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Skin Deep

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Skin Deep was released on February 21, 2025 by Red Street Records as a part of the album Skin Deep - Single

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ryan Griffin

Lead Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ryan Griffin

Songwriter

Jay DeMarcus

Songwriter

Ava Suppelsa

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jay DeMarcus

Producer

Lyrics

I could be a soldier, a hero with a purple heart

I could be a kid that grew up

Without a fighting chance from the start

I could be a teacher, a PhD from an Ivy League

I could be a mother or a father

Someone's son or someone's daughter

What you can read on this cardboard sign

Is a story of a broken life

Still got dreams, still got hopes

Even though they're running low

You don't see everything that I lost

How much it hurts, yeah, and what it all cost

I ain't asking, "Why, God? Why?"

I'm just praying I'll get by

But you're gonna see what you wanna see

If you're only looking skin deep

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Might've made a couple wrong turns

Might be playing with the hand I was dealt

You might see see me on the corner

And think I don't deserve no help

But if you walk in my shoes for a minute

Not from the outside, but right here in it

You would see we ain't that different

Ain't that different, no

What you can read on this cardboard sign

Is a story of a broken life

Still got dreams, still got hopes

Even though they're running low

You don't see everything that I lost

How much it hurts, yeah, and what it all cost

I ain't asking, "Why, God? Why?"

I'm just praying I'll get by

But you're gonna see what you wanna see

If you're only looking skin deep, oh-oh

Skin deep, oh-oh-oh

Yeah, we all need a hand sometimes

A second chance to get it right

And I hope you know the next time you pass by

What you can read on this cardboard sign

Is a story of a broken life

Still got dreams, still got hopes

Even though they're running low

You don't see everything that I lost

How much it hurts, yeah, and what it all cost

I ain't asking, "Why, God? Why?"

I'm just praying I'll get by

But you're gonna see what you wanna see

If you're only looking skin deep

Woah, woah, skin deep

Mm

Written by: Ava Suppelsa, Jay DeMarcus, Ryan Griffin

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