[Verse 1]

Try not to freak ya

‘Cause I’m an alien

Can’t even tell ya

Where I’m from

It’s complicated

Tried to be like ya

But my melanin’s a sin

Can’t even show ya

All the papercuts I’ve been holding in

[Pre-Chorus]

I live in a world where left is right

Do you see me? Do you see me?

I’m that gradient that turns you blind

Do you see me, ‘cause I can’t see me

In your eyes

[Chorus|

I’m that gradient that turns you blind

I’m that gradient that turns you blind

[Post-Chorus]

I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient that turns you blind

[Verse 2]

Wash me till I’m white

Like I’m a neophyte

Spoke in a foreign tongue

Since I was young

It’s complicated

I’m saturated

But you want me faded

My insides shatter

Like the pieces of a million prisms

[Pre-Chorus]

I live in a world where left is right

Do you see me? Do you see me?

I’m that gradient that turns you blind

Do you see me, ‘cause I can’t see me

In your eyes

[Chorus]

I’m that gradient that turns you blind

I’m that gradient that turns you blind

[Bridge]

So look at me, what do you see?

I spent my whole life trying to be

I’m not your kind

Your kingdom’s not designed

For me

I turn you blind

[Post-Chorus]

I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient

I’m that gradient, I’m that gradient

[Outro]

Microinvalidations:

Subtly or obviously denying the experiences, feelings, or thoughts

That people of colour have

For example:

“I don’t see colour”

“We’re all human beings”

“All lives matter”

What it does is make people of colour feel

Invisible