)
And did you think that you threw me off
That I don't already know I'm odd? (who cares?)
Yeah, the papers are gonna say, "The girl is weird
But boy, can the girl write a fucking song!"
'Cause if you think it's war that you're brewing
I hate to say you don't know what you're doing
You judged me wrong
Yeah, you messed this up
'Cause one day
You'll write and ask for a favor
And my silence cuts like a razor
It hits you then
That your big regret is that you knew me
While you stay in place, I rise like I'm—
Nike's bust came to the Louvre broken
Years to assemble, now it's their token
You're short-sided, so misguided
Nike's bust came to the Louvre broken
Years to assemble, now it's their token
Single-minded, hope you don't mind it
That it's the end of your run now
My sun rises, you're stuck in sundown
I hope it stings to hear me sing (sing)
You'll read through my lyrics like it's a password
'Cause I always manage the last word
Mm
I hear the things that you say: the "weird kid" that no one wants to be near
You think you're so coy and slick
You think you got away with it
And I let you think that
I let you think that
But little do you know you're not the first ones to discount me
It's been a lifetime of pretty faces and ugly hearts underneath
So I'm silent as you celebrate
I even throw a smile your way
'Cause I'm waiting on the last laugh
Oh, the last laugh
I don't like to get on my soapbox—
The day is coming that you'll be outfoxed
You judged this wrong
Yeah, you messed this up
'Cause one day
You're at a bar in your hometown
I come on TV wearing a red gown
It hits you then
That your biggest flex is that you knew me
While you stay in place, I rise like I'm Nike
I know that I'm bitter
(But after what you put me through, I will let myself be)
'Cause these things have a winner
And I'm gonna make sure it's me (me, me, me)
And did you think that you threw me off
That I don't already know I'm odd? (who cares?)
Yeah, the papers are gonna say, "The girl is weird
But boy, can the girl write a fucking song!"
'Cause if you think it's war that you're brewing
I hate to say you don't know what you're doing
You judged me wrong
Yeah, you messed this up
'Cause one day
You'll write and ask for a favor
And my silence cuts like a razor
It hits you then
That your big regret is that you knew me
While you stay in place, I rise like I'm—
Nike's bust came to the Louvre broken
Years to assemble, now it's their token
You're short-sided, so misguided
Nike's bust came to the Louvre broken
Years to assemble, now it's their token
Single-minded, hope you don't mind it
That it's the end of your run now
My sun rises, you're stuck in sundown
I hope it stings to hear me sing (sing)
You'll read through my lyrics like it's a password
'Cause I always manage the last word
Mm
