Nigel Birch, Stretch - Brown Lyrics

Your beauty is impeccable perfection
There's no need
For colour correction
I see
Completion in your complexion
There's no monotony
In your skin tone
They have you mistaken for
Monochrome
The world loves the diversity
In your melanin's diaspora
Your migration back to self love
Before European explorers
We love the way your skin
Scales
From mahogany to cream
Your colour palette should be
A flag
A National Anthem
When I get close to your noir
I want to lift every voice
And sing
Your skin
Deserves an applause
Unapologetic affirmation
From Kings
You are the sun dipped in
Cocoa butter
Molasses dripped over
Copper
Issa
Before Mona Lisa
Who needs Marylin Monroe
When you have Lupita Nyong'o
I can keep on going
How about Kelly Ro
Queens
Your colour scheme
Is iconic
But this you already know

Your beauty is impeccable perfection
There's no need
For colour correction
I see
Completion in your complexion
There's no monotony
In your skin tone
They have you mistaken for
Monochrome
The world loves the diversity
In your melanin's diaspora
Your migration back to self love
Before European explorers
We love the way your skin
Scales
From mahogany to cream
Your colour palette should be
A flag
A National Anthem
When I get close to your noir
I want to lift every voice
And sing
Your skin
Deserves an applause
Unapologetic affirmation
From Kings
You are the sun dipped in
Cocoa butter
Molasses dripped over
Copper
Issa
Before Mona Lisa
Who needs Marylin Monroe
When you have Lupita Nyong'o
I can keep on going
How about Kelly Ro
Queens
Your colour scheme
Is iconic
But this you already know