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Musically, the mantra flows smoothly into amusing imagery with lines about babies growing and flowing in a rainbow of colors—black, blue, red—representing various hues of identity. Using vivid imagery to describe children’s growth exemplifies the innocence of childhood while caring deeply about the implications of cultural backgrounds. The assertions about children “out of my toes”, “out of my ears”, and “out of my thumbs” create an illustrative potential of where identity can stem from, all while maintaining a playful tone.