Pretty Brown Skin

(album: Jubilee: The Juneteenth Edition - 2021)

Pretty, brown skin
Pretty, light skin
Pretty, dark skin
I see African written in your DNA
Hella 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 said what I said and that's that (Ayy)

This is for them queens that's rocking 'em kinky twist (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
From box braids to bantu knots and full lips (Ooh, ooh)
Them dreadlocks, crochets, afros and real hips (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Them pom-poms and sew-ins with edges that's real slick (Ooh, ooh)
Now catch this (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Your black presence is necessary
From big mama to Aunty Obama as First Lady are validated (Ooh, ooh)
I still remember my mother's gumbo (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Saturday mornings waking to soulful sounds of gospel (Ooh, ooh)
The richness of ancestral legacies and culture (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Our history extends beyond American borders (Ooh, ooh)
So please believe the hype (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
You're not too much, you are enough
Never shrink back, always speak up (Ooh, ooh)
Head tilted high, one fist to the sky (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Don't doubt your worth
Always add tax, know yourself first (Ooh, ooh)

One thing's for sure (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
You're made in the image of God, shape of the melanin bob
Black woman, you will never be stopped (Ooh, ooh, ayy)

Pretty, brown skin
Pretty, light skin
Pretty, dark skin
I see African written in your DNA
Hella choco-melanin from the motherland
With your black skin
Never should you want it any other way

Second things 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're so pretty for a black girl" is not a compliment (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Don't whitewash who you are to be an option (Ooh, ooh)
"You don't sound white," you just finished up your doctorate (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Black Benz, new house, pocket's real lucrative (Ooh, ooh)
Pop, pop, pop, pop
Boss is CEO
Boss, boss, boss, boss, boss chick (Ayy)
Killing stereotype, switching up the narrative (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Ain't no explanation needed, that's all Harriet (Ooh, ooh)
Raising black kids with some black sense (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Liberation, educate them (Ooh, ooh)
Let them dream big, adding flavor (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Keep it seasoned, give 'em reasons
To believe in what our ancestors dreamed of (Ooh, ooh)
You are beautiful, invaluable (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Distinguishably royal
Next time you look in the mirror, pause and say, "Black girl, I love you" (Ooh, ooh)
I love you, I love you (Then repeat)

One thing's for sure (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
You're made in the image of God, shape of the melanin bob
Black woman, you will never be stopped (Ooh, ooh, ayy)

Pretty brown skin, pretty light skin, pretty dark skin (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I see African written in your DNA (Ooh, ooh)
Hella choco melanin from the motherland (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
With your black skin
Never should you want it any other way (Ooh, ooh)
Pretty brown skin, pretty light skin, pretty dark skin (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I see African written in your DNA (Ooh, ooh)
Hella choco melanin from the motherland (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
With your black skin
Never should you want it any other way (Ooh, ooh)

Remember who you are, oh (Ooh)
Remember who you are (Ooh) and whose you are, shooting star
Don't forget that part (Ooh, ooh)
(Ooh) Know that you belong just as you are (Ooh, ooh)
With your pretty, brown skin (Ooh)