My Shade Was Natural
It's been way too long
I've been building walls around me
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space (my shade was)
Natural
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
My shade was natural
My shade, my shade, my shade, my shade
It's been way too long
I've been building walls around me
(My shade was natural)
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space
The bus to school would come
And i'd be overrun
With fear deep from within
'cause I was full of sin
I'd get on and be hit
By monkeys throwing shit
About the way I was
They did it just because
The Brothers and the Priests
Confused and angry beasts
Their white robes hid a cane
And they delivered pain
They'd throw us all around
Like rag dolls if they found
Us slightly out of place
A fist held to a face
It's been way too long
I've been building walls around me
(I smell fear on you boy)
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space
But the problem is I never looked
The problem is I never looked in
(My shade was natural)
But the problem is I never looked
The problem is I never looked in
(My shade was natural)
Keep my distance so you never
Know too much about me
There was no God here
It was a school of fear
At least I showed some sass
Sometimes it saved my ass
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
With hands upon my hips
The pursing of my lips
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
Then cigarettes and Jazz
The Drag Queen and her stance
I found my place in music
And lost myself in dance
A thousand songs I wrote
It all helped me to cope
With who I was to be
The man that you now see
It's been way too long
I've been building
(Don't stop, don't stop)
Trying to keep you out
Cause I love my
The man that you now see
At least I showed some sass
Sometimes it saved my ass
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
(It's been way too long
I've been building)
With hands upon my hips
The pursing of my lips
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
(The man that you now see)
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
I told it like it was
I told it like it was
I've been building walls around me
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space (my shade was)
Natural
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
My shade was natural
My shade, my shade, my shade, my shade
It's been way too long
I've been building walls around me
(My shade was natural)
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space
The bus to school would come
And i'd be overrun
With fear deep from within
'cause I was full of sin
I'd get on and be hit
By monkeys throwing shit
About the way I was
They did it just because
The Brothers and the Priests
Confused and angry beasts
Their white robes hid a cane
And they delivered pain
They'd throw us all around
Like rag dolls if they found
Us slightly out of place
A fist held to a face
It's been way too long
I've been building walls around me
(I smell fear on you boy)
Trying to keep you out
'cause I love my safe space
But the problem is I never looked
The problem is I never looked in
(My shade was natural)
But the problem is I never looked
The problem is I never looked in
(My shade was natural)
Keep my distance so you never
Know too much about me
There was no God here
It was a school of fear
At least I showed some sass
Sometimes it saved my ass
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
With hands upon my hips
The pursing of my lips
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
Then cigarettes and Jazz
The Drag Queen and her stance
I found my place in music
And lost myself in dance
A thousand songs I wrote
It all helped me to cope
With who I was to be
The man that you now see
It's been way too long
I've been building
(Don't stop, don't stop)
Trying to keep you out
Cause I love my
The man that you now see
At least I showed some sass
Sometimes it saved my ass
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
(It's been way too long
I've been building)
With hands upon my hips
The pursing of my lips
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
(The man that you now see)
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
My shade was natural
My shade was natural
I told it like it was
I told it like it was
I told it like it was
Credits
Writer(s): Raymond Vazquez
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