Black Hypocrisy

It's not what you expect me to say But I'mma go ahead and say it anyway

('Cause) I was told I would reach further If the colour of mi skin was lighter And I was made to feel inferior Cah society seh brown girls prettier Mi love the way mi look Mi love mi pretty black skin Respect due to mi strong melanin Proud of mi colour, love the skin that I'm in Bun racism, demolish colourism But the things weh mi a go seh Yuh might not even have mi back I get hate from my own race Yes, that's a fact 'Cause the same black people dem seh I'm too black And if yuh bleach out yuh skin dem same one come a chat

Well, since yuh seh that I'm too black for you I'll please yuh, do I look how you want me to? Now I'm gonna see if you gonna say I'm too black for you Or do I look pretty to you?

Black people hypocrisy Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem Unu gwaan like seh yuh haffi brown fi pretty Fuck di whole of dem dirty inequity Dis a black people hypocrisy Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem I'm black and beautiful, I know I'm pretty Fuck the whole of dem dirty inequity

Dem seh mi black til mi shine, til mi look dirty And it's the only line in life that will ever hurt me Because it never come from a Caucasian, trust mi Dis a black colorism big hypocrisy So if I wake up tomorrow look like a browning, oh! Automatically mi would a carry di swing Nuff a unnuh nah go like di song yah mi sing Because nuff a unnuh guilty fi di same damn thing What's your perception of a pretty woman Is it straight nose with her hair well long? Black girls lose self-confident Cause they attach the word "ugly" to our complexion

Well, since yuh seh that I'm too black for you I'll please yuh, do I look how you want me to? Now I'm gonna see if you gonna say I'm too black for you Or do I look pretty to you?

Black people hypocrisy Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem Unu gwaan like seh yuh haffi brown fi pretty Fuck di whole of dem dirty inequity Dis a black people hypocrisy Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem I'm black and beautiful, I know I'm pretty Fuck the whole of dem dirty inequity

(It's not what you expect me to say But I'mma go ahead and say it anyway)