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Brown Skin Lyrics

Verse 1;

For many years my people have been oppressed, obsessed…

with the thoughts of becoming a success.

We didn’t cross any oceans or fly any plane.

Yet they label us as alien so why pretend

that me & you… we aint one & the same.

cause in my town if you’re brown you’re automatically a Mexican…

whether you like it or not.

whether you’re bangin or not,

cause everybody’s a suspect once the block is hot

and that the way it’s gonna be, until the day that we drop.

I hear mu’fukaz saying it’s a brand new day,

but aint nobody’s mentality changed

Homeboys are still acting the same,

knuckle heads are still getting away

While an innocent baby catches one to the brain

and then everybody asks how it is that we maintain from not going insane,

cause we got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

And it’s a dam shame homie, but still…

Chorus;

I’m so proud of my brown skin, cause in the end that’s all I got and so I represent

I’m so proud of my brown skin, even if it makes my life 10 times harder now

I’m so proud of my brown skin; thru the oppression they can’t take away my pride nah

I’m so proud of my brown skin, so fight the system, stand up with me now

Verse 2;

And so now it seems like we’ve been to the bottom

And as for hopes & dreams homie, only half of us got em

Because our rights have been gone, since the U.S. bought em

We need another Pancho Villa but we still wondering;

if & when & who shot him

Lately, its been getting kinda shady.

Cause the INS is taking everyone away, even these women w/babies

That’s the only time they don’t discriminate.

Cause we work hard every day at jobs that only pay minimum wage,

So who are they to say why we can’t stay.

So get it straight, cause we’ve been right here, ever since the very 1^st day.

And it just aint fair that nobody cares

about the stories that are getting reported

About us getting deported are not correctly recorded

so history will go down,

somewhat distorted because a racist man wrote it.

They don’t say the the truth homie because they can’t afford it.

So let me hear you say

Chorus 2;

I’m so proud of my brown skin, cause in the end that’s all I got and so I represent

I’m so proud of my brown skin, even if it makes my life 10 times harder now

I’m so proud of my brown skin; thru the oppression they can’t take away my pride nah

I’m so proud of my brown skin, so fight the system, stand up with me now

 

Verse 3;

And let me show you how, we can all get down

Show em all that we aint scared to say we’re brown.

So homie look around,

you’re standing on my ground.

I came to represent the rest in each and every town.

You say we good for nothing, but now I see you bluffin

You never catch us begging, and yet I see you stressin

I hope you learn a lesson…

We wouldn’t sell our souls on the corner with a sign, so instead we sell a rose.

You know just what I mean; we work for what we need.

You’re always quick to judge and so we held a grudge

I guarantee on the blood that I bleed

we will never budge, we will never leave…

I guarantee on the blood that I bleed

we will never budge, we will never leave…

We’d rather die on our feet than to live our knees homie…

We’d rather die on our feet than to live our knees homie…

Chorus 3;

I’m so proud of my brown skin, cause in the end that’s all I got and so I represent

I’m so proud of my brown skin, even if it makes my life 10 times harder now

I’m so proud of my brown skin; thru the oppression they can’t take away my pride nah

I’m so proud of my brown skin, so fight the system, stand up with me now