Crème de Cassis by Aleisia Miller and Precious Tucker
🎵 1062 characters
⏱️ 1:37 duration
🆔 ID: 2874823
📜 Lyrics
Discourse around blackness in America
Often orbits around black pain
Our suffering is a sun of conversations
Time, after time, after time again
But I grow weary of repeating our plight
While never highlighting the beauty of us
So often forgotten in conversation
Is our perseverance and triumph
The power we possess
From the tightest curl on top of our head
To the toes that walk earth's bed
Why must I only share our struggle
When our blackness is so much more?
We're favored by the sun from the moment we're created
With skin soft and sweet like a serenade
We could be as pale as marshmallows
Or as rich as basaltic rock of Nyiragongo
There's genie embedded in our skeletons
Why must I only retell our pain
When strength is the blue of our veins?
Potential comes natural to us
It's the oxygen coursing through our bloodstreams
Our hearts built from titanium, and our souls further precious than platinum
Our chords produce notes no other bird can sing
Why is black discourse always about precipitation?
While ignoring the sweet scent of petrichor after rain
Often orbits around black pain
Our suffering is a sun of conversations
Time, after time, after time again
But I grow weary of repeating our plight
While never highlighting the beauty of us
So often forgotten in conversation
Is our perseverance and triumph
The power we possess
From the tightest curl on top of our head
To the toes that walk earth's bed
Why must I only share our struggle
When our blackness is so much more?
We're favored by the sun from the moment we're created
With skin soft and sweet like a serenade
We could be as pale as marshmallows
Or as rich as basaltic rock of Nyiragongo
There's genie embedded in our skeletons
Why must I only retell our pain
When strength is the blue of our veins?
Potential comes natural to us
It's the oxygen coursing through our bloodstreams
Our hearts built from titanium, and our souls further precious than platinum
Our chords produce notes no other bird can sing
Why is black discourse always about precipitation?
While ignoring the sweet scent of petrichor after rain
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:08.22] Discourse around blackness in America
[00:11.44] Often orbits around black pain
[00:14.54] Our suffering is a sun of conversations
[00:17.82] Time, after time, after time again
[00:21.16] But I grow weary of repeating our plight
[00:23.88] While never highlighting the beauty of us
[00:26.43] So often forgotten in conversation
[00:29.26] Is our perseverance and triumph
[00:32.66] The power we possess
[00:34.29] From the tightest curl on top of our head
[00:36.72] To the toes that walk earth's bed
[00:40.26] Why must I only share our struggle
[00:42.77] When our blackness is so much more?
[00:46.05] We're favored by the sun from the moment we're created
[00:49.26] With skin soft and sweet like a serenade
[00:52.40] We could be as pale as marshmallows
[00:54.97] Or as rich as basaltic rock of Nyiragongo
[00:58.13] There's genie embedded in our skeletons
[01:01.80] Why must I only retell our pain
[01:04.78] When strength is the blue of our veins?
[01:07.25] Potential comes natural to us
[01:09.62] It's the oxygen coursing through our bloodstreams
[01:13.00] Our hearts built from titanium, and our souls further precious than platinum
[01:18.05] Our chords produce notes no other bird can sing
[01:22.71] Why is black discourse always about precipitation?
[01:27.07] While ignoring the sweet scent of petrichor after rain
[01:32.41]
[00:11.44] Often orbits around black pain
[00:14.54] Our suffering is a sun of conversations
[00:17.82] Time, after time, after time again
[00:21.16] But I grow weary of repeating our plight
[00:23.88] While never highlighting the beauty of us
[00:26.43] So often forgotten in conversation
[00:29.26] Is our perseverance and triumph
[00:32.66] The power we possess
[00:34.29] From the tightest curl on top of our head
[00:36.72] To the toes that walk earth's bed
[00:40.26] Why must I only share our struggle
[00:42.77] When our blackness is so much more?
[00:46.05] We're favored by the sun from the moment we're created
[00:49.26] With skin soft and sweet like a serenade
[00:52.40] We could be as pale as marshmallows
[00:54.97] Or as rich as basaltic rock of Nyiragongo
[00:58.13] There's genie embedded in our skeletons
[01:01.80] Why must I only retell our pain
[01:04.78] When strength is the blue of our veins?
[01:07.25] Potential comes natural to us
[01:09.62] It's the oxygen coursing through our bloodstreams
[01:13.00] Our hearts built from titanium, and our souls further precious than platinum
[01:18.05] Our chords produce notes no other bird can sing
[01:22.71] Why is black discourse always about precipitation?
[01:27.07] While ignoring the sweet scent of petrichor after rain
[01:32.41]