Pretty Brown Skin

Pretty brown skin

Pretty light skin

Pretty dark skin

I see African written in your DNA

Hello, choco melanin

From the motherland

With your black skin

Never should you want it any other way

First things first

I'm blackity black black

I'm blackity black black

I'm blackity black black

If you don't like that

You're wackity wack wack

You're wackity wack, I say what I say

And that's that

This is for 'em queen

That's rocking 'em kinky twist

From box braids to bantu knots and full lips

'Em dreadlocks, Crochets, afros and real hips

'Em pom poms and some edges that's real slick

Now catch this

Your black presence is necessary

From big mama to Aunty Obama as First Lady are validated

I still remember my mother's gumbo

Saturday mornings waking to soulful sounds of Gospel

The richness of ancestral legacies and culture

Our history extends beyond our American borders

So please believe the hype

You're not too much

You are enough

Never shrink back

Always speak up

Head tilted high

One fist to the sky

Don't doubt your worth

Always add tax

Know yourself first

One thing's for sure

You're made in the image of God

Shape of the melanin bob

Black woman, you'll never be stopped

Pretty brown skin

Pretty light skin

Pretty dark skin

I see African written in your DNA

Hello choco melanin

From the motherland

With your black skin

Never should you want it any other way

Second thing first

Still blackity black black

Still blackity black black

Still blackity black

It's a blessing not a curse

Don't ever forget that

Don't ever forget

If you need reminders then run this back

You so pretty for a black girl is not a compliment

Don't white wash who you are to be an option

You don't sound white

You just finished up your doctorate

Black Benz, new house

Pocket's real lucrative

That's right

Ballsy CEO

Boss chick

Killing stereotype

Switching up the narrative

Ain't no explanation needed

That's all here it is

Raising black kids with some black skins

Liberation

Educate them

Let them dream big

Adding flavour

Keeping seasoned

Give 'em reasons

To believe in what our ancestors dreamed of

You are beautiful, invaluable

Distinguishable royal

Next time you look in the mirror

Pause and say: Black girl I love you (I love, I love)

Then repeat

One thing's for sure

You're made in the image of God

Shape of the melanin bob

Black woman, you'll never be stopped

Pretty brown skin

Pretty light skin

Pretty dark skin

I see African written in your DNA

Hello, choco melanin

From the motherland

With your black skin

Never should you want it any other way

Pretty brown skin

Pretty light skin

Pretty dark skin

I see African written in your DNA

Hello, choco melanin

From the motherland

With your black skin

Never should you want it any other way

Remember who you are

Remember who you are and whose you are (shooting star)

Don't forget that part (that part)

Know that you belong

Just as you are

With your pretty brown skin