“Rich in Melanin” by Yonny (Release Date: 04/05/2024) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yonnyftla/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yonnyftla/ CREDITS Director/DP: Finn Baker Cam Op/1st AC: Nash Pearson 2nd AC: Livt, Tully Warren Gaffer/Grip: Carlos Louis PA: Emery Lemos PA: Madelynn Nguyen PA: Sophia Thompson PA: Jack Pearson PA: Elliot Irvine Production Company: Shifting Locus Talent: Lo TK SassieThaCap Deeanthony Marcel Isaac Spates Nahoum Giles Tré Miles LYRICS My skin is beautiful non removable Yeah yeah They emulate it with pharmaceuticals Yeah yeah My skin is one of kind, holy divine source They hate it cuz when he made us he spent his time for us I’m poor in wealth but rich in melanin yeah It’s hard to follow suite with no representative yeah Black babies or crack babies both feel offended Mix em both together we call that shit lightskinded Repeated intrusive thoughts, I’m usually never at loss For words My skin is beautiful non refundable See they way we grew up you would say that it's quite dysfunctional Complexity in my skin, don’t mean I can’t call ya twin Today A wise man once said he knows nothin at all I seen different places Never switching faces I been rich in skin Rich in skin Rich in skin No, I look thru my window Knew just what I’m here for I been rich in skin Rich in skin Rich in skin I seen different places Never switching faces I been rich in skin Rich in skin Rich in skin No, I look thru my window Knew just what I’m here for I been rich in skin Rich in skin Rich in skin My skin is traceable My skin irreplaceable Long way from apartheid My nigga we all tied Together like mob ties Barettas and guns fly Forever and ever ever I can’t explain it It’s contagious Mood swings shift on Daily basis Yeah That’s where the remedy starts Hope it don’t rip you apart I felt this way from the heart Soon as I begin you depart Does variation in cellular code Show that I'm different than those Don’t make feelings involved Let your ideas indulge Claim my lack of intelligence is Due to silver and twists But the difference is Come take a look in my soul I bet you stumble on gold, you know A wise man once said That I don’t know shit Matter fact I should plead the fifth Kenfolk i’ve been Places I seen different places Never switching up faces I been rich in skin Rich in skin Rich in skin No, I look thru my window Knew just what I’m here for I been rich in skin Rich in skin Rich in skin Melanation its telling I got this word straight from heaven I heard this from father god I promise you no facade I done been up down all the roads I been everywhere don’t ya know I been everywhere can’t ya see Like an effigy oughta be My word profound in this Know you hating the sound of this 400 years later I know they didn’t account for this here I’m settled in my melanin it ain’t a sin To know that I been rich in my skin
