Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
Am
Bb
Am
I am an evolving term
that we can't agree on
Bb
Am
Bb
A multitude of colours
Am
Bb
Dm
Bb
Some can't quite pro cess
Dm
Am
A porch monkey that ar
Dm
F
rived as a jungle bunny
Bb
Am
A boy, even though I was
Bb
Am
never a pickaninny
I am the sound of America
Dm
Bb
Am
The dissonance they created
Verse 2
Dm
Bb
Am
American
Bb
Coloured by America's ineptitude
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
I am an African American
Struggling with my allegiance
Dm
Am
I am an evolving light living
Bb
Am
under the shade of our ancestors
Bb
Am
I am your American
Dm
negro
Interlude 1
Dm
F
Dm
Verse 3
Dm
Am
Sun burns in the shade
Dm
Am
Dm
My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
F
Am
F
Dm
The people's gon'
F
Am
F
be alright
Verse 4
the shade
My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
The people's gon' be
Interlude 2
alright
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
F
Love
Verse 5
Am
Dm
See the world through the
Ebm
Dm
Ebm
Abm
darkness
Dm
Bb
Ebm
Dm
Abm
Ebm
Abm
Black shine, no loss
Ebm
B
Abm
Ebm
B
to shine
Abm
Ebm
B
Abm
Black love, oh
B
G#m
Dm
F
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Light up the world under the sky
Verse 6
Dm
need more love (We need to feel
more love)
We've got to give more love
We need to feel more love
Am
Dm
We've got to give more love
Verse 7
Dm
Am
Sun burns in the shade
Dm
My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
F
C
Dm
The people's gon' be alright
Interlude 3
Sun burns in the shade
Dm
Asus4
Dm
Bb
Asus4
Am
Dm
Bb
Am
F
Am
Bb
Am
Dm
Am
Asus4
Am
Bb
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Em
Am
Asus4
Am
Em
Am
Asus4
Am
Verse 8
Dm
Am
No matter the perjorative choice,
Bb
Am
we are black
Em
Am
Unlike the tar they used on their faces
Dm
To reinforce a stereotype
Em
Am
Dm
Their ste reos don't like
Em
Am
And I say this because I am of sound
Verse 9
mind
And the sounds that rever
Dm
Em
Are never confused by the volume
D
Dm
Am
Programming the mind
Verse 10
Dm
Black people, listen to your own music
F
Dm
As soul is the connection to our ancestors
F
Dm
A language of tonal tensions
Teaching an audience it was
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