Brown skin girl
[00:01.18] Brown skin girl
[00:03.41] Your skin just like pearls
[00:06.88] The best thing in the world
[00:08.66] Never trade you for anybody else
[00:10.68] Singin' brown skin girl
[00:13.16] Your skin just like pearls
[00:16.15] The best thing in the world
[00:18.14] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
[00:23.88] She said she really grew up poor like me
[00:26.18] Don't believe in nothin' but the Almighty
[00:29.67] Just a likkle jeans and a pure white tee
[00:31.46] She never did forever be nobody wifey, yeah
[00:35.64] So while I may not pretty boy, your heart is amiss
[00:36.94] Play it like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave
[00:39.11] Tonight I am walkin' away
[00:41.86] 9 to 5 mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah
[00:44.64] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[00:49.66] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[00:55.12] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[01:00.13] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[01:05.42] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:10.43] Your back against the world
[01:13.15] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:15.64] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:20.44] The best thing inna di world
[01:23.42] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:26.37] Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in
[01:28.88] She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
[01:31.43] Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
[01:34.10] Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in
[01:36.92] I think tonight she might braid her braids
[01:40.11] Melanin too dark to throw her shade
[01:41.94] She minds her business and wines her waist
[01:44.36] Gold like 24k, okay
[01:47.39] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[01:52.62] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[01:57.67] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[02:02.62] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[02:07.67] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:12.91] Your back against the world
[02:15.93] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:18.67] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:21.17] The best thing inna di (about the) world
[02:26.44] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:29.17] Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (lately)
[02:31.90] Wish you could trade eyes with me ('cause)
[02:34.37] There's complexities in complexion
[02:36.91] But your skin, it glow like diamonds
[02:39.68] Dig me like the earth, you be giving birth
[02:42.16] Took everything in life, baby, know your worth
[02:44.65] I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
[02:47.61] To every single curve, your body natural
[02:49.91] Same skin that was broken be the same skin takin' over
[02:55.43] Most things out of focus, view
[02:57.61] But when you're in the room, they notice you (notice you)
[03:02.46] 'Cause you're beautiful
[03:06.93] Yeah, you're beautiful
[03:11.41] The men dem gon' fall in love
[03:13.43] With you and all of your glory
[03:16.12] Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story
[03:20.93] Keep dancin', they can't control you
[03:23.67] They watchin', they all adore you
[03:26.67] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told you
[03:31.44] Brown skin girl (brown skin girl)
[03:34.36] Ya skin just like pearls (brown skin girl)
[03:37.16] Your back against the world (oh)
[03:39.67] I never trade you for anybody else, say (no, no)
[03:42.36] Brown skin girl (brown skin girl)
[03:44.66] Ya skin just like pearls (brown skin)
[03:48.20] The best thing in all the world
[03:49.93] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[03:52.61] Brown skin girl
[03:55.47] Your skin just like pearls
[03:57.66] The best thing in the world
[04:00.16] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
