Who Am I To Judge
By Minnamari on February 7, 2026 10:48 pm
This song was actually inspired by ambient music on WeeklyBeats, particularly the work by Bleeoop. I was just immersed in one of Bleeoop's lovely ambient atmospheres, and started hearing myself singing the gentle melody of "Who am I to judge" over it all, don't know why those words exactly, I'm not particularly judgemental of ambient music. But maybe it's the energy I can sometimes feel here on WeeklyBeats, both in me and others, where we can feel like we aimed at something with our music but didn't quite reach it, and there we go judging the result, even if our music would be like something of a salvation for someone else...
Processwise, I started with the bass line, some drums and then freestyled other layers of singing and got to verbalize (and play with) the theme of judgement, which felt kind of kathartic by the end.
I really enjoy using music as this contemplative tool where stuff from my subconscious (?) seems to come up by singing spontaneously. I feel like by the end of making this song I arrived in the place of judging my own judgement and it felt quite silly, like being on a carrousel that just goes round and round. In a way, I'm taking the judgement less seriously now, but I can also observe it still right here..and it's not like it's all bad either. Keeps us aiming to the stars! (but also, really, try to bask in your own greatness once in a while, and appreciate a job well done. You're awesome, come on, you make music, that's so cool and you can also just enjoy it! Yay!)
Lyrics
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(Who am I to judge)
(Who am I to judge)
I judge myself everyday
(Who am I to judge)
in all the ways I can never live up to
my
expectations
expectations expectaitons
I see myself in the mirror and I start to judge me
(Who am I to judge)
and every thought I have
I judge my emotions too and my thoughts and my actions
(expectations expectations expectations expectations)
(Who am I to judge)
I can see all the shit you do
and no matter how hard you
try to hide I can see it all
I can feel your shame but it doesn't make it go away
No, nothing can make it go away
(Who am I to judge)
I judge myself
I, I judge my-
I judge myself
I am judging you
I'm judging me
harder than anyone I've ever known or anyone who'll ever
judge me, I'll do it all myself instead
(and like to judge to judge to, I like to judge)
(Who am I to judge)
so no one else can hurt me if I'm the one to hurt me first
We judge each other all day, all the ways
(Who am I to judge to judge to judge judge)
But maybe, maybe we just judge ourselves the same
(Judgement is here)
(Judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judge...)
Just stop the judging already
just try to live
(Judgement-)
Live your life
(-is here - it's gone)
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