BLEEDS BLACK AND WHITE _Richie Khars_(Genre: Afro Soul)
Verse 1
It’s Richie Kharis… hmm…
IN this world, is everything still black and white?
Can we remember when memory mattered more than proof?
Can we bring the colours back to life
Times of roots, times of continuity
When every corner held a view
When chaos only lived in black and white… (black and white)
Chorus
Black and white, no space to feel the grey
(Either wrong or right, no in-between to stay)
We paint our lives in extremes every night
(Lost in the dark, scared of the light)
Tell me how we blurred the truth so tight
When the world still bleeds in black and white…
(black and white)
Black and white, can we still show the truth
In 10 years to come (can we still pull it through…)
Black and white, can we still show the truth
In 10 years to come (can we still pull it through…)
Oh lord, this is heavy
This is heavy
Verse 2
Now we live in frames, chasing moments to show
Every truth needs a filter just to let it be known
We scroll past the pain like it’s part of the design
Too much colour on the surface, still we colour-blind
We traded roots for speed (depth for a sign...)
Loud voices everywhere but (no one takes the time)
If meaning had a sound (would we still press rewind...)
Or are we scared of silence ‘cause it asks us to define? (define...)
Chorus
Black and white, no space to feel the grey
(Either wrong or right, no in-between to stay)
We paint our lives in extremes every night
(Lost in the dark, scared of the light)
Tell me how we blurred the truth so tight
When the world still bleeds in black and white…
(black and white)
Black and white, can we still show the truth
In 10 years to come (can we still pull it through…)
Black and white, can we still show the truth
In 10 years to come (can we still pull it through…)
Oh lord, this is heavy
Bridge
Hearts don’t live in lines, they beat in chaos
If I strip it all back — no screen, no name—
Would you hear my soul before you judge my face?
If the likes fell silent and the clocks stood still
Would love still matter, would truth feel real?
Maybe colour was never something we lost
Maybe black and white is the price that it cost
For forgetting that hearts don’t live in lines
They beat in chaos, they live between time
Final Chorus
Black and white, no space to feel the grey
( Now scared of waiting, too scared to stay)
We paint our lives in extremes every night
(now scared of living, now scared of the light)
Tell me, will the truth survive the fight
(will it survive…) hmmm
When the world still bleeds in black and white…
(black and white…)
Can we still show the truth
(show the truth…)
Ten years from now…
(ten years…)
Can we still pull it through?
(pull it through… oh Lord…This is heavy)
Surely heavy
So heavy
So heavy
(yeah)