[Intro]
Yeah
Watch this
[whispered vocals] Truth time
[Verse 1]
I used to paint my face in borrowed shades
Talking like them just to feel okay
Mirror on the wall kept lookin’ away
Heart beat heavy
Mouth stayed vague
Then I taste the sting of the honest word
Burned my tongue
But the sky turned heard
Clouds part open when the mask gets blurred
Bare soul showing
Every color stirred
[Chorus]
I’m louder than the colors on my skin
Every bright little scar that I’m living in
I speak truth
Let it boom
Let it ring
Let it ring (oh woah)
If it shakes you
Let it shake you to the rim
I’m a flame in the rain
I won’t dim
I’m myself
That’s the realest kinda win
[Verse 2]
They say “tone it down
You’re too much light”
But they dance in secret to my vibe at night
Tongue like thunder when I state my side
Two feet planted
Big
Clear stride
I don’t bend my name for a quick hello
I don’t trade my soul for a crooked glow
If my truth’s a wave and it overflows
Let it crash
Let it splash
Let the paint run bold
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
If my voice shakes
I still talk
If my knees shake
I still walk
If my heart cracks
It still drums
Real words rollin’ off this tongue
[crescendo]
Turn me up
Let the raw light spin
Every shade that I am comes in
From the roots to the crown
I grin
’Cause the truth in my throat can’t thin
[Chorus]