BROWN SKIN GIRL

Brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

The best thing in the world

I never trade you for anybody else

And your brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

The best thing in the world

I never trade you for anybody else, singin'

She said she really grew up poor like me

Don't believe in nothin' but the Almighty

Just a little jeans and a pure white tee

She never dream for ever be nobody wifey, yeah

She Wilhelmina pretty, but she heart is a maze

Play ya like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave

Toni-i-ight, I am walkin' away

9 to 5 mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah

Tonight, I might fall in love

Dependin' on how you hold me

I'm glad that I'm calming down

Can't let no one come control me

Keep dancing and call it love

She fights it, but falling slowly

If ever you are in doubt

Remember what Mama told me

Brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

Your back against the world

I never trade you for anybody else, yeah

Brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

The best thing in all di world

I never trade you for anybody else, yeah

Pose like a trophy when Naomi's walkin'

She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin

Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in

Drip broke the levee when my Kelly's Rowland

I think tonight, she might braid her braids

Melanin too dark to throw her shade (Shade)

She minds her business and whines her waist

Gold like 24K, okay

Tonight, I might fall in love

Dependin' on how you hold me

I'm glad that I'm calming down

Can't let no one come control me

Keep dancing and call it love

She fights it, but falling slowly

If ever you are in doubt

Remember what Mama told me

Brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

Your back against the world

I never trade you for anybody else, yeah

Brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

The best thing in all di world

I never trade you for anybody else, yeah

Oh oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (Lately)

Wish you could trade eyes with me, 'cause (Oh)

There's complexities in complexion

But your skin, it glow like diamonds

Pigment like the earth, you be giving birth

To everything alive, baby, know your worth

I love everything about you, from your nappy curls

To every single curve, your body natural

Same skin that was broken

Be the same skin takin' over

Most things out of focus view

But when you're in the room, they notice you (Notice you)

'Cause you're beautiful

Yeah, you're beautiful

Them men, them gon' fall in love (In love)

With you and all of your glory (Glory)

Your skin is not only dark (Only)

It shines and it tells your story (Story)

Keep dancin', they can't control you (Ahh)

They watchin', they all adore you

If ever you are in doubt

Remember what Mama told you

Brown skin girl (Brown skin girl)

Ya skin just like pearls (Brown skin girl)

Your back against the world (Oh)

I never trade you for anybody else, say (No, no)

Brown skin girl (Brown skin girl)

Ya skin just like pearls (Brown skin)

The best thing about the world

I never trade you for anybody else, yeah

Brown skin girl

Ya skin just like pearls

The best thing in the world

I never trade you for anybody else, singin'