15 BROWN SKIN GIRL - (SongsLover.com)
[00:00.69] Brown skin girl
[00:03.18] Your skin just like pearls
[00:05.94] The best thing in the world
[00:09.18] Never trade you for anybody else
[00:10.69] Singin' brown skin girl
[00:13.19] Your skin just like pearls
[00:15.93] The best thing in the world
[00:18.68] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
[00:23.94] She said she really grew up poor like me
[00:26.45] Don't believe in nothin' but the Almighty
[00:28.94] Just a likkle jeans and a pure white tee
[00:31.43] She never did forever be nobody wifey, yeah
[00:33.68] So while I may not pretty boy, your heart is amiss
[00:36.43] Play it like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave
[00:39.42] Tonight I am walkin' away
[00:41.69] 9 to 5 mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah
[00:44.43] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[00:49.93] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[00:54.94] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[01:00.20] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[01:05.18] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:10.43] Your back against the world
[01:13.43] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:15.68] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:20.93] The best thing inna di world
[01:23.94] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:26.43] Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in
[01:29.68] She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
[01:31.69] Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
[01:33.93] Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in
[01:36.69] I think tonight she might braid her braids
[01:39.94] Melanin too dark to throw her shade
[01:41.45] She minds her business and wines her waist
[01:44.69] Gold like 24k, okay
[01:46.93] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[01:52.69] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[01:57.43] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[02:02.93] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[02:07.68] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:13.69] Your back against the world
[02:15.92] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:18.43] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:23.43] The best thing inna di (about the) world
[02:26.69] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:28.93] Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (lately)
[02:31.68] Wish you could trade eyes with me ('cause)
[02:34.44] There's complexities in complexion
[02:36.68] But your skin, it glow like diamonds
[02:39.43] Dig me like the earth, you be giving birth
[02:42.18] Took everything in life, baby, know your worth
[02:44.95] I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
[02:47.18] To every single curve, your body natural
[02:49.69] Same skin that was broken be the same skin takin' over
[02:54.68] Most things out of focus, view
[02:57.44] But when you're in the room, they notice you (notice you)
[03:02.69] 'Cause you're beautiful
[03:07.93] Yeah, you're beautiful
[03:10.94] The men dem gon' fall in love
[03:13.43] With you and all of your glory
[03:15.93] Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story
[03:20.93] Keep dancin', they can't control you
[03:23.69] They watchin', they all adore you
[03:26.43] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told you
[03:31.18] Brown skin girl (brown skin girl)
[03:33.93] Ya skin just like pearls (brown skin girl)
[03:37.68] Your back against the world (oh)
[03:39.44] I never trade you for anybody else, say (no, no)
[03:42.43] Brown skin girl (brown skin girl)
[03:44.44] Ya skin just like pearls (brown skin)
[03:47.18] The best thing in all the world
[03:49.68] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[03:52.19] Brown skin girl
[03:55.18] Your skin just like pearls
[03:57.44] The best thing in the world
[04:00.43] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
