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Liner notes
House · Mellow · 120 BPM · 1:54
Afro House (tribal-house), uplifting, hypnotic, tribal-warm, rolling percussion, log drums, shaker percussion, marimba stabs, deep sub bass, G minor, soulful Zulu-English female lead with call-and-response backing chants
About Skin Keeps the Beat
Skin Keeps the Beat is a mellow house song by Kwenzo (120 BPM, G minor, 1:54, sung in English). It is part of the WeavyAudio catalog and licensed for commercial playback in cafés, restaurants, gyms, stores and other venues.
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Credits
Keywords
- Afro House (tribal-house)
- uplifting
- hypnotic
- tribal-warm
- rolling percussion
- log drums
- shaker percussion
- marimba stabs
- deep sub bass
- 120 BPM
- G minor
- soulful Zulu-English female lead with call-and-response backing chants
Added 1 month ago · 8/27/2026 · licensed for venue play
Lyrics· follows audio
Skin Keeps the Beat lyrics
Intro
Kick finds skin before it finds sound
Verse
Drumhead tight beneath the light
Same stretch running down my spine
Every hit lands twice as one
Membrane keeping perfect time
Pre-Chorus
Feel the skin remember rhythm
Feel the pulse before the beat
Body tuned to something older
Vibrating through my feet
Chorus
Skin keeps the beat
Skin keeps the beat
No drum without the body
No body without the beat
Verse
Sweat on the surface, taut and thin
Same tension holding both of us
Every strike I take and give back
Sound becomes the only trust
Pre-Chorus
Feel the skin remember rhythm
Feel the pulse before the beat
Body tuned to something older
Vibrating through my feet
Chorus
Skin keeps the beat
Skin keeps the beat
No drum without the body
No body without the beat
Bridge
One skin stretched across the night
One skin, one sound, one hide
Nothing hollow left inside
Outro
Skin keeps the beat
Skin keeps the beat
Still keeping it
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Versions of this song
- Skin Keeps the Beat (this recording)
- Skin Keeps the Beat (Version 2)
Side A
More songs by Kwenzo
- A1
WA-C8q493zKxQba120BPM4:00Floor Becomes Sky
Kwenzo - A2
WA-cMscVYiDhbpQ120BPM2:22Skin and Concrete
Kwenzo - A3
WA-qm3gyUlaueVG120BPM2:05Skin and Sanctuary
Kwenzo - A4
WA-O00FLqooAR66120BPM1:59Bones Remember
Kwenzo - A5
WA-jJKftI4Z9DWp120BPM1:50Body Remembers
Kwenzo - A6
WA-66teNbpZCQP3120BPM2:07Sweat Into Sky
Kwenzo
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