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Pretty Mess

by Sally Ann

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Pretty Mess is a feel-good, self-love, anti-racism song for everyone who’s felt limited by the categories some people make you tick. And as you struggle to fit into one of their ‘boxes, you can start to feel lost. Personally, growing up as ‘that mixed girl’ in South-East Asia, I struggled to find my identity. I finally learned that instead of trying to fit myself into ‘one box’, I could love this Pretty ‘Mess’ and embrace the world as my foundation.

This song celebrates this mixed up world and all its beautiful people, the one where you and I live in today.

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Verse 1:
My face writes east and west
A pretty mess to guess


Mixed up from the north to south 


I ain’t quite like the rest
And it’s driving me insane 


‘Cause before they know my name


All they keep on askin’ ‘bout


Is why I look that way



Prechorus:
It's not enough to be just like this (like this)
It's not enough to be just like that (like that)
It's like I'm always tryin to find my light
But not everything is black and white

Chorus:
Hold up 


I don’t know where my face is


Ask me where I’m from


As I’m swimmin’ through the races
Yeah I


I’m a mess of a hybrid 


Not so pure to some


But I’m pretty and I like it
I’m pretty and I like it


Yeah I’m pretty and I like it



Verse 2:
Two Three Nations, Four of Five Tongues
Got the world pumpin' right through my lungs
Imma rise to the crest
See the world in a fest
Don't try to classify me when I'm tryin' to look my best
White nor yellow, brown, black or beige
I’m not the one to put myself in a cage
I’m rockin’ rainbows up on display
Don’t really care, Imma do it my way

Prechorus:
Can’t try to *fit me in a *stereotype
Doncha think *“different” 's such a *beautiful sight
Imma get *feisty steppin’ out of twilight
Hey not *everything is *black and *white



Chorus:
Hold up 


I don’t know where my face is 


Ask me where I’m from


As I’m swimmin’ through the races
Yeah I


I’m a mess of a hybrid


Not so pure to some 


But I’m pretty and I like it

Hold up 


I don’t know where my face is


Ask me where I’m from


As I’m swimmin’ through the races
Yeah I 


I’m a mess of a hybrid 


Not so pure to some 


But I’m pretty and I like it

Bridge:
Stop filtering your monocolours


Not checking myself off as ‘others’


Not ticking no more tiny boxes


Didn’t you know it’s so obnoxious
It doesn’t matter where you come from


Doesn’t matter what you’re made of 


Don’t need to know what’s in my blood
It’s all love 



Chorus:
Hold up 


I don’t know where my face is 


Ask me where I’m from 


As I’m swimmin’ through the races
Yeah I 


I’m a mess of a hybrid


Not so pure to some 


But I’m pretty and I like it

Hold up 


I don’t know where my face is


Ask me where I’m from 


As I’m swimmin’ through the races
Yeah I 


I’m a mess of a hybrid 


Not so pure to some


But I’m pretty and I like it

credits

released July 8, 2020
Lyrics: Sally Ann
Music: Ashley Jana

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Sally Ann Paris, France

Music has always been my escapism from harsh realities. I used to battle incessantly with a series of 'colourful diagnoses'.

But now, as an emancipated artist armed with the voice I fought for, I write songs that muse on the philosophy of life and spin experiences with trials and tribulations over darkness into rhapsodic stories.

In hopes to shine a light on the shadows that try to over-tower. ... more

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