Melanin Queens

So many shades so many flavours to savour Caramel coco, mahogany, ebony, opal Beautiful and every hue God was well pleased when She made you Classy sassy She a queen so call her your majesty Your highness And she stay coco buttered up so she forever shining The epitome of everything womanly She a deity to me Melafeminine AKA Black Woman This one's for my melanin queens This is for the girls that look like me This is for the girls that look me This one's for my melanin queens This is for the girls that look like me This is for the girls that look me I walk around town and let my melanin glow Long hair don't care or teeny Afro So when you walk around town let your melanin glow girl 'Cause we so full of magic we should let it show We so innovative, (yes) we so damn creative (yes) Effortless style where you get that? 'I made it' It comes naturally We don't follow we lead Sensuality, strength and vulnerability Educated, complicated made beautifully Yet unappreciated in society So this is for the pretty brown girls like me This one's for my melanin queens This is for the girls that look like me This is for the girls that look me This one's for my melanin queens This is for the girls that look like me This is for the girls that look me So if you love the skin you're in and you know that you're winning Say aye (aye) Don't be afraid to shine hold your head up high And say aye (aye) When the world puts you down stand up tall fix your crown And say aye (aye) And if you're melanin proud turn this song loud and say aye (aye) This one's for my melanin queens This is for the girls that look like me This is for the girls that look me This one's for my melanin queens This is for the girls that look like me This is for the girls that look me