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Hat-ti-tude!!! She walked in wearing Power!!!

Hat-ti-tude:  She walked in wearing power!!!

I don’t walk in, I interrupt atmospheres.
Conversations stall, Confidence recalibrates, and standards get nervous
Why?  Beacuse I showed up, wearing the verdict.
This ain’t fashion, this is not a game, and this is not a rehearsal.
This is authority with a silhouette.

Hat-ti-tude!!!! Hat-ti-tude!!! Hat-ti-tude!!!
I don’t ask, Do I look good? No! No! No! ladies, I never should.
I decide, This is what good looks like
I don’t follow energy, I set voltage.
Rooms don’t accept me, they adjust to me
 and that's the way it suppose to be.

And let’s be clear, this isn’t confidence
Confidence can be questioned. 
This? Ha!!! Ha!!! Ha!!!
This is certainty with style
I don’t wear hats, I weaponize presence.
You call it bold, I call it baseline
You call it extra, I call it expected.
Because when I step in, I don’t hope to be seen,
I don't beg to seen, and I am seen!!
I establish sightlines, here and right now!!!
Please don't asked how.

Hat-ti-tude!!! Hat-ti-tude!!! Hat-ti-tude!!!
Please learn this altitude, cameras, lights, I'm always viewed.
But understand this, I’m not part of the room.
I’m the reason it remembers, itself differently after I leave.

Hat-ti-tude in my presence, Gratitude in my posture
Power without gratitude is arrogance, but power with gratitude is undeniable favor.
So I wear it proud, confidence stitched into every move
and still whisper, thank you lord, for every door and every elevation
That's the balance, that's the code.








Copyright © Barbara Green | Year Posted 2026

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