BROWN SKIN GIRL

[00:01.51] Brown skin girl
[00:03.77] Your skin just like pearls
[00:06.21] The best thing in the world
[00:09.06] Never trade you for anybody else
[00:11.08] Singin' brown skin girl
[00:13.59] Your skin just like pearls
[00:16.37] The best thing in the world
[00:18.90] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
[00:24.43] She said she really grew up poor like me
[00:26.71] Don't believe in nothin' but the Almighty
[00:29.21] Just a lil' jeans and a pure white tee
[00:32.08] She never did forever be nobody wifey, yeah
[00:34.80] So while I may not pretty boy, your heart is a miss
[00:37.06] Play it like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave
[00:39.75] Tonight I am walkin' away
[00:42.25] Lined up my mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah
[00:45.05] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[00:50.48] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[00:55.62] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[01:01.02] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[01:05.83] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:11.28] Your back against the world
[01:13.93] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:16.20] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[01:21.52] The best thing in all the world
[01:24.03] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[01:27.28] Pose like a trophy when Naomi's walk in
[01:29.27] She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
[01:31.95] Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
[01:34.89] Drip broke the levy when my killas roll in
[01:37.43] I think tonight she might braid her braids
[01:39.77] Melanin too dark to throw her shade
[01:42.26] She minds her business and winds her waist
[01:44.75] Gold like 24k, okay
[01:47.83] Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
[01:52.95] I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
[01:58.34] Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
[02:03.30] If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
[02:08.56] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:13.87] Your back against the world
[02:16.61] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:18.99] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[02:23.96] The best thing about the world
[02:26.91] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[02:29.73] Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (Lately)
[02:32.41] Wish you could trade eyes with me (Because)
[02:34.87] There's complexities in complexion
[02:37.59] But your skin, it glow like diamonds
[02:40.39] Dig me like the earth, you be giving birth
[02:42.79] Took everything in life, baby, know your worth
[02:45.32] I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
[02:48.03] To every single curve, your body natural
[02:50.58] Same skin that was broken be the same skin takin' over
[02:55.55] Most things out of focus, view
[02:57.94] But when you're in the room, they notice you (Notice you)
[03:03.20] 'Cause you're beautiful
[03:08.09] Yeah, you're beautiful
[03:11.62] Them men, them gon' fall in love with you and all of your glory
[03:16.58] Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story
[03:21.85] Keep dancin', they can't control you
[03:24.42] They watchin', they all adore you
[03:26.91] If ever you are in doubt
[03:29.62] Remember what mama told you
[03:31.99] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[03:37.17] Your back against the world
[03:39.95] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[03:42.54] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[03:47.81] The best thing about the world
[03:50.35] I never trade you for anybody else, say
[03:53.00] Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
[03:58.28] The best thing in all the world
[04:01.06] I never trade you for anybody else, singin'
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