Watch me! Watch me! Shine Come on, come on Watch me Shine Let the sunshine in Let it all in Feel the love on my skin Let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin When they catch a good glimpse of what I'm really on I will get some followers Prolly like a million Smile so big that it's lookin' like the ceilings gone You be like - "Is that the sun?" Nope it's just the bright one Shades on, take a look (look) at this complexity Not just a star I'm - a galaxy I'm the big bang written in the black stars Everything that's beautiful has me up at the start My dreams are awakening everybody's sleepin in Follow my light to the life we should be leadin My imagination is the fire earth is my knowledge Wind is my word - flow like water - that's my power Let the sunshine in Let it all in Feel the love on my skin Let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin Cuz I've known rivers Design pyramids I mean - I - can fly Like Pharaoh and Cleopatra did I sing loud and yes I speak clearly When it's about my skin my hair my prayers my family I'm a bird in the sky - Not like a bird caged Carving out a true path - right up to center stage Making my voice a tradition not a holiday More than a month man my history is everyday And everyday I pray 5 times and yes I do I pray for you That you can tie it up tight in a pair of my shoes Or my skin my hair my clothes my rights my life Or the light on my skin and we can Let the sunshine in Let it all in Feel the love on my skin Let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin It's about that time That I let you know It's about that shine Come and catch this glow It's about that shine Come and catch this glow It's about that time That I let you know It's about that time That I let you know It's about that shine Come and catch this glow It's about that shine Come and catch this glow It's about that time That I let you know Let it all in Feel the love on my skin Let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin I love my skin Gonna let the melanin