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Gimme Some Skin

from The Playground Zone (EP) by Alphabet Rockers

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    The Playground Zone
    In The Playground Zone (EP), Alphabet Rockers sing out proud on skin color, neuro-diversity, and how to be an ally on the playground.

    The songs were recorded at Zoo Labs, Alphabet Rockers' music accelerator program in Oakland, CA with Producer Brad Dollar, and mastered by Colin Leonard (Leona Lewis, Justin Bieber, Ludacris).

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“We stick together - thick or thin -- so gimme some skin.” This song celebrates skin color diversity, and collaboration: “Everyone’s skin is a different shade of brown.” It asks listeners to lend a hand to a friend, and be “down” to celebrate everyone’s differences.

lyrics

Gimme Some Skin
© School Time Music LLC 2016
Written by Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Shepherd with Music by Bosco Kante

Chorus
I need a hand - UP UP UP
Can I get a little help now? UP UP UP
Don’t let me down...
Can you be down, down, down?

I need help! UP UP UP
Can I get a little hand now? UP UP UP
Don’t let me down...
Can you be down, down, down?

VERSE
Once upon a time all lands were united
One world one life one sun was provided
One people - skin so beautiful
Tones like jewels - each one original
Flash to the future, story’s still the same
Reflections of the past - gifts that we claim
One legend that was passed around
“Everyone’s skin was a different shade of brown.”

my skin color is
your skin color is
my skin color is
your skin color is
my skin color is
your skin color is
my skin color is
your skin color is

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Skin color is a spectrum we know that fact
Highlight its beauty through high five contact
Human is human we have the same parts
Skin tones are different but not too far apart
Every high-5 is special because we are
The colors, together they raise the bar
Bringing us together, dropping that guard
Give me that rock - I’ll show you that star

CHORUS

Bridge (x2)
We stick together
Thick or thin
So gimme some
Gimme some skin

Breakdown (x2)
Let them know you’re alive
Put your hands up to the sky
Look somebody in the eyes
Rock that ultimate High 5

CHORUS

credits

from The Playground Zone (EP), released June 6, 2016
Produced by Brad Dollar, Zoo Labs, Oakland, CA.
Featured Vocalists: Kaitlin McGaw, Tommy Shepherd
Written by: Kaitlin McGaw, Tommy Shepherd, Bosco Kante
Music production: Bosco Kante, Brad Dollar
Mastered by: Colin Leonard, SING Mastering, Atlanta, GA.
Cover Art: Ratha Nou
Photography: Steve Jennings
Art Design: Stefanie Chung

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GRAMMY-winning Alphabet Rockers make music that makes change. Created with young people for all people.

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