Brown Skin Girl
[00:00.86] Brown skin girl
[00:03.12] Your skin just like pearls
[00:05.37] The best thing in the world
[00:08.11] Never trade you for anybody else
[00:10.60] Singin' brown skin girl
[00:13.11] Your skin just like pearls
[00:15.36] The best thing in the world
[00:18.61] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
[00:22.86] She said she really grew up poor like me
[00:25.86] Don't believe in nothin' but the almighty
[00:28.35] Just a likkle jeans and a pure white tee
[00:30.86] She never did forever be nobody wifey, yeah
[00:33.87] So while I may not pretty boy, your heart is amiss
[00:36.36] Play it like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave
[00:39.11] Tonight I am walkin' away
[00:41.37] Lined up my mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah
[00:44.35] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[00:49.61] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[00:55.36] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[01:00.12] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[01:05.11] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:10.11] Your back against the world
[01:13.12] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:15.62] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:21.12] The best thing in all the world
[01:23.60] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:26.11] Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in
[01:28.60] She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
[01:31.36] Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
[01:33.86] Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in
[01:36.62] I think tonight she might braid her braids
[01:39.11] Melanin too dark to throw her shade
[01:41.61] She minds her business and winds her waist
[01:44.12] Gold like 24k, okay
[01:46.37] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[01:52.12] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[01:57.38] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[02:03.11] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[02:12.11] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:13.61] Your back against the world
[02:15.86] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:18.86] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:23.61] The best thing in all the world
[02:26.12] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:28.61] Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (Lately)
[02:31.36] Wish you could trade eyes with me (Because)
[02:34.37] There's complexities in complexion
[02:36.61] But your skin, it glow like diamonds
[02:39.36] Dig me like the earth, you be giving birth
[02:42.11] Took everything in life, baby, know your worth
[02:44.37] I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
[02:46.88] To every single curve, your body natural
[02:49.86] Same skin that was broken be the same skin takin' over
[02:54.36] Most things out of focus, view
[02:57.37] But when you're in the room, they notice you (Notice you)
[03:02.11] 'Cause you're beautiful
[03:05.36] Yeah, you're beautiful
[03:10.62] Them men, them gon' fall in love with you and all of your glory
[03:15.87] Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story
[03:21.12] Keep dancin', they can't control you
[03:23.63] They watchin', they all adore you
[03:26.11] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told you
[03:31.36] Brown skin girl (Brown skin girl), ya skin just like pearls (Brown skin girl)
[03:36.61] Your back against the world (Oh)
[03:39.11] I never trade you for anybody else, say (No, no)
[03:42.11] Brown skin girl (Brown skin girl), ya skin just like pearls (Brown skin)
[03:47.36] The best thing in all the world
[03:49.61] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[03:52.36] Brown skin girl
[03:55.11] Your skin just like pearls
[03:57.61] The best thing in the world
[04:00.11] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
