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Self Less

By Josh Wilson

688 views Sep 14, 2026 updated Don't Look Back - EP album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Josh Wilson opens by correcting a common misreading of humility before he ever gets to the chorus — "it ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less." He's honest that the correction is hard-won, not natural: "I've got a lot of pride, yeah me, myself and I, still got some growing up to do."

His logic isn't self-punishment — it's freedom found somewhere unexpected: "there's freedom to be found when I stop and look around and think about someone else." Wilson roots the whole idea in a specific model rather than a vague virtue: "if I want to live like Jesus, got to learn to love like he does."

Jesus summarizes the entire law in Mark 12:30-31 as loving God and loving neighbor, and Paul instructs believers in Philippians 2:3-4 to look not only to their own interests but also to the interests of others. Wilson's repeated summary — "love God, love people, it's so hard and so simple" — treats that ancient instruction as still the whole assignment, nothing more complicated required.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

It ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less


[Verse 2]

They say humility doesn't come easily

And I find that to be true

I've got a lot of pride, yeah me, myself and I

Still got some growing up to do


[Chorus]

Cause if I want to find the very best life

I've got to learn to die to myself

There's freedom to be found

When I stop and look around

And think about someone else


[Chorus]

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

If I want to live like Jesus, got to learn to love like he does

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less, self less


[Verse 3]

This ain't a song about

Beating myself down

See I am living under grace

For God so loved

The world so much

That I am free to do the same


[Chorus]

And if I want to find the very best life

I've got to learn to die to myself

There's freedom to be found

When I stop and look around

And think about someone else


[Chorus]

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

If I want to live like Jesus, got to learn to love like he does

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less, self less


[Verse 4]

Love God, love people

Its so hard and so simple

Love God, love people

Its so hard and so simple

It ainl about thinking less of myself, come on


[Chorus]

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

If I want to live like Jesus, got to learn to love like he does

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less, self less


[Chorus]

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less

If I want to live like Jesus, got to learn to love like he does

Ain't about thinking less of myself, just thinking of myself less, self less

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