Brown Skin Girl
[00:01.45] Brown skin girl
[00:03.23] Your skin just like pearls
[00:05.74] The best thing in the world
[00:08.23] Never trade you for anybody else's, singin'
[00:10.73] Brown skin girl
[00:13.22] Your skin just like pearls
[00:15.70] The best thing in the world
[00:18.20] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
[00:23.74] She said she really grew up poor like me
[00:26.01] Don't believe in nothin' but the Almighty
[00:28.48] Just a likkle jeans and a pure white tee
[00:30.99] She never did forever be nobody wifey, yeah
[00:33.99] So while I may not pretty boy, your heart is amiss
[00:36.47] Play it like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave
[00:39.00] Tonight I am walkin' away
[00:41.49] Lined up my mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah
[00:43.97] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[00:49.75] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[00:54.95] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[01:00.23] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[01:05.21] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:10.46] Your back against the world
[01:13.32] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:15.60] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:21.08] The best thing inna di world
[01:23.56] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:26.56] Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in
[01:28.63] She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
[01:31.30] Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
[01:33.82] Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in
[01:36.80] I think tonight she might braid her braids
[01:39.06] Melanin too dark to throw her shade
[01:41.57] She minds her business and whines her waist
[01:44.37] Gold like 24k, okay
[01:47.06] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[01:52.31] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[01:57.62] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[02:02.81] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[02:07.83] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:13.08] Your back against the world
[02:15.85] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:18.58] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:23.56] The best thing inna di (about the) world
[02:26.30] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:28.84] Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (Lately)
[02:31.34] Wish you could trade eyes with me ('cause)
[02:34.05] There's complexities in complexion
[02:36.61] But your skin, it glow like diamonds
[02:39.31] Dig me like the earth, you be giving birth
[02:42.15] Took everything in life, baby, know your worth
[02:44.65] I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
[02:47.19] To every single curve, your body natural
[02:49.96] Same skin that was broken be the same skin takin' over
[02:54.41] Most things out of focus, view
[02:57.92] But when you're in the room, they notice you (notice you)
[03:02.90] 'Cause you're beautiful
[03:07.42] Yeah, you're beautiful
[03:11.14] The men dem gon' fall in love
[03:13.19] With you and all of your glory
[03:15.68] Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story
[03:20.94] Keep dancin', they can't control you
[03:23.41] They watchin', they all adore you
[03:26.19] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told you
[03:31.45] Brown skin girl (brown skin girl), ya skin just like pearls (brown skin girl)
[03:36.19] Your back against the world (oh)
[03:39.21] I never trade you for anybody else, say (no, no)
[03:41.90] Brown skin girl (brown skin girl), ya skin just like pearls (brown skin)
[03:47.03] The best thing in all the world
[03:49.75] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[03:52.75] Brown skin girl
[03:55.03] Your skin just like pearls
[03:57.77] The best thing in the world
[04:00.03] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
