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“Melanin is finding someone or something that’s a refuge from taking that wrong or easy path.” “Listening to it feels like a safe space. I wrote it as a certainty of belonging that’s accessible no matter where we are. Melanin is my celebration of beauty, love and black futurity. The track pays homage to women always trying to provide a safe space for their families and through their culture, and to the safe spaces I've found in my life".
Ashley Henry
lyrics
Oh
somehow we missed the sign, I know
a quiet place that we should go
to find our way back...
Oh
it's deep, deep inside your soul
on the road travelled alone
let's find our way back...
Let's find our way back
Home I live for you
home I sing for you
Home
Let's find our way back
Home I dream for you
home I live your truth
Home
Find our way back
Bright as the sunshine,
brown and so divine
fire in your eyes
earth lives inside
Bright as the moonlight
living in your skin
glowing from inside
melanin
credits
released March 6, 2022
Voice & Piano: Ashley Henry
Produced by Ashley Henry & Dane Zone
Bass: Abel Addington
Drums: Myele Manzanza
Guitar: Ed Riches
Flute: James Massiah
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