Melanin

My black is beautiful (uh-huh)
It's my duty to tell ya
Strong and powerful (uh-huh)
You can't duplicate (uh-uh)
Black is beautiful (uh-huh)
So incredible (yeah, yeah)
Strong and powerful (yeah, yeah)
You can't duplicate

Darker di berry di sweeta di juice, yeah (yeah)
Black mother birth all di yutes dem (yeah)
First on the earth, foot pon di dirt
Better know seh me worth my weight in gold
Time fi me talk up di truth, yeah
Nuh need fi di puddin', see di proof, yeah
Queens and pharaohs look in the mirror
Tell them you can't have

My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin, my

My black is beautiful (uh-huh)
It's my duty to tell ya
Strong and powerful (uh-huh)
You can't duplicate, no (uh-uh)
Black is beautiful (uh-huh)
So incredible (yeah, yeah)
Strong and powerful (yeah, yeah)
You can't duplicate

Melanin ah pop, pop, oh, yeah
Nah talk pop secret
Di value the black man have
Dem ah try keep secret
Want mi daughter dem
To see their beauty (beauty)
My shea butter babies
You can't have my

My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin (ohh)
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin, my

Beautiful melanin
I'm proud to be black, you know what I mean
I do it for my black people
And I stand for my black people
Tunaweza
Kwapamoja
Shikamana
Kwa-umoja
Sisisote
Nguzo moja, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
We are very strong
And incredible
Viletulivyo
Ubaguzi no

My black is beautiful (uh-huh)
It's my duty to tell ya
Strong and powerful (uh-huh)
You can't duplicate, no
Black is beautiful (uh-huh)
So incredible (yeah, yeah)
Strong and powerful (yeah, yeah)
You can't duplicate

My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin
My mela, mela, mela, melanin, yeah

(My mela, oh, yeah)
Nandy di African princess
It's Etana the strong one
Africa meets Kingston
Yeah