Get Your Rainbow Bop On

Formerly Known As (2 song single)

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Formerly Known As 

[Verse 1]

Name on the page

Never fit my shape

I kept the old frame

And outgrew the cage

Mirror got it wrong

I knew all along

There was more in me

Than the name they brought

[Pre-Chorus]

So I peeled it back

Found my own skin

Every step I take

Feels like I begin

[Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

[Verse 2]

Tailor cut the seams

Till they finally breathed

Every color I chose

Looked like truth on me

Hands used to shake

Now they raise my flag

I don't ask for space

I take mine back

[Pre-Chorus]

Watch me walk in

Unfolding bright

What they tried to bury

Turns to light

[Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

[Bridge]

Call me by the name

That makes me bloom

I carried this sunrise

All the way through

Not a before

Not a mistake

I am the line

That they could not break

[Final Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

Prism On The Floor 

[Verse 1]

I came in with my colors on

Painted nails and a louder song

You look twice when I walk by

I just grin and keep that vibe

Got a sash on my chest tonight

Shiny heart and a fearless stride

Every shade in the room can show

We were born for this, you know

[Pre-Chorus]

Take my hand

Spin me around

We can make this place

Shake the ground

Say it clear

Say it proud

We don’t dim it down

We turn it out

[Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

[Verse 2]

I see kids with the courage glow

Picking names like a place to go

Moms in denim, dads in glitter boots

Everybody in their true roots

No more hiding in the back

No more folding into black

If they stare, let them stare

We’re a parade, and we’re there

[Pre-Chorus]

Take my hand

Spin me around

We can make this place

Shake the ground

Say it clear

Say it proud

We don’t dim it down

We turn it out

[Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

[Bridge]

Hands up

Side to side

All these colors

Can’t be denied

One voice

Big demand

Love looks better

When it takes the stand

[Final Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

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