Melanin Supreme
v4
@Richey RSA
Melanin Supreme
v4
@Richey RSA
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Melanin Supreme Being
Melanin Supreme Being
Melanin Supreme Being
Yeah I remember
I was sitting in the bed
Got a call from my lil bro
Telling me that my mom
Is no longer with us
The pain I felt was sharp
It hit my chest like stone
The room went still on me
And I felt so alone
I kept staring at my hands
Like they could bring her back
But grief don't move that way
It just keeps coming back
[Pre-Chorus]
My voice got small that day
My knees went weak and numb
I tried to hold it in
But the tears still come
I heard my name in the dark
Like a prayer I knew
And every breath I took
Was a step to you
[Chorus]
Melanin Supreme Being
Hold me through the rain
Melanin Supreme Being
Say her name again
Melanin Supreme Being
I won't let her fade
Melanin Supreme Being
Love don't leave this place
[Verse 2]
Now I walk with that hurt
Like a chain and a crown
Some days I stand up tall
Some days I just sit down
I see her in my dreams
At the edge of dawn
In the way my people smile
In the songs she passed on
My lil bro called first
And we both broke down
Two sons with the same hurt
In the same old town
But I learned from that loss
How to love out loud
How to keep her alive
When the world gets loud
[Pre-Chorus]
My voice got small that day
But I found my way through
I let the tears fall clean
That was all I could do
I heard my name in the dark
Like a prayer I knew
And every breath I take
Still belongs to you
[Chorus]
Melanin Supreme Being
Hold me through the rain
Melanin Supreme Being
Say her name again
Melanin Supreme Being
I won't let her fade
Melanin Supreme Being
Love don't leave this place
[Bridge]
If heaven has a porch
Tell her I came by
Tell her I kept my word
Tell her I still try
I wear this sorrow proud
But it don't own me now
I turn that hurt to light
When I speak her out
[Final Chorus]
Melanin Supreme Being
Hold me through the rain
Melanin Supreme Being
Say her name again
Melanin Supreme Being
I won't let her fade
Melanin Supreme Being
Love don't leave this place
Melanin Supreme Being
Melanin Supreme Being
Melanin Supreme Being
Yeah I remember
I was sitting in the bed
Got a call from my lil bro
Telling me that my mom
Is no longer with us
The pain I felt was sharp
It hit my chest like stone
The room went still on me
And I felt so alone
I kept staring at my hands
Like they could bring her back
But grief don't move that way
It just keeps coming back
[Pre-Chorus]
My voice got small that day
My knees went weak and numb
I tried to hold it in
But the tears still come
I heard my name in the dark
Like a prayer I knew
And every breath I took
Was a step to you
[Chorus]
Melanin Supreme Being
Hold me through the rain
Melanin Supreme Being
Say her name again
Melanin Supreme Being
I won't let her fade
Melanin Supreme Being
Love don't leave this place
[Verse 2]
Now I walk with that hurt
Like a chain and a crown
Some days I stand up tall
Some days I just sit down
I see her in my dreams
At the edge of dawn
In the way my people smile
In the songs she passed on
My lil bro called first
And we both broke down
Two sons with the same hurt
In the same old town
But I learned from that loss
How to love out loud
How to keep her alive
When the world gets loud
[Pre-Chorus]
My voice got small that day
But I found my way through
I let the tears fall clean
That was all I could do
I heard my name in the dark
Like a prayer I knew
And every breath I take
Still belongs to you
[Chorus]
Melanin Supreme Being
Hold me through the rain
Melanin Supreme Being
Say her name again
Melanin Supreme Being
I won't let her fade
Melanin Supreme Being
Love don't leave this place
[Bridge]
If heaven has a porch
Tell her I came by
Tell her I kept my word
Tell her I still try
I wear this sorrow proud
But it don't own me now
I turn that hurt to light
When I speak her out
[Final Chorus]
Melanin Supreme Being
Hold me through the rain
Melanin Supreme Being
Say her name again
Melanin Supreme Being
I won't let her fade
Melanin Supreme Being
Love don't leave this place
Style of Music
Soulful hip-hop with a slow swung drum pocket, warm Rhodes chords, and a restrained sub-bass; verse stays intimate and spare, pre-chorus lifts with stacked oohs and filtered piano, chorus opens with doubled lead and soft gang echoes on the anchor phrase. Add reversed guitar swells into the hook, a crackling vinyl bed in the intro, and a final lift with handclaps and breathy ad-libs. Mix is warm, close-mic, and emotional with crisp top-end.
