Jamaican Music

Spice- Black Hypocrisy

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

[Verse 1]
I was told I would reach further
If the colour of my skin was lighter
And I was made to feel inferior
Cah society say brown girls prettier
Me love the way me look, me love me pretty black skin
Respect due to me strong melanin
Proud a me colour, love the skin that I'm in
Bun racism, demolish colourism
But the things weh me a go say
You might not even have me back
I get hate from my own race, yes, that's a fact
'Cause the same black people dem say I'm too black
And if you bleach out your skin dem same one come a chat

[Pre-Chorus]
Well, since you say that I'm too black for you
I'll please you, do I look how you want me to?
Now I'm gonna see if you gonna say I'm too brown for you
Or do I look pretty to you?

[Chorus]
Black people hypocrisy
Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem
Unno gwaan like say you haffi brown fi pretty
Fuck the whole a dem dirty iniquity
This 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 a dem dirty iniquity

[Verse 2]
Dem say me black till me shine, till me look dirty
And it's the only line in life that weh ever hurt me
Because it never come from a Caucasian, trust me
This a black colourism, big hypocrisy
So if I wake up tomorrow look like a browning, oh!
Automatically me would a carry the swing?
Nuff a unno nah go like da song yah me sing
Because a nuff a unno guilty fi the same damn thing
What's your perception of a pretty woman (tell me)?

Is it straight nose with her hair well long (tell me)?
Black girls lose self confident
'Cause they attach the word "ugly" to her complexion

[Pre-Chorus]
Well, since you say that I'm too black for you
I'll please you, do I look how you want me to?
Now I'm gonna see if you gonna say I'm too brown for you
Or do I look pretty to you?

[Chorus]
Black people hypocrisy
Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem
Unno gwaan like say you haffi brown fi pretty
Fuck the whole a dem dirty iniquity
This 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 a dem dirty iniquity

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