Gradient

[Verse 1]
Try not to freak ya
‘Cause I’m an alien
Can’t even tell ya
Where I’m from
It’s complicated
Tried to be like ya
But my melanin’s a sin
Can’t even show ya
All the papercuts I’ve been holding in

[Pre-Chorus]
I live in a world where left is right
Do you see me? Do you see me?
I’m that gradient that turns you blind
Do you see me, ‘cause I can’t see me
In your eyes

[Chorus|
I’m that gradient that turns you blind
I’m that gradient that turns you blind

[Post-Chorus]
I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient that turns you blind

[Verse 2]
Wash me till I’m white
Like I’m a neophyte
Spoke in a foreign tongue
Since I was young
It’s complicated
I’m saturated
But you want me faded
My insides shatter
Like the pieces of a million prisms

[Pre-Chorus]
I live in a world where left is right
Do you see me? Do you see me?
I’m that gradient that turns you blind
Do you see me, ‘cause I can’t see me
In your eyes

[Chorus]
I’m that gradient that turns you blind
I’m that gradient that turns you blind

[Bridge]
So look at me, what do you see?
I spent my whole life trying to be
I’m not your kind
Your kingdom’s not designed
For me
I turn you blind

[Post-Chorus]
I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient
I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient

[Outro]
Microinvalidations:
Subtly or obviously denying the experiences, feelings, or thoughts
That people of colour have
For example:
“I don’t see colour”
“We’re all human beings”
“All lives matter”
What it does is make people of colour feel
Invisible