BROWN SKIN GIRL

Brown skin girl Your skin just like pearls The best thing in the world I'd never trade you for anybody else singin' Brown skin girl Your skin just like pearls The best thing in the world I'd 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 likkle 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 Tonight I am walkin' away Nine-to-five 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'd never trade you for anybody else say Brown skin girl Ya skin just like pearls The best thing inna di world I'd never trade you for anybody else say 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 Kellys roll in I think tonight she might braid her braids Melanin too dark to throw her shade Shade She minds her business and wines 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'd never trade you for anybody else say Brown skin girl Ya skin just like pearls The best thing inna di world The best about the world I'd never trade you for anybody else say 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'd 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'd never trade you for anybody else say Brown skin girl Your skin just like pearls The best thing in the world I'd never trade you for anybody else singin'