Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls The best thing in the world I never trade you for anybody else Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls The best thing in the world I never trade you for anybody else She say she really grow up all like me Don't believe in nothing but the almighty Dress her like a jeans and a pure whitey She never dream forever be nobody wifey She wallow me in her pretty but your heart is on me Play you like a villain cause she caught in her way Tonight I am walking away Nine to five, mine and her grind Tonight I might fall in love Depending on how you hold me I'm glad that I'm calming down Can't let no one come control me Keep dancing and call it love She fight it by falling slowly If ever you are in doubt Remember what mama told me Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls Your back against the world I never trade you for anybody else Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls The best thing in the world I never trade you for anybody else Pose like a trophy when Naomi's walking She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin Pretty like Lupita when the camera's closing Drip broke the levy when Mikayla's rolling I think tonight she might braid her braids Melanin too dark to thaw her shades She minds her business and winds her waist Roll like 24k Tonight I might fall in love Depending on how you hold me I'm glad that I'm calming down Can't let no one come control me Keep dancing and call it love She fight it by falling slowly If ever you are in doubt Remember what mama told me Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls Your back against the world I never trade you for anybody else Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls The best thing about the world I never trade you for anybody else Have you looked in the mirror lately? Wish you could trade eyes with me There's complexities in complexion But your skin is glow like diamonds Dig me like the earth you be giving birth To everything alive baby know your worth I love everything about you from your nappy curls To every single curve your body natural The same skin that was broken Be the same skin taken over Most things are the focus view But when you're in the room they notice you Cause you're beautiful Yeah you're beautiful Them and them gon' fall in love With you in all of your glory Your skin is not only dark It shines and it tells your story Keep dancing they can't control you They watch and they all adore you If ever you are in doubt Remember what mama told you Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls Your back against the world I never trade you for anybody else Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls Your back against the world I never trade you for anybody else Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls Best thing in the world I never trade you for anybody else
