Name: Be Who You Are
Duration: P00H03M50S
Description: A melodic duet with Denver artist Coles Whalen, simply arranged with guitar, bass, cajón, and vocals. Lyrically, it honors the genderqueer community in general, and from a parent's perspective in particular.

Be Who You Are

by Arjay Sharp

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A melodic duet with Denver artist Coles Whalen, simply arranged with guitar, bass, cajón, and vocals. Lyrically, it honors the genderqueer community in general, and from a parent's perspective in particular.

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Given a pretty name
And a beautiful soul
But sometimes the woman wanes
And a man takes control

Pinks and blues may mix their hues to gray
Black & white is everyone's right
To be whomever they may

Some say it's just unnatural
Either be boy or girl
From the start
No the one unnatural thing is to
Not be who you are
So be who you are
Oh

Gave up her golden mane
For a new boyish buzz
No she don't look the same
But he's still who she was

Maybe blue or pink is who you think you are
But flyin' tonight - green, lavender, white
Banners of pride, from near and far

Don't say it's just unnatural
Either be boy or girl
From the start
No the one unnatural thing is to
Not be who you are

What is gender
But a social invention
To group by conventional roles?
Him or Her? If our bodies define it
Then what about our souls?
Anyone know...
What's the gender of a soul?

Don't say she is unnatural
They're my firstborn child
Handsome and beautiful
Handsome and beautiful
Some say it's just unnatural
And we say
Be who you are
Oh
Be who you are
Oh

Be who you are
Who only the heart can see
Be who you are
Not the one they say you should be
Be who you are
Own your own identity
Be who you are
And be free
Be free

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released January 22, 2015
Written by Arjay Sharp

Arjay Sharp: instrumentation, vocals
Coles Whalen: vocals

Mixed & mastered by Channel Fuse Media

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Arjay Sharp Colorado Springs, Colorado

I began writing at 15 to express the pains & pleasures of youth, teaching myself piano in the process. Lately, my current focus has been guitar and so my debut album falls more into the acoustic alternative genre. Based now in Colorado Springs, CO, my music carries influences from today's modern rock and 80's Top-40, including Snow Patrol, Imagine Dragons, Jars of Clay, Billy Joel and Toto. ... more

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