Melanin

(album: Pamoja - 2021)

My black is beautiful (uh huh)
It's my duty to tell yah
Strong and powerful (uh huh)
You can't duplicate (uh huh)
Black is beautiful (uh huh)
So incredible (yeah yeah)
Strong and powerful (yea yeah)
You can't duplicate

Darker the berry di sweeta di juice yeah
Black madda birth all di yutes dem
First on the earth
Foot pon di dirt
Better know say me worth my weight in gold
Time fi me talk up di truth yeah
Nuh need fi di puddin see di proof yah
Queens and pharaohs
Look in the mirror
Tell them you can't have my

My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin, my

My black is beautiful (uh huh)
It's my duty to tell yah
Strong and powerful (uh huh)
You can't duplicate (uh huh)
Black is beautiful (uh huh)
So incredible (yeah yeah)
Strong and powerful (yea yeah)
You can't duplicate

Melanin a pop (pop oh yeah)
Nah talk pop secret
Di value the black man have
Dem a try keep secret
Me want mi daughter dem
To see their beauty
My shea butter babies

You can't have my oh oh oh

My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin, my

Beautiful melanin
I'm proud to be black
You know what I mean
I do it for my black people
And I stand for my black people
Tunaweza
Kwapamoja
Shikamana
Kwa-umoja
Sisisote
Nguzo moja
Eh eh eh eh eh
We are very strong
And incredible
Viletulivyo
Ubaguzi no

My black is beautiful (uh huh)
It's my duty to tell yah
Strong and powerful (uh huh)
You can't duplicate (uh huh)
Black is beautiful (uh huh)
So incredible (yeah yeah)
Strong and powerful (yea yeah)
You can't duplicate

My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin, yeah

Nandy di African princess
It's Etana the strong One
Africa meets Kingston
Yeah