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Skin Game (Granny Said it)

from MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS by Sweet Lu Olutosin

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lyrics

SKIN GAME (Granny Said it)
( Lu Olutosin, arranged by Tyrone Jackson)
Hey there fellow, you just out for a spin?
What’s that you’re covered in, Oh is that your skin?
Well where I’m from is so hip, we just stopped using skin
See, it kept getting in the way of all the people being friends

Then a Strong wind came and blew away everybody’s skin
And now, no matter who you are we can all be friends
Strange storm, left no death and no destruction
Just a Mountain of Skin and a new world for reconstructin’
MY Granny said everything changed that day
Said she’d never go back to livin’ that ‘old-time’ way
My Granny said it, I believe it, and that settles it.
Don’t you try playing that Skin Game
Who are you tryin’ to trick
Well my Granny said, that game is dead
And You’re just trying to be slick
See Back in the day she was colored, her and all her kin
That’s before the Storm hit, and when people still had Skin
No one saw it coming back in 2025, my Granny was just a little girl
But she would never tell me a lie
Must have been the Storm of the century, Took off Everybody’s skin
White and Red and Yellow and Black and Brown and - ALL the colors
Now that they’re gone we get along with one another…...
Male, Female, and the Other, Everybody with the SAME Rights
If you try to play it backwards Buddy, you’re in for a fight
My Granny said it, I believe it, and that settles it.
Don’t you go playing that Skin Game
Who are you tryin’ to trick
Too late Granny said, that game is dead
And You’re just trying to be slick
~ interlude~
That’s why I’m so puzzled when I look at you
You come here wearing skin man, are you some kind of fool
My Granny said it’s a Sin and a Shame
For anyone to ever go around playing that old Skin Game
Just get yourself together man, don’t wait another year
What color am I you ask? Fool I’m CLEAR
My Granny said it, I believe it, and No Matter what you say, that settles it.
My Granny said it, I believe it, and believe you me , that settles it.
Don’t you try playing that Skin Game
Who are you tryin’ to trick
Well my Granny said, that game is dead
And You’re just trying to be slick

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from MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS, released April 21, 2017

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Sweet Lu Olutosin Atlanta, Georgia

Jazz vocalist, lyricist, and composer Sweet Lu Olutosin is a top 20 international Jazz recording artist. Whether headlining at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C or, playing the Teatro Rendano in Consenza, Italy , Lu’s performances
are life changing.
He uses the idioms of vocal jazz, blues, and gospel to share the spiritual healing and love this music, his music, imbues. Stay Tuned!
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