A-Z Series 1: A Is for Vitamin A, the Eye's Night Light Subject The role of Vitamin A in forming rhodopsin for low light vision, maintaining cellular linings, and supporting immune and cell growth. Musical Style [Moody trip-hop, ~88 BPM. Features dusky Rhodes chords, a slow breakbeat, and a hushed, intimate female vocal.] Lyrics [Intro: Slow breakbeat drops in, dusky Rhodes piano chords echo.] [Verse 1] When the sun goes down and the shadows fall There’s a light-catching pigment answering the call Retina waiting in the dimming of the day Building the rhodopsin with Vitamin A Preformed in the liver, the dairy, and the egg Or pulled from the beta-carotene on a leafy green peg. [Chorus] A is the night light, shining in the dark Protecting the linings with a cellular spark From the skin to the airways, keeping the barrier tight Vitamin A, the eye’s night light. [Verse 2] Immune cells need it to divide and grow It’s a transcription factor running the show Plants give you orange, the orange gives you life To keep the vision sharp like a blade of a knife. [Outro] (Spoken, echoing) Wait till Epigenetics 8... BCMO1... Songs That Supplement... fading like dusk...
