Takyah - Little Black Girl Lyrics

Hmmm...

Your skin too dark
Your lips too big
Your hips too wide
Your hair too short
Your pants too tight
I can tell your mama didnt raise you right
You talk so ghetto with yo' slang
So you try to
Fix yourself up
But get the wrong attention
And your uncle corners you in the kitchen

They tried to kill your soul
But they don't know
You're already dead
They try to call you names
So you use anger to cover up what they said
And you may be thirty three
But your soul died at three
And that's why you'll always be

A little black girl
A little black girl
Fighting against the odds
But you don't have to fight that hard
Cause you're not who they say you are

Your skin too light
Your hair too long
Why your eyes green
Your breast too small
Your butt too flat
So you go to the doctor to fix all that
You talk so proper and your so poised
And you cry
Cause all you want is a friend
But you'll never fit in
Because your daddy is white

They tried to kill your soul
But they don't know
You're already dead
And they try to call you names
So you use money to cover up what they said
And you may be thirty three
But your soul died at three
And that's why you'll always be

A little black girl
A little black girl
Fighting against the odds
But you don't have to fight that hard
A little black girl
A little black girl
Fighting against the odds
But you're not who they say you are

They tried to kill your soul
But they don't know
You're already dead
And they try to call you names
So you use sex and men
To cover up what they said
And you may be thirty three
But your soul died at three
And that's why you'll always be

A little black girl
A little black girl
A little black girl

A little black girl
A little black girl
A little black girl

A little black girl
A little black girl
Defying all odds
So lift your head up little girl
You're stronger than you think you are