Lyrics
I am an evolving term that we can't agree on
A multitude of colours
Some can't quite process
A porch monkey that arrived as a jungle bunny
A boy, even though I was never a pickaninny
I am the sound of America
The dissonance they created
I am a black American
Coloured by America's ineptitude
I am an African American
Struggling with my allegiance to the motherland
I am an evolving light living under the shade of our ancestors
I am your American negro
Sun burns in the shade
My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
The people's gon' be alright
Sun burns in the shade
My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
The people's gon' be alright
Love my people
See the world through the darkness
Black shine, no loss to shine
Black love, oh
Light up the world under the sky
We need more love (We need to feel more love)
We've got to give more love
We need to feel more love
We've got to give more love
Sun burns in the shade
My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
The people's gon' be alright
Sun burns in the shade
No matter the perjorative choice, we are black
Unlike the tar they used on their faces
To reinforce a stereotype
Their stereos don't like
And I say this because I am of sound mind
And the sounds that reverberate in my mind
Are never confused by the volume of misinformation
Programming the minds of America
Black people, listen to your own music
As soul is the connection to our ancestors
A language of tonal tensions
Teaching an audience it was never intended for