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 said what I said and that's that (ayy)

This is for them queens that's rocking 'em kinky twist

From box braids to bantu knots and full lips

Them dreadlocks, crochets, afros and real hips

Them pom-poms and 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 will never be stopped (ayy)

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 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

Don't whitewash 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

Pop, pop, pop, pop

Boss is CEO

Boss, boss, boss, boss, boss chick (ayy)

Killing stereotype, switching up the narrative

Ain't no explanation needed, that's all Harriet

Raising black kids with some black sense, liberation, educate them

Let 'em dream big, adding flavor

Keep it seasoned, give 'em reasons

To believe in what our ancestors dreamed of

You are beautiful, invaluable, distinguishably royal

Next time you look in the mirror, pause and say, "Black girl, I love you"

I love you, I love you (then repeat)

One thing's for sure

You're made in the image of God, shape of the melanin bob

Black woman, you will never be stopped (ayy)

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, oh

Remember who you are and whose you are, shooting star

Don't forget that part

Know that you belong just as you are

With your pretty, brown skin